Multiple Page with Page Labels (PDS) - Template 2
- Use a web browser to access Hollis.
- Select the "Starts with/Browse" option in the top menu, and then select "Call Number - Other" from the pull-down menu next to "Browse by"
- Enter a call number to pull up the record for the item being digitized
- Navigate to the "Templates and Labels" folder in the current year's "Imaging_and_Houghton" folder, i.e. H:\Imaging_and_Houghton\spreadsheets 20XX-20XX\Templates and Labels
- Open the Excel spreadsheet titled "Template_2_simple_with_page_lbl_pds" (example image below)
- Using the order form and the Hollis record fill in the template:
- Order/Batch
- Each project will have an ongoing title to which batch numbers can be appended.
- Each project will have an ongoing title to which batch numbers can be appended.
- Unique object ID
- Create an ID using the format: collectionid_callnumber
- Collection IDs are:
- earbm- Early Books & Manuscripts (<1600)
- hyde- Hyde Collection and Early Modern (1600-1800)
- modbm- Modern Books & Manuscripts ( >1800)
- hew- Harry Elkins Widener
- htc- Harvard Theater Collection
- trc- Theodore Roosevelt Collection
- Call numbers should be delineated using underscores, and should not include location information/size designation
- MS Ger 92 = modbm_ms_ger_92
- MS Ger 92 = modbm_ms_ger_92
- Create an ID using the format: collectionid_callnumber
- Hollis Number
- Copy and paste the Hollis number from the catalog record
- Copy and paste the Hollis number from the catalog record
- OCR/Access
- These fields are pre-filled and should not be changed without instruction from the Digital Collections Program Manager
- These fields are pre-filled and should not be changed without instruction from the Digital Collections Program Manager
- Object Label
- Create an object label using the format: Author/Creator. Title. Published. Call Number. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- This information can be copied directly from the record in Hollis.
- If a particular field is not listed, move on to the next field, i.e. manuscripts not having a "Published" field
- Call numbers should not include location information/size designation
- This information can be copied directly from the record in Hollis.
- Create an object label using the format: Author/Creator. Title. Published. Call Number. Houghton Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass.
- File Name
- Create a file name using the format: collectionid_callnumber_identifer
- Collection IDs are:
- earbm- Early Books & Manuscripts (<1600)
- hyde- Hyde Collection and Early Modern (1600-1800)
- modbm- Modern Books & Manuscripts ( >1800)
- hew- Harry Elkins Widener
- htc- Harvard Theater Collection
- trc- Theodore Roosevelt Collection
- wpr - Woodberry Poetry Room
- Call numbers should be delineated using underscores, and should not include location information/size designation
- MS Ger 92 = modbm_ms_ger_92
- An identifier is appended to the call number so each file has a unique name. For smaller sets, as in the example below, text like "Recto" and "Verso" might be used, but general practice is to use numeric IDs with a three digit leader. For example, the files below would be named "htc_ms_thr_636_13a_0001" and "htc_ms_thr_636_13a_0002"
- Page Label
- Create a page label giving more detail to the digitized object. Often this detail will be something like "front," "back" or "recto," "verso"
- Order/Batch
Example of filled out template (NOTE: example includes the now excluded "OASIS" row):
7. Save the excel file as "batchname" in the project's spreadsheet folder, i.e.H:\Imaging_and_Houghton\Projects\HYDE\MS Hyde 76\spreadsheets\