3.3 Collection-Level Information (Archival Description)
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3.3.6 Arrangement
Tag:Description:
See Also:The <arrangement> element records statements about the organization or arrangement of the collection as a whole.
LC Practice recommends encoding this information separately in an <arrangement> section in view of emerging community practice. This element may also be used at the component level to explain the organization or arrangement of papers within that component.
Labels/heads:Section 3.3.5, Scope and Content Note Go to Section
Section 3.3.7.4, Expanded Description of Components Go to Section
Encoding Analog:Choose or formulate required <head>, e.g.:
- Organization of the Papers (organization)
- List of Series (organization)
- Arrangement of the Papers (arrangement)
Subelements: Tagging Example 1:Encoding analog 351$a (organization); encoding analog 351$b (arrangement); 351 if intermingled
Organization statement
<head>Organization of the Papers</head>
<p>The Blackwell Family Papers are organized in seven series:</p>
<list>
<item>
<ref target="clalice" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Alice Stone Blackwell Papers, 1848-1951</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="cleliz" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="clhenry" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Henry Browne Blackwell Papers, 1834-1909</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="clkitty" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Kitty Barry Blackwell Papers, 1855-1938</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="cllucy" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Lucy Stone Papers, 1759-1960</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="clother" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Other Blackwell Family Papers, 1834-1958</ref>
</item>
<item>
<ref target="cladd" show="replace" actuate="onrequest">Addition, 1854-1958</ref>
</item>
</list>
</arrangement>
Organization statement
Organization of the Papers The Blackwell Family Papers are organized in seven series: Alice Stone Blackwell Papers, 1848-1957 Elizabeth Blackwell Papers, 1836-1946 Henry Browne Blackwell Papers, 1834-1909 Kitty Barry Blackwell Papers, 1855-1938 Lucy Stone Papers, 1759-1960 Other Blackwell Family Papers, 1834-1958 Addition, 1854-1958Tagging Example 2:
Arrangement statement
<head>Arrangement of the Papers</head>
<p>The Charles Wellington Reed Papers are arranged alphabetically
by type of material with oversize items located at the end of the
collection. </p>
</arrangement>
Arrangement statement
Arrangement of the Papers The Charles Wellington Reed Papers are arranged alphabetically by type of material with oversize items located at the end of the collection.Comments:
- Encode as <arrangement encodinganalog="351$a"> the manner in which the collection has been ordered (e.g., organized into series; see Example 1), and as <arrangement encodinganalog="351$b"> the filing sequence of the material (e.g., alphabetical or chronological; see Example 2). Encode as <arrangement encodinganalog="351"> if statements about organization and arrangement are intermingled.
- Arrangement statements may also be encoded as such within <scopecontent>, although this option is not followed at LC.
- Information on the organization or arrangement of each subordinate component such as series or subseries should be encoded at the component level.
- Consider creating links from a list of series to the series title in the container list. This may be done with <ref> tags, as illustrated in Example 1, or with a stylesheet, as described in the EAD Cookbook.
Order: Following <scopecontent> and preceding <dsc>
Revision Date: 05/02/08
