Nuts and Bolts
2002; Taylor & Francis; Volume: 1; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1300/j201v01n01_07
ISSN1533-2756
Autores Tópico(s)American Sports and Literature
ResumoAbstract To date, online archival information systems have relied heavily on legacy finding aids for data to encode and provide to end users, despite fairly strong indications in the archival literature that such legacy data is problematic even as a mediated access tool. Archivists have only just begun to study the utility of archival descriptive data for end users in unmediated settings such as via the Web. The ability of future archival information systems to respond to the expectations and needs of end users is inextricably linked to archivists getting their collective data house in order. The General International Standard Archival Description or ISAD(G) offers the profession a place from which to start extricating ourselves from the idiosyncracies of our legacy data and description practices. Key Words: Archival descriptive standardsdescriptionend usersISAD(G)virtual collectionsOnline Archive of CaliforniaOAC
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