Many 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.

About the Author
Elizabeth Dow is an Assistant Professor at the School of Library and Information Science at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She has served as University Archivist at the University of Vermont as well as a Project Archivist at the Vermont State Archives.


Book Information
ISBN 9780810851665
Author Elizabeth H. Dow
Format Paperback
Page Count 174
Imprint Scarecrow Press
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Weight(grams) 367g
Dimensions(mm) 253mm * 180mm * 13mm