Container Control and Labeling Boxes - smith-special-collections/sc-documentation GitHub Wiki

Container control refers to the archive knowing where their boxes are, how much space they take up, and what is in them. In order to have container control at Smith, we barcode all our boxes and record information about them in ASpace.

As we have covered in previous sections, for information on describing boxes see this page. For information on mass editing boxes' location, barcode, or size, see here.

For information about how to create and print box labels, see this page.

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CONTENTS

• Smith College Special Collections
  • Our Repositories
  • The Records Life Cycle and How Processing Fits In
• Processing Overview
  • Glossary of Archival Terms
  • Structure of Collections
  • Traditional vs MPLP Processing
  • Overview of the Processing Workflow
• How to Read Processing Plans
• Arrangement
  • Intellectual vs. physical arrangement
  • Handling Archival Materials
  • Rehousing
  • Restricting materials
• Appraisal
  • Kinds of Value
  • Getting rid of material
  • Records Retention
• Description
  • Writing a Finding Aid
  • Tips for using ArchivesSpace
  • Container control and labeling boxes
• Post processing report and retrospective
• Expectations of students
• Appendices
  • Processing checklist
  • Examples