Provides an introduction to Encoded Archival Description Version EAD3, including its benefits and challenges, overall structure, and relationship to other archival standards. Discusses changes in the recent version and offers practical information on implementation.

Kelcy Shepherd is the DPLA network manager at the Digital Public Library of America. In the Society of American Archivists, she has served as chair of the Description Section and was a member of the Technical Subcommittee on Descriptive Standards and Technical Subcommittee for Encoded Archival Description. Shepherd was actively involved in the EAD3 revision process and served as editor of the Encoded Archival Description Tag Library—Version EAD3 (SAA, 2015). She has worked on digital archives and digital library projects for more than fifteen years. Kelcy holds an MLIS from Simmons College.

Introduction • 158

Why EAD? • 161

EAD in Context • 164

EAD3 • 166
Overall Structure of EAD3 • 166
EAD3 Schemas • 171
New in EAD3 • 173
Capturing Data with More Granularity • 173
Encoding Multilingual Descriptions • 176
Linked Open Data • 177
Migrating from Previous Versions • 179

Implementing EAD • 180
Preparation and Planning • 180
Creating EAD • 182
Transforming EAD3 for Display and Other Uses • 185
Publishing and Exchanging EAD • 186
Usability • 187

Recommendations • 188

Appendices
Appendix A: Further Readings • 190
Appendix B: Acronyms • 196
Appendix C: Case Studies
EAD Case Study: University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) • 197
by Lindsey Loeper
EAD Case Study: Congregational Library & Archives • 199
by Cristina Prochilo
EAD Case Study: Archives Hub • 202
by Jane Stevenson
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Appendix D: Code Examples • 204
Vita Sackville-West papers, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript
Library, Yale University • 204
Solidarity Collection, University of Maryland, Baltimore
County (UMBC) • 218