This new and extensively revised second edition offers an international perspective on
archives management, providing authoritative guidance relevant to collections-based …

The authors argue that finding aids present only singular perspectives of the collections they
describe and fail to represent the impact of archivists' work on records and …

In a practical and user-centered model for online archival description, what navigational
features are effective, efficient, and user-valued components for an academic archives' …

Archivists have traditionally understood access through finding aids, assuming that—
through creating them—they are effectively providing access to archival materials. This …

Cultural heritage professionals have high levels of training in metadata. However, the
institutions in which they practice often depend on support staff, volunteers, and students in …

This study explores the current methods for deploying EAD finding aids to identify the most
promising practices being used, examines how much and what type of evaluation archivists …

The hierarchical relationships among bibliographic entities include whole–part structures
and the Functional Requirements for Bibliographic Records (FRBR) hierarchical …

An exploratory study was designed to gain a perspective on the current state of Encoded
Archival Description (EAD) metadata use and quality. This article examines the …

This study is a comparison of the descriptive tagging practices among library, archive, and
museum professionals using an inter-indexing consistency approach. The first purpose of …

How do archives provide access to their records and let users search? The answer is
archival description. Encoded Archival Description (EAD) in Extensible Markup Language …