Metadata standards for archival control: An introduction to EAD and EAC

Cataloging and Classification Quarterly

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 183-212

  Thurman, Alexander C ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Archival description; Authority control; Collection; EAC; EAD; Finding aid; Fonds; Provenance

Indexed keywords

EID: 85015208813     PISSN: 01639374     EISSN: 15444554     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J104v40n03_09     Document Type: Article

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