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# Establish correct ID#, mark all objects, and verify Omeka entries (Museum Director will do this in advance) # '''Update Omeka''' ## Description: ensure description is complete and thorough ## Fill in any relevant fields (date, format, etc.) ## Add storage location (e.g., "archive: Peach Festival storage box") ## Add text, if needed or possible (use OCR scan or manual transcription) ## Ensure item record is in the correct Item Sets and Collections # '''Add photographs or scans''' ## Scans are only necessary when highest quality is important β typically for original photographs. Most documents can be photographed, even with a camera; follow photography guidelines. ## Attach photos/scans to the Omeka item record. # '''File''' ## File items in the order found in the binder (talk to the director if you think something is out of order and should be moved) ## Multiple items may go in a single folder, but keep folders relatively slim; don't overstuff. ## Place acid-free tissue between sheets that are acidic or discoloring, particularly newsprint. ## Label folders with a pencil on their tabs. Typically, use ID numbers, individually or in a range; if the folder can also be labeled with text in a helpful way, do so. # '''Make working copies''' ## Make color prints of both sides of each item. For flyers and small brochures, print interior pages as well. For larger/longer documents, ask the Director; we will usually just print the covers, sometimes with key internal pages. ## Label the color prints with the accession ID#, usually very small in the lower outside corner. ## Put the prints in clear sleeves in a 3-ring binder. This may be in accession number order, but might also be in another logical order (e.g., chronological or thematic). Talk to the Director if you're not sure. ## Label the binder clearly. Make sure the contents are clearly connected to the actual archive box and files; typically, the binder label will include the archive box label information.
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