Thank you all for your input thus far.
The main reason for providing a link to the catalog record is to give
users the location of the collection (which branch of the library, and
which area of that branch).
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Hi Aaron,
Your situation is unusual, in that most institutions would likely link
from
the catalog record to the encoded finding aid. For that, you should
provide
a link in your MARC 856 field. The Application Guidelines are useful
for
describing that linking. Look under "Catalog records" in the index.
From within the marked document, a <note> placed strategically
somewhere is
probably your best bet. Elements like <altformavail> <physloc>, etc.
are
not appropriate for the use you describe, as these elements deal with
physical objects or digital surrogates, not catalog records.
Nesting it within <controlaccess> might be a sensible option. You are
providing detailed markup of controlled vocabulary subject and name
content
there already. A link to the catalog record might "fit." <note> is a
very
flexible element and is valid within <controlaccess>.
Happy Holidays,
Lori
_________________________
Lori Lindberg
Lecturer
San Jose State University
School of Library and Information Science
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192
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On 12/16/03 10:20 AM, "Aaron Dietz" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> Our Library is putting Finding Aids on the Web. We're including a
link
> to the online catalog record of the collection each finding aid is
for.
> We aren't sure of the best place to put this reference and I didn't
find
> any similar examples on EAD sites.
>
> Here's one option we have considered:
>
> <archdesc level="collection" type="register">
> <did>
> <unittitle>COLLECTION NAME</unittitle>
> <physloc>Click here for the catalog record and location
> information:<extptr href="http://link_to_catalog_record"/></physloc>
> </did>
>
> All suggestions and help are appreciated.
>
> Aaron Dietz
> Denver Public Library
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