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Houghton Library creates finding aids to describe its manuscript collections using EAD, a standardized markup language. Finding aids created by Harvard libraries are displayed in OASIS (Online Archival Search Information System). Collections are described with the XML/EAD authoring tool currently in use by the section. The Houghton EAD Template, Houghton EAD front matter guidelines, and the Houghton EAD container listing guidelines should be consulted for general guidelines on how to proceed, noting, of course, that each collection is unique and may require varied approaches and/or modifications. The Senior Head, Manuscript Cataloger Section may be consulted as necessary for advice on how to proceed in setting up the finding aid. There are also General notes on creating a finding aid that may be useful for learning variant practices.
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