The Canadian Committee on Archival Description (CCAD) published the second edition of the Rules for Archival Description (RAD) in 2008. This is the most recent version of RAD, which is managed by the Canadian Council of Archives (CCA).

RAD 2008 is divided into the following sections:

Committees and Working Groups
Foreward
Preface to the 2008 Edition
Preface to the 1990 Edition
Statement of Principles
General Introduction

Part I: Description
Introduction

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

Part II: Headings and Reference
Introduction\

  1. Choices of Access Points\
  2. Headings for Persons\
  3. Geographic Names\
  4. Headings for Corporate Bodies\
  5. References

Appendicies
A. Capitalization
B. Abbreviations
C. Numerals
D. Glossary

Most of RAD 2008 is available on this website, but some sections (including Part II and Appendicies) have not yet been added to the site.

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