[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Extent Type

[Brad Westbrook]

Hi, Jaime,

One thing I have done in the past is to use the “parenthetical plural,” for lack of a better phrase, i.e., “volume(s)”, “image(s), etc.  Thus, 1 volume(s) or 4 volume(s).  This does not work for foot/feet obviously.

That’s just one suggestion.

Brad W.

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Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Extent Type

How are other people dealing with the singular/plural issues in Extent Type?

What I mean by this is we might have 1 volume or 2 volumes in a collection.  Do you have both "volume" and "volumes" in the Extent Type drop-down or do you force people to chose "volumes" even if they only have 1 item (and then manually fix the spawned finding aid/marc record)?

This may sound silly, but is actually an incredibly important question for my cleanup and clarification of procedures going forward.

Thanks!
Jaime

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Jaime L. Margalotti

Senior Assistant Librarian

Manuscripts and Archives Department University of Delaware Library

Newark, DE  19717-5267

302-831-0554

jmargalo at udel.edu<mailto:jmargalo at udel.edu>
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