title: The impact of EAD adoption on archival programs: a pilot survey of early implementers
abstract: The article reports the results of a survey conducted to assess the impact that the implementation of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) has on archival programs. By gathering data related to the funding, staffing, and evaluation of EAD programs and about institutional goals for EAD implementation, the study explored how EAD has affected the operations of the institutions which are utilizing it and the extent to which EAD has become a part of regular repository functions
keyphrases: EAD adoption archival programs Encoded Archival Description funding staffing EAD programs institutional goals EAD implementation regular repository functions archival descriptive standards diffusion of innovation