Rules for Archival Description (RAD)

This edition reorganizes the July 2008 RAD standard into Markdown files suitable for GitHub-based editing and review.

Start here

• Front Matter
• General Introduction

Part I — Description

• Chapter 1 — General Rules for Description
• Chapter 2 — Rules for Description of Units Consisting of Multiple Media
• Chapter 3 — Textual Records
• Chapter 4 — Graphic Materials
• Chapter 5 — Cartographic Materials
• Chapter 6 — Architectural and Technical Drawings
• Chapter 7 — Moving Images
• Chapter 8 — Sound Recordings
• Chapter 9 — Records in Electronic Form
• Chapter 10 — Records on Microform
• Chapter 11 — Objects
• Chapter 12 — Philatelic Records
• Chapter 13 — Discrete Items

Part II — Access Points

• Chapter 21 — Choice of Access Points
• Chapter 22 — Headings for Persons
• Chapter 23 — Headings for Geographic Names
• Chapter 24 — Headings for Corporate Bodies
• Chapter 26 — References

Appendices

• Appendix A — Capitalization
• Appendix B — Abbreviations
• Appendix C — Numerals
• Appendix D — Glossary
• Index