Microfilm - Revision history

Jdean at 20:45, 7 October 2009

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Jdean at 19:45, 14 September 2009

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Jdean at 20:59, 31 August 2009

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Jdean at 13:37, 21 August 2009

2009-08-21T13:37:57Z

Jdean: How to Proceed: Appendix I moved to Microfilm

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How to Proceed: Appendix I moved to Microfilm

Jdean at 21:25, 19 August 2008

2008-08-19T21:25:37Z

Tmike at 14:34, 24 March 2008

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Tmike: /* Prepping Manuscript Collections For Microfilming */

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Prepping Manuscript Collections For Microfilming

Tmike: /* Prepping Manuscript Collections For Microfilming */

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Tmike: /* Prepping Manuscript Collections For Microfilming */

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	A reel will often take a couple of hours to check. This is a long time to sit close to a microfilm reader. If you need to take a break that’s fine, but be sure to turn off the reader light and open the loading lever. If you will be away from the film for more than a few short minutes, remove the film from the reader and place it in its box.		A reel will often take a couple of hours to check. This is a long time to sit close to a microfilm reader. If you need to take a break that’s fine, but be sure to turn off the reader light and open the loading lever. If you will be away from the film for more than a few short minutes, remove the film from the reader and place it in its box.
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-==Microfilming Guidelines==
 In ''Preservation Microfilming: A Guide for Librarians and Archivists'' (1987), Nancy E. Gwinn wrote:
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 #*** Annotate enclosures in square brackets with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed: [Encl. 1 May 1923]
 #*** Annotate enclosures with multiple pages or multiple enclosures with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed and a page number: [Encl. 1 May 1923/1] [Encl. 1 May 1923/2].
-#. Remove paper clips, staples, other fasteners after ordering and annotating as appropriate.
+# Remove paper clips, staples, other fasteners after ordering and annotating as appropriate.
-#. Unfold any folded items.
+# Unfold any folded items.
-#. Flag for your supervising archivist’s review:
+# Flag for your supervising archivist’s review:
-#** fragile items (things that are in pieces or look like they might fall apart when touched)
+#* fragile items (things that are in pieces or look like they might fall apart when touched)
-#** envelopes
+#* envelopes
-#** duplicates
+#* duplicates
-#** oversized materials (items that must be folded to fit in folder)
+#* oversized materials (items that must be folded to fit in folder)
-#** whole newspapers, magazines
+#* whole newspapers, magazines
-#** old processing notes
+#* old processing notes
-#** ANYTHING that you are unsure of
+#* ANYTHING that you are unsure of
 ==Microfilm Review==

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 # Check for completeness. Are all of the pages of the letter (and/or enclosure) present? If not, flag it for your supervising archivist’s review.
 # Annotate documents as needed.
-*a. You do NOT need to annotate if
+#*a. You do NOT need to annotate if
-** The date appears clearly on the first page;
+#** The date appears clearly on the first page;
-** The sequence of the pages will be obvious to the filmer; and
+#** The sequence of the pages will be obvious to the filmer; and
-** It's obvious where one document ends and the next begins.
+#** It's obvious where one document ends and the next begins.
-*b. Documents with multiple pages.
+#*b. Documents with multiple pages.
-** If a document’s date is somewhere other than the first page, then write it on the first page. Write neatly in pencil, putting the date in square brackets in the top, right corner of the page.
+#** If a document’s date is somewhere other than the first page, then write it on the first page. Write neatly in pencil, putting the date in square brackets in the top, right corner of the page.
-** Annotate documents with multiple pages with the date from the first page and a page number:
+#** Annotate documents with multiple pages with the date from the first page and a page number:
-*** [1 May 1923/1] [1 May 1923/2].
+#*** [1 May 1923/1] [1 May 1923/2].
-*c. When an item includes enclosures:
+#*c. When an item includes enclosures:
-** Keep enclosures (e.g. clippings, a photo to which reference is made in the letter) behind the letter in which they were enclosed.
+#** Keep enclosures (e.g. clippings, a photo to which reference is made in the letter) behind the letter in which they were enclosed.
-*** Annotate enclosures in square brackets with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed: [Encl. 1 May 1923]
+#*** Annotate enclosures in square brackets with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed: [Encl. 1 May 1923]
-*** Annotate enclosures with multiple pages or multiple enclosures with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed and a page number: [Encl. 1 May 1923/1] [Encl. 1 May 1923/2].
+#*** Annotate enclosures with multiple pages or multiple enclosures with the date of the letter with which they were enclosed and a page number: [Encl. 1 May 1923/1] [Encl. 1 May 1923/2].
 #. Remove paper clips, staples, other fasteners after ordering and annotating as appropriate.
 #. Unfold any folded items.
 #. Flag for your supervising archivist’s review:
-** fragile items (things that are in pieces or look like they might fall apart when touched)
+#** fragile items (things that are in pieces or look like they might fall apart when touched)
-** envelopes
+#** envelopes
-** duplicates
+#** duplicates
-** oversized materials (items that must be folded to fit in folder)
+#** oversized materials (items that must be folded to fit in folder)
-** whole newspapers, magazines
+#** whole newspapers, magazines
-** old processing notes
+#** old processing notes
-** ANYTHING that you are unsure of
+#** ANYTHING that you are unsure of
 ==Microfilm Review==