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Re: Video Numbering



Amy:
I would just keep it simple. Set you up an alpha-numeric numbering system
"Vid. 1" Vid 2. etc. as you will probably be getting additional videtapes
from time to time. Use your indexing fields to group them into
"Commencement, 1993". "Reunion, 1948" etc.

Cordially

Amy Rupert wrote:

> We recently received a large accession of videos from our AV dept. and I
> am in the process of reorganizing our entire collection.  The videos are
> divided into categories such as Commencement, Concerts, Reunions, etc.
> I would like to create local catalog numbers for each video, but I'm not
> sure what sort of numbering system to use.  Can anyone share theirs --
> however eccentric it may be?  Thanks in advance.  I would like to add
> that the recent thread regarding university videos was very helpful!
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