My philosophy, generally, is to use container numbers for units that
represent a physical entity that can be contained. I think of a series as
an intellectual entity, not a physical one. Although you do sometimes get
an entire series in one box, as in your example, frequently the contents of
a series is contained in multiple boxes. So to me it is more consistent
and makes more sense to only use container numbers for things that are
physically located in a specific place. Most of the time, that means
something at the file level.
An advantage to including a container number for every file is that even if
you change the order the files are displayed (e.g., for a collection where
the physical arrangement of the collection is different from the
intellectual arrangement), you retain the associated physical location
information.
/ Lara Friedman-Shedlov
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Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov
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At 07:01 PM 6/1/2005, you wrote:
>Is it more appropriate to put the container information at the c01 level
>(Writings), since all the child pieces are in the same box and they'll
>inherit from the parent, or is it more appropriate to put the container
>information at the lowest level, i.e. repeat it in each c02, so that each
>piece has its own container information? Has anyone run into problems doing
>it one way or the other?
>
>Michele
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