[78-L] Collections, lists

[Cary Ginell]

I have a listing for every song or selection on every record I own in a Filemaker database that I update regularly with new acquisitions. No record gets shelved until it is inputted into the system, which keeps the floor clean. I can find anything I own in about 30 seconds to a minute. I decided on this system some years ago to make hunting for items to play on my radio show easier. A few minutes every week or so is all it takes to maintain. My database now has 233,224 individual entries, representing some 30,000 discs and CDs. Until I did this, I merely had a "collection" or "accumulation" of records. Now I can call it a "library" or an "archive." Shelf space is holding its own because I've cut down on acquisitions. Gotta live within your means.

Cary Ginell

> Date: Sun, 8 May 2011 06:21:29 -1000
> From: malcolm at 78data.com
> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Collections, lists
> 
> All my 78s and cylinders are indexed in a database and I still have to 
> dig through the records to find specific items.  Can't say the same for 
> my LPs and 45s or my cassettes, though.
> And many new 78 entries have not been shelved, mostly because I ran out 
> of shelf space long ago.
> Mal
> 
> *******
> 
> On 5/8/2011 1:38 AM, Robert M. Bratcher Jr. wrote:
> > My huge accumulation of 78's, 45's&  33's is not in any database. You want to
> > find something? Dig through the records!!
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Julian Vein<julianvein at blueyonder.co.uk>
> > To: 78-L Mail List<78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> > Sent: Sun, May 8, 2011 3:45:56 AM
> > Subject: Re: [78-L] Collections, lists
> >
> > Mark Bardenwerper wrote:
> >
> >> I think I brought this idea up a long time ago. I have made a database
> >> of my record collection. One can only imagine what a collection of these
> >> lists would look like. And my set is puny.
> > ====================
> > When we snuff it, our record collections will be there for all the
> > family to see. But are they going to bother to look on our PCs for
> > databases, assuming they have the password?
> >
> >        Julian Vein
> 
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