Data Entry
July 6, 2007
OK, here is what I’m thinking.
I’ll use Archivist’s Toolkit for the description of the collection. I will definitely do the subject and names via AT.
Then I will add the inventory/container list to the finding aid via Notetab/EAD Clips. The clips allow for a little faster data entry because you can set the box number and the folder numbers are automatically increased by one.
I have a collection of 79 boxes that I had my student workers input the Box/folder/title into MS Access. I used it to create labels. I’ll cut and paste from that into Notetab. I set describing this collection as my summer goal, that’s why I am thinking this through at this point.
With new collections I will try having the SWs enter the data directly into AT. That should go fairly smoothly, I think…
