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altformavail is used at the Minnesota Historical Society and if I remember correctly, its main use is for microfilm. It's displayed in Administrative Information under the heading, "Alternate Form of Material." Joyce On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:25 AM, Michele R Combs <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Just wondering if this element is in general use, if so how, and where in the finding aid do you display it? > > To date we have to date simply been including microfilm versions of items in the inventory as part of the collection, and linking to on-line digital versions of material either via an archref in the Related materials section (if it is a standalone digital collection) or via the dao (if there are only a few scattered items in our general digital repository). But I'm wondering whether we ought to be using the altformavail. All thoughts welcome. > > Thanks -- > > Michele > > (be green - don't print this email!) > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Michele Combs > Manuscripts Librarian > Special Collections Research Center > Syracuse University Libraries > 222 Waverly Ave. > Syracuse, NY 13244 > 315-443-2081 > [log in to unmask] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Joyce Chapman NCSU Libraries Metadata and Cataloging/ Digital Library Initiatives [log in to unmask]