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The description/listing of each tape should consist of four or five parts (no format necessary if you've articulated it in the scope note):
Title. Description. Date. Format (if listing it)Time.
example from the Judy Chicago Audiotape Collection:
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Do your best to determine the actual time of the tape. If you cannot, you may use "ca. 60 min." using the length of the entire tape capacity.[ Joanne - how to discuss how to know how long a tape is??? ]
It's often easier to determine the length of videotapes by fast forwarding. Audio is more complicated, but if you can at least determine that the recording continues on the second side of the tape, the tape length can be noted as "ca. 90 min."
Finding aid examples
xx video [ NEED EXAMPLE with "real" description ]
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