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Below you can access Research Library Group's EAD Best Practice Guide: | Below you can access Research Library Group's EAD Best Practice Guide: |
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Below you can access Research Library Group's EAD Best Practice Guide:
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Overview of EAD Structure:
<eadheader> contains information describing the finding aid itself
<frontmatter> contains prefatory matter incorporating information useful for the display or publication of the finding aid
<archdesc> contains description of archival materials and associated administrative and contextual information
Example:
<ead>
<eadheader>
- lanencoding=
- relatedencoding= (this section is often mapped to Dublin Code for easier search-ability)
- repositoryencoding=
- countryencoding=
- dateencoding=
- <eadid> (content must uniquely identify the EAD instance, should include at least one of the following: publicid, identifier, or url)
- countrycode=
- mainagencycode= (repository code)
- publicid= (public text owner identifiers?? obsolete?)
- identifier= (ARK)
- url=
- encodinganalog= (maps to URL)
- countrycode=
- <filedesc>
- <titlestmt>
- <titleproper> (use for formal title of the finding aid itself and not the title of the fonds or record group being described)
- encodinganalog=
- encodinganalog=
- <author> (record the person or institution responsible for the intellectual content of the encoded finding aid)
- encodinganalog=
- encodinganalog=
- <titleproper> (use for formal title of the finding aid itself and not the title of the fonds or record group being described)
- <publicationstmt>
- <publisher>
- encodinganalog=
- encodinganalog=
- <date>
- encodinganalog=
- normal=
- encodinganalog=
- <address>
- encodinganalog=
- encodinganalog=
- <publisher>
- <titlestmt>
(etc.,)
Education and Research Archive
The University of Alberta Libraries [ERA homepage]
ERA deposit ‘how-to’:
an example from the ERA website
Step 1 - about your item
Type of Item
Language
Title or Caption
Author or Creator
Additional Contributors
Subject/Keyword
- Is this item about:
- a time?
- a place?
- a time?
Description (abstract)
Citation for previous publication (If item has been previously published provide a citation)
Date created
Source (brief information about a physical item from which this item was derived)
Link to related item (must be a url)
Step 2 - Where does this item belong?
Choose a community
Choose a collection
Step 3 - Licensing information
Who should see this item and when should they see it?
- Everyone
- University of Alberta Community (CCID-Protected)
- No-one (for preservation only)
- embargo date
Choose a license (Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial No-Derivative Works 3.0 Unported)
Step 4 - Add your item
Upload your item