[Archivesspace_Users_Group] Top container ranges

Lucas, Dawne Howard dawne_lucas at unc.edu
Thu Jun 18 08:44:14 EDT 2020


One quick-follow up: we’re not completely clueless about how we might do this, but appreciate hearing about the experience at other institutions. For those institutions that have done this, were there any drawbacks?

Thanks,

Dawne


From: Lucas, Dawne Howard<mailto:dawne_lucas at unc.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 18, 2020 8:13 AM
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Subject: [Archivesspace_Users_Group] Top container ranges


Hi all,



We are formulating a plan to import our 7000+ EAD finding aids into ArchivesSpace and are wondering how other institutions have handled top container ranges.



For example, we have finding aids coded like this:



<c02><did><container type="box" label="Box">3-4</container><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle></did></c02>



This imports into ASpace just fine (yay!), but of course also creates a top container for Box 3-4 instead of Box 3 and Box 4 (boo!). We assume this will be an issue later when we integrate with Aeon.



The most obvious solution to this problem appears to be to change the encoding to:



<c02><did><container type="box" label="Box">3</container><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle></did></c02>



<c02><did><container type="box" label="Box">4 </container><unittitle>Photographs</unittitle></did></c02>



For several reasons, this is not a viable solution for us. Have other institutions figured out a way to deal with this issue that does not include editing the EAD in individual finding aids?

Thanks for your help,

Dawne

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Dawne Howard Lucas (she/her/hers)
Technical Services Archivist

Wilson Special Collections Library
200 South Road, CB #3926
Chapel Hill, NC 27515
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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