Audiovisual material
Overview
Avoid actions that could compromise the playability of the media (or impact Houghton computer equipment).
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If isolating the media, organize them according to the scheme below.
Sorting
Segregate physically by medium; then by format; then by sub-format (typically, speed and/or size); and finally alphabetically by title. Materials are arranged by format and not intellectually because different media, formats, and sub-formats have different preservation requirements. Two copies of the same title (for example, the recording of a song) might therefore be separated physically from each other if one is on an audiocassette and the other on a vinyl LP. The two may be brought together intellectually in the finding aid, however, in various ways:
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Phonograph records should be stored vertically in archival paper sleeves. Tape media (e.g., audiocassette, reel-to-reel, film, etc.) should be stored horizontally in housing appropriate for each format.
Cataloging Examples
(1) Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Valses : 1 phonograph record ; EMI Records, 2006. 1 folder. Stephen Kovacevich, piano. Recorded at Potton Hall, Suffolk, July 14-19, 2005.
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