Wendy Duff, Daniel V Pitti

Contents Introduction, Archival Description: Content and Context in Search of Structure, The Development and Structure of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Document Type Definition, Stargazing: Locating EAD in the Descriptive Firmament, Archival Cataloging and the Internet: The Implications and Impact of EAD, The Online Archive of California: A Consortial Approach to Encoded Archival Description, Consortial Approaches to the Implementations of Encoded Archival Description (EAD): The American Heritage Virtual Archive Project and the Online Archive of California (OAC), Providing Unified Access to International Primary Research Resources in the Humanities: The Research Libraries Group, EAD and Government Archives, Cross-Community Applications: The EAD in Museums, Encoded Finding Aids as a Transforming Technology in Archival Reference Service, Popularizing the Finding Aid: Exploiting EAD to Enhance Online Discovery and Retrieval in Archival Information Systems by Diverse User Groups, Index, Reference Notes Included,