Just wondering what one should put in the <origination> element when the collection is one that your library has put together itself over the years via purchases, etc. (for example, a collection of local history documents and ephemera) ? Do you leave it blank, put your institution name in with perhaps role="collector," or something else? The EAD Application Guidelines don't specifically address this. Michele +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+ Michele Combs. Librarian for Manuscripts and Archives Processing. Special Collections Research Center. Syracuse University Library. 222 Waverly Avenue. Syracuse, NY 13244 +-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+