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- Adm Byrd: 5 expeditions to Antarctica 1920s-1950s
- Examine item condition: worth saving? Re-house materials: using plastic sleeves, putting in new boxes Document inventory: assigning folder/item numbers, creating container lists, augmenting finding aid Re-evaluating items: collection development policy and judgment
- Digitally capture: digital camera Nikon D60, scanner Epson Expression 10000XL Modify image: light and color balance, add filename tag Electronically publish: Research items, add descriptive and administrative metadata Arrange collection: on-going with each addition to make sense from a browser’s perspective
- 5 sub-collections: Byrd Expeditionary Artifacts, Byrd Non-Expeditionary Artifacts, Byrd Artwork, Byrd Philately, W
- Reference: allows curator to email links to helpful items that may answer the patron’s question, also allows patron to find it themselves through Google or other search engines Groups, Orgs, Institutions: special-interest groups like polar philatelists exposed to our large collection of covers, institutional loan purposes