Encoded Archival Context (EAC) and archival description: Rationale and background

Journal of Archival Organization

Volumn 3, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 217-227

  Szary, Richard V ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival description; Contextual metadata; EAC; EAD; Encoded Archival Context; Encoded Archival Description

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746540482     PISSN: 15332748     EISSN: 15332756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J201v03n02_16     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Richard H. Lytle, "Intellectual Access to Archives," American Archivist 43 (Winter and Spring 1980);
2. Lytle and David A. Bearman, "The Power of the Principle of Provenance," Archivaria 21 (Winter 1985-1986).
3. Development work and papers on the Encoded Archival Context standard can be found at: http://www.iath.virginia.edu/eac/ and http://www.library.yale.edu/~rszary/context/.
4. International Council on Archives. ISAAR (CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families. Second edition (2004). Available at: http://www.ica.org/ biblio.php?pdocid=144.
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6. International Council of Archives. ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description. Second edition (1999). Available at: http://www.ica.org/biblio.php?pdocid=1.
7. RLG's Archival Resources is a subscription database providing access to over 750,000 catalog records and nearly 48,000 finding aids for archival and manuscript materials. Information available at http://www.rlg.org/en/ page.php?Page_ID=120.
8. Jackie M. Dooley, ed. Encoded Archival Description: Context, Theory and Case Studies. (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1998).
9. Peter J. Scott, "The Record Group Concept: A Case for Abandonment." American Archivist 29, no. 4 (1966).
10. David Bearman and Richard Szary, "Beyond Authorized Headings, Authorities as Reference Files in a Multi-disciplinary Setting." In "Authority Control Symposium." Occasional Papers of the Art Libraries Society of North America, No. 6 (Tucson: Art Libraries Society of North America, 1987).
11. Library of Congress, Network Development and MARC Standards Office. MARC 21 Concise Format for Authority Data. The current edition (2003) is available at: http://www.loc.gov/marc/authority/ecadhome.html.
12. Further information on the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation and its access methodology can be found at http://www.library.yale.edu/nissa/vha/.
13. Yale University. Historical Register of Yale University (New Haven, Connecticut: Yale University, 1939-1969).
14. The statement of principles adopted at the Toronto meeting is available at: http://www.library.yale.edu/~rszary/context/Toronto%20Tenets.htm.