Manual of Archival Description

Contents: Introduction Organization of the manual. The Nature of an Archival Description: What are archives? Archival arrangement The function of a finding aids system Levels of archival description The multi-level rule Fitting levels together: headnotes, title pages and linked files The two modes of archival description Depth of description Other aspects of archival description. The Data Structure of an Archival Description: The purpose of data structure in archival description How the table of data elements is made up Summary table of data elements General rules for the table of data elements Specific rules for the use of data elements. Models for Description: Models for description Standard listing conventions. Typology of Archival Descriptions. Special Formats: Introduction to special formats Title deeds Letters and correspondence Photographs Cartographic archives Architectural and other plans Sound archives Film and video archives Electronic records. Appendixes: Dictionary of technical terms Brief bibliography General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G), 1994 ISAD(G)/EAD/MAD3 mapping Index.