_____________________________________ Robin Wiltshire Archivist Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK Tel. +44 (0)113 3432236 Email: [log in to unmask] http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/activities/lavc/ -----Original Message----- From: Kathryn Jenner Sent: 26 January 2004 11:01 To: Robin Wiltshire Subject: message for EAD list: LCSH subject headings Hello all, I'm currently working on an EAD cataloguing project to produce an online finding aid for the Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture. On a general level we've had very few problems with EAD, other than in the rendering of LCSH subject headings. Having looked at the list archives it seems that when this issue has been discussed previously, no "clear cut" answer has been forthcoming as to what approach should be taken towards representing the subdivisions of LCSH headings (i.e. MARC 650|x and |z) in EAD. As suggested by Richard Higgins, one approach is to use the <controlaccess> element as a wrapper with LCSH contained within <subject> elements with "encodinganalogs" representing the various MARC divisions, i.e.: ....<controlaccess> <controlaccess encodinganalog="MARC650"> <subject encodinganalog="$a">Calligraphers</subject> <subject encodinganalog="$z">Minnesota</subject></controlaccess> ... more index terms ... </controlaccess> I would be grateful of any comments regarding this approach to LCSH in EAD, and also any information on alternative strategies. __________________________________ Kathryn Jenner Research Assistant Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture School of English University of Leeds LS2 9JT 0113 343 2236 [log in to unmask] http://www.leeds.ac.uk/english/activities/lavc/