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Write a general scope and content note about the media as part of the processing plan. Determine the parameters of description. Record if most titles are those of the donor, or were created during processing. If all the media are audiocassettes, you do not need to list "audiocassette" after every description, but you do need to say in the collection, series, or subseries scope note something like:

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Title, Date. Format (if listing it). Time. Description.

 

EXAMPLE from the National Abortion Rights Action League:

    • 1vt. "Public Square." Storer Broadcasting Company Public Affairs Presentation, WJKW-TV Cleveland, September 24, 1977. 28 minutes. 3/4 inch.
Scope and Contents: Talk show with guests Karen Mulhouser, executive director of NARAL, and Pat Pichler of Cleveland Right-to-Life

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    • 2vt. "Intercom." Directed by Harrold Edris; Television 12 Public Affairs Presentation, October 9, 1977. 28 minutes. 3/4 inch.
Scope and Contents: talk show with two pro-choice guests: Max Suter, M.D., of the American Civil Liberties Union and professor of obstetrics and gynecology, and Margie Pitts Hames, an attorney. Topics include federal funding, morality, sex education, illegal abortion, and history of abortion

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Titles of radio and television programs should be italicized.

EXAMPLE from the Boston N.O.W. Records:

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See instructions here: G:\SCHLES\COLLECTION SERVICES\AUDIOVISUAL\AV cataloging\Creating inventory with EAD tags from spreadsheets OR more detailed instructions.


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