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

[David Lennick]

On 12/21/2010 6:22 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
> On 12/21/2010 4:28 PM, Taylor Bowie wrote:
>> Alas,  I am like the frog in the kettle of water who didn't realize that it
>> was gradually coming to a boil until it was too late.
>>
>> I have no database for my 78s...it's all in my head.  At this point I have
>> neither the time nor the inclination to put one together.
>>
>> Taylor
>>
>
> The attendees at the IASA (International Assoc of Sound Archives)
> conference are mostly cataloger types -- librarians and archivists --
> and years ago I was one of the few private collectors who attended.  I
> once shocked several Scandinavian lady librarians when they asked me
> what cataloging system I used (my collection was larger than some of
> theirs) and I replied "Now, on which pile did I see that record last?!"
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> ________________________________

That's always been my system as well, despite occasional disruptions for things 
like moving (or in California, earthquakes). That was how I turned up Auntie 
Macassar's Chicken Dinner last week. Isn't there an official name for it?

dl