Saturday, April 12, 2008

Indexing and Digitizing References

Results found from Google search for historical (society | association) "creating an index" included:

header has information on indexing in its Digital Best Practices website.

Northeast Document Conservation Center was included in the references of the above. See its Handbook for Digital Projects. Found via searching Northeast Document Conservation Center for Handbook when original link did not work.

The Consortium of Rhinebeck History offers its archives as an example of what might be useful in indexing. Headings are as shown:

ORG ITEM_NO TITLE DATES DESCRIPTION SURNAMES GEOGRAPHY TYPE TOPIC AUTHOR
DAR 2000.P.275 picture 1977 The Washington house of Sulgrave,artcl frm newspaper,2-20-1977,Francis Russell Kirkframed by Olive Laib n/a
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DAR DAR.2000.Pa.63
1865 NY Herald newspaper dated April15,1865,death of Pres. Lincoln Lincoln
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