03.01.2012   Training Program 2012

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14.12.2011   Burgerbibliothek Bern and its online archival catalogue

The archive of the Burgerbibliothek is now published with scopeQuery


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Archive area

Description and registration

Verzeichnungseinheiten

Units of Description

  • Generation of units of description within a hierarchical structure during registration
  • Creation and administration of all information relevant to units of description (conditions of use, protection periods, references etc.)
  • Visualization of the archive plan

 

Deskriptoren

Descriptors

(requires Units of Description)

  • In-depth registration and standardized description of units of description, objects or partners by assigning keywords (preferred terms and non-preferred terms etc.)
  • Central administration of (standardized) keywords
  • Easier search for units of description and objects

 

Objekte

Objects

  • Registration and establishment of a buildings inventory (incl. main, partial and secondary objects)
  • Additional assignment of descriptors
  • Link to units of description

 

Inventory and location management

Standorte

Locations

(requires Containers)

  • Registration and maintenance of buildings, rooms, rows, and storage areas
  • Optimum management of storage areas (showing available free space etc.)
  • Fast and reliable finding of containers and records

 

Behältnisse

Containers

(requires Units of Description)

  • Packing (logical) units of description into physical containers
  • Labeling of containers (barcodes, labels) and assignment to a location
  • Categorization and checking of the contents of a container
  • Charge-out and loan

 

Assistants

Bild-Assistent

Image Assistant

(requires at least Units of Description)

  • Conversion of digital image or plan files (vector drawings) into user-defined formats (JPEG etc.)
  • Linking both original and converted files to existing units of description

 

Findmittel-Assistent

Finding Aid Assistant

(requires at least Units of Description)

  • Quality control, correction and reorganization of existing finding aids from various source formats such as Word, Access or Excel via an intermediate format (tab delimited)
  • Loading of the corrected finding aids into scopeArchiv (Units of Description)