Today I worked on folders MSS160-b04-f07 and -f08 from the John J. Herrera Collection. I completed all of folder 07 and some of folder 08. No real trouble, except that filled-out forms are still tricky with regards to creator/contributor attribution. There were also a few instances of duplicate documents-- I'm surprised the UNT editor doesn't an option for labeling something as a "duplicate of" in the relations field; the closest thing is "version of" or maybe "replaced by." For these, whichever I encountered second is the one that got labeled copy or duplicate with all other metadata remaining the same.
Thursday, September 26, 2013
Herrera Metadata Project, Michelle Godfrey - Sept. 26, 2013
Today I continued with MSS160-b4-f02. There were more duplicate copies of documents and I was unsure how to create a unique title for them because there is no indicator as to which one was created first. All the signatures on the pages look original because they are in blue ink. It would be nice to know if they were signed at the same time or on different dates. All the items from this folder are now complete, but a few of the titles will most likely need to be revised.
Shab, sheet music collection project
Due to the fact that most of the cards today were very straightforward to catalog, I managed to input the data for 50 cards of drawer 3 of the sheet music collection project today. There weren't any particularly new problems, just more obvious typos I overlooked as well as name spelling discrepancies which will need to be checked against the actual sheet music upstairs. Otherwise, everything was routine. I am still working on correcting any subject heading errors.
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Herrera Metadata Project, Michelle Godfrey - Sept. 19, 2013
Today I continued working with MSS160-b4-f02.
It turned out to be a day of duplicates because I have worked on some of these documents before. A couple of the legal forms appeared to be draft copies containing revisions and then some of the other documents may have been original copies without signatures. The only problem I found was when there did not seem to be any noticeable differences between two items and figuring out if they were simply copies of each other or if they actually had some slight variations. It also did not help matters that the dates were missing on the pages.
It turned out to be a day of duplicates because I have worked on some of these documents before. A couple of the legal forms appeared to be draft copies containing revisions and then some of the other documents may have been original copies without signatures. The only problem I found was when there did not seem to be any noticeable differences between two items and figuring out if they were simply copies of each other or if they actually had some slight variations. It also did not help matters that the dates were missing on the pages.
Shab, sheet music collection project
Today, after I did some minor administrative correction work on the sheet music spreadsheet, I inputted the data on 35 more cards for drawer 3 of the sheet music collection project. Most of it was routine and straightforward, except for one set of cards which will need to be checked against the actual music upstairs due to there being some discrepancies in the spelling of the names. Otherwise, I didn't really face any major problems. I am still trying to figure out the difference between the note and content note fields and correcting any previous subject heading errors.
Thursday, September 12, 2013
John J. Herrera Collection Metadata - Elaine Patton, 9/12/2013
Today I entered metadata for MSS160-b4-f05 & -f06 from the John J. Herrera Collection. Both folders were mostly letters and went smoothly.
I did hit a brief snag in f05 with a couple of pages torn from a calendar with regards to who counted as the creator and/or contributors to it. One page was completely blank on the calendar grid (i.e. no notes written on it), and I suspect it was only included because the image printed on it would have accompanied the next month, which did have some notes. The other folder had the somewhat thick "Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition"..." which was a little perplexing to document. It took me back to some of the Old Vault Letters with the ongoing listings of Block X Lot Y, Block Z Lots ABC...
I did hit a brief snag in f05 with a couple of pages torn from a calendar with regards to who counted as the creator and/or contributors to it. One page was completely blank on the calendar grid (i.e. no notes written on it), and I suspect it was only included because the image printed on it would have accompanied the next month, which did have some notes. The other folder had the somewhat thick "Abstract of Title to Part of Block 4 of "Westview Addition"..." which was a little perplexing to document. It took me back to some of the Old Vault Letters with the ongoing listings of Block X Lot Y, Block Z Lots ABC...
Shab, sheet music collection project
Today I first went back and corrected some mistakes made on the publication date and date fields. Additionally, I corrected some other general typos and errors I noticed, including some subject/instrumentation/note field errors (per my earlier confusion about what information goes in what fields, and also some mistakes Cecilia pointed out). All the date and publication date fields should now be correct; however, correcting the subject, note, and instrumentation fields will take longer to review and will be a work in progress for at least another week or two. I also completed inputting the metadata on 23 more cards, most of which were fairly straightforward except for a few odd anomalies here and there which I've highlighted for Cecilia to review later.
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