Step-by-step guide for Single Item Cataloger

Handing off to End Processing:

create item record if none exists (default : GEN)
- "Manuscript" or "Photograph" only (not "mixed material")
Submit an End Processing Tracking form
Print out AEON slip to keep with item (folded in half / call number visible)
- look closely at sample AEON slip in tracking form
- checked out to Vicki under End Processing (do not clone)
Cataloger provides temporary housing, if necessary
- End processor will decide final housing
Use standard supplies, including:
- prefab - any size
- envelope (white acid-free or tyvek) for fragile volumes, any size (available behind red truck)
- Letter or legal size folder (AEON slip protrudes upward from reinforced tab end) put on top shelf of red truck held up with brick
- Pf folder (any size) for large flat items. (AEON slip should protrude from top left edge (folded in half lengthwise)
- Folders larger than 20 x 24" are available on top of P1.Case Range 1
Ask end processor if not sure what to use, or if need a non-standard box

*For labeling procedures followed by end processor, see Single item manuscript end processing under the End Processor's Guidelines.

Where to put material being handed off:

Upright file folders/volumes/prefabs/envelopes : top shelf of the red "incoming manuscripts" truck (use bricks)
Flip-top document boxes can go on any shelf of the red truck
Flat boxes go on the lower shelves of the red truck, but exceptions can be made to conserve space.
pf folders : place on top shelf of end processor's wire rack at end of work table near windows
pf boxes or other things that don't fit on red truck : consult end processor. May put on big, red cadillac truck near window, or on work table
extremely fragile/problematic/oversize items : consult end processor for hand-off enclosures and location