Labeling single items boxed together. shelved onsite
If several consecutivel- consecutively numbered (or nearly consecutive) single items are of a similar size and fit well together, it is might be more effective to store them each in a folder within a box, rather than putting them all into pre-fabs and spending time making tabs and putting in donor plates, costing time and money. Items are not assigned call numbers with any regard to size, so this situation doesn’t occur that often, but it is good to take advantage of it when it does occur. Each folder, containing a distinct single item, will get a barcode, but the box goes without one. This is the only instance in which we would put a barcode on a manuscript folder. Except that of flat file drawers, where the procedure is about exactly the same.
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