You would think this would work. But, when we tried it there were so many errors it wasn't worth pursuing, kind of like bad OCR software - better just to re-type. This is the problem, as I understand it. These software systems are set up by "learnin…
I use the year the item is accessioned, and begin at 300, because we don't get that many regular accessions each year. For example 2009.300, 2009.301, etc. I always know that numbers 300 or greater were FITS. If we have a clue when it arrived, but i…
Its not necessary to have sequential numbers or consistent levels of numbering to add records at any level. It seems this might go against the organizational grain, but the links make the hierarchy, not necessarily the numbers. Also, if you want to…
I think you've described about half of our holdings. We give each of these small collections a number depending on type (MSS10, RG17.45, 2009.11, etc.) and they go into sequentially numbered boxes with other small collections. These two numbers are…