Description
Book SynopsisMany archivists work in a repository that cannot consider publishing its inventories on the World Wide Web at this time. They have watched the growing use of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) for publishing inventories and other finding aids on the Web, and they look forward to the day when their repository will also have a place in the Internet''s mega-library of intellectual resources. This book shows those archivists how to create clear and precise archival description in order to start preparing for that day. Dow focuses on the information needed to collect and describe one''s collection, where to put it in relation to other information, and what standards to use in the process. Rounding out this publication is a bibliography, a glossary of terms, and an index.
Table of ContentsPart 1 Preface Part 2 Acknowledgements Part 3 Introduction Chapter 4 1 Archival Description: Changing with the Times Chapter 5 2 ISAD(G)v2 and DACS Chapter 6 3 Anatomy of a Markup Language Chapter 7 4 Getting Organized and Collecting Information Chapter 8 5 Putting It All on Paper Chapter 9 6 Intellectual Access and Information Retrieval Chapter 10 7 Starting Your EAD Collection Part 11 Glossary Part 12 Bibliography Part 13 Index Part 14 About the Author
