[78-L] Filing system (was 1st 78)

[Michael Biel]

On 12/21/2010 3:47 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
> For split sides, usually, I file by whichever side is labeled as the "A" side. If neither is designated, I go for the earlier recording. Then in the database, I'll have them cross-references this way, with the chosen "A" side being the target side.

When I was shelving the NBC Chicago collection at Northwestern 
University most of the discs were single-sided.  But when there were two 
sided discs which were not of the same program, I would select which 
side I would shelve it with and put a yellow sticker on it.  I put a red 
sticker on the other side, and make out a file card for the red side and 
note what the yellow side was which is where the disc could be found.  
If the same title was on both sides, I put yellow stickers on both sides 
to show that a decision had been made.

These stickers were how I was easily able to prove a decade later that a 
major donation of discs to the Library of Congress contained at least 
five thousand discs stolen from this Northwestern collection and that it 
was not just coincidence that they were listed in my catalog of the 
collection and that my handwriting was on some of the labels.  The discs 
are still at LC because Northwestern was embarrassed that the theft 
occurred and publicity might affect future donations of anything.  It 
certainly has affected MY donations to them

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com