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MARC was developed in the 1960s to produce machine-readable catalog records, mainly for books. These records resemble traditional card catalog records and are searchable by field. Over time, MARC has become one of the most popular cataloging tools for librarians, and has been adopted by archivists as well. For those who catalog archival materials, MARC has limited but important uses. Creating catalog records for collections aids researchers in locating materials they might not otherwise find, so it serves as a key component of providing access to a repository's collections.
Although MARC is a fantastic tool for letting researchers knows that a collection of materials exists, it is limited to a brief description at the collection level. Thus, EAD was developed to allow archivists to produce electronic finding aids for collections, much like those traditionally used in repositories, to enhance patron access to information about collections. A link to the EAD finding aid may easily be......

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