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Identifier ead0018
Title The Nature of Archival Description:
Description Since the 1980s, archivists have realized the importance of standards for description to avoid repeatedly reinventing the descriptive wheel in each institution, and to present a consistent product to the users of archival materials, whether they be staff colleagues, the staff of other institutions, or researchers. Furthermore, the ubiquity of computers, combined with the rapid development of communications technology, has made it possible to exchange electronic information cheaply and quickly. Agreement about the elements of archival description and a consistent way of forming them is an essential prerequisite for information exchange at the national and international levels...'Text of the document'
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Document
Format text/pdf
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14p.
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Web browser/Adobe reader
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Subject
 Encoded Archival Description (Document type definition) -Standards.
Subject
 Archival Description
Subject
 RDA
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http://www.cdncouncilarchives.ca/RAD2-%20Principles-Introduction.pdf
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