Getting your denial in early?
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From: Museums Computer Group [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Birchall, Danny [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 January 2012 16:58
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Subject: Re: Archive Classification Scheme
We're finding him quite amusing here too, though of course very curious to know who's behind it...
Danny Birchall
Web Editor, Wellcome Collection
Wellcome Trust
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From: Museums Computer Group [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of James Morley
Sent: 18 January 2012 16:51
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Subject: Re: [MCG] Archive Classification Scheme
I'd suggest *not* asking @Henry_Wellcome on Twitter - https://twitter.com/#!/Henry_Wellcome/statuses/159642047438000129
This twitter feed is a huge laugh for anyone on here who hasn't encountered him yet ;)
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James Morley [log in to unmask]
Website Manager Tel. +44 (0)20 8332 5759
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew www.kew.org
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From: Museums Computer Group [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Tim Trent [[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 18 January 2012 15:56
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Subject: Archive Classification Scheme
Please help an amateur!
At Dartmouth museum we are about to classify a whole cupboard of random papers and photographs. None of this has been classified or archived before, though a start was made on other items by a late volunteer. The details of the classification scheme he used appear to have died with him (though this may prove incorrect and we may yet discover its documentation).
Is anyone able to share with me a simple scheme they use with success to classify collections such as our cupboard, please?
My wife is starting to scope the task and her thoughts with no prior experience are along the lines of some sort of quasi-hierarchical number scheme like
Year-classified(dot)class-of-item(dot)overall-unique-number
The artefacts will be located, probably, in a filing scheme available for booked public access. Space doesn't allow us to display more than a small fraction of what we have.
We want to do two things!
1) Keep it simple
2) Document what has been done so the scheme doesn't die with us!
Tim Trent - Consultant
Tel: +44 (0)7710 126618
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