06-11-2012, 05:44 PM
medals73 Wrote:Very well put, "CathhR". It isn't just a matter of accumulating or competing with others, the fun comes in the research and, yes, even in the cataloging.
I keep my catalogue in MSWord and just the Soviet material is two volumes (groups and singles, respectively 739 and 343 pages). And the catalogues are in a constant process of revision, even though not a lot of new stuff is being added these days. For organization (or it just being anal compulsive?) I assign numbers to individual items and to groups; if another group were to come in it would be G494 and the next single item, whether grouped or orphaned, would be 6582. I have clearly been doing this for too long.
Unfortunately, most items live in the bank vault, so as close as I come to fondling my friends is the virtual fondling of the scans in the catalogue.
Does that mean you have 493 groups and 6581 single pieces? :wow
It would be great if you could share an example from your catalog or the formatting system. (new/revived thread?)
My system is a simple MS Word catalog. I just record the award, documents, recipient name, research status, price paid, place purchased, plus a photo. It's an inefficient and unimaginative format in need of repair, though.
