Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/01/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Now that you have "computers", wouldn't keywords be a better system. I used to use a numerical system for my Radiology slides, but now with database digital collections, I can use the medical terms, pulled down from a menu (so I can spell them right ;-) ) Cheers On 25/01/2005, at 7:03 AM, Tina Manley wrote: > At 04:21 AM 1/24/2005, you wrote: >> Cheers and yes it helps, now all I need is a fail safe way of >> labelling storing finding etc ;-) > > I label using the old PhotoTrack system with 5 numbers for the subject > and category and 5 numbers for the location in the file. For example: > 61949-13214 means Honduras (619), Children (49), on slide page 132 > in slot 14. I can find anything in a matter of minutes (as long as I > refiled it after the last use!) The slides and negatives are all > mounted in Gepe mounts and filed in hanging slide pages in lateral > filing cabinets. It's by far the most efficient way I've found of > labeling, storing, and finding slides. It does take some time to get > organized but you save that much time easily when you're trying to > find one particular slide among 500,000! > > Tina > > > Tina Manley, ASMP > www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > Alastair