Rules for Archival Description

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The Rules for Archival Description (RAD) is the Canadian archival descriptive standard. It is overseen by the Canadian Committee on Archival Description of the Canadian Council of Archives.[1] Similar in structure to AACR2, it was last revised in 2008.[2]

Description

RAD provides archivists with a framework for generating archival descriptions and finding aids. It is a multi-level descriptive standard structured to reflect the context of a group of records based on manner in which they were created, used and managed.[3]

RAD takes a top-down approach to archival description[4] beginning with a general description of the records at the fonds-level and becoming more specific as description progresses at lower levels.[3] The six levels of RAD descriptions are the fonds, sous-fonds, series, sub-series, file and item. Completed descriptions vary in depth but often include a biographical sketch about the creator of the records, information about the physical extent of the material, and an overview, in the form of a scope and content note, about what the archival fonds consists of.[5][6]

External links

"Rules for Archival Description". cdncouncilarchives.ca. Canadian Council of Archives. Retrieved April 19, 2015.

References

  1. ^ ""Rules for Archival Description (RAD)"". www.rcip-chin.gc.ca/. Canadian Heritage Information Network. June 15, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  2. ^ "Rules for Archival Description (RAD)". Society of American Archivists (SAA). Retrieved 28 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b O'Brien, Jeff (October 1997). "2. RAD Explained". scaa.sk.ca/. Saskatchewan Council of Archives and Archivists. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  4. ^ "CHAPTER 13: INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TOWARD DESCRIPTIVE STANDARDS". www.archivists.org/. Society of American Archivists. 1994. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  5. ^ "Literary Archives: A Guide to the Literary Fonds". www.bac-lac.gc.ca/. Library and Archives Canada. January 22, 2015. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
  6. ^ "How do you find materials?". archives.gov.on.ca/. Archives of Ontario. December 28, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2015.
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