Labeling single items boxed together, shelved onsite
If several consecutively numbered (or nearly consecutive) single items are of a similar size and fit well together, it can be more effective to store them each in a folder within a box onsite, rather than putting them all into pre-fabs and spending time making tabs and putting in donor plates, preparing them for offsite storage, 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 one instance in which we would put a barcode on a manuscript folder. The same concept is used in flat file drawers, where the procedure is exactly the same.
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