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Understanding EAD



>I am a LEEP student at UIUC, taking my first cataloging course.  We have been
>concentrating on AACR2 and MARC up until now, but I am required to do a
>?briefing report? on EAD (and TEI) as one of my assignments.  I am reading
>Encoded Archival Description: Context, Theory and Case Studies as an
>introduction to EAD.  I am unclear on a few things.  The following are the
>first of what will probably be many questions as I progress through this
>assignment:
>
>Is there a ?union catalog? in the archival world to which all of the
>descriptions are submitted?  If so, can anyone tell me where to find it
>(online)?  If there is no such thing, why not? Isn?t that one of the
>benefits?having a central source that can accept the descriptions and direct
>people to the location of primary sources?
>
>How many levels of description are there?  Where can I find the hierarchies?
>There must be rules for archival description like AACR2.  Where might I find
>those (what are they called)?
>
>Can anyone recommend an EAD finding aid online that is a good example of the
>how EAD is employed?
>
>Perhaps I am trying to draw too many parallels from my short (4 weeks)
>bibliographic experience. But, at the moment, that is my frame of reference.
>
>Thanks, in advance.
>Kathleen Wallace

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