Another thanks. Much wisdom in this list and its various members! <L> Lou Judson Intuitive Audio 415-883-2689 On Jan 11, 2018, at 8:32 AM, Steve Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Lou, > Embedded descriptive metadata is still somewhat murky for audio > applications: very dependent on the digital file format used, so you may > well end up augmenting the embedded metadata with a database or spreadsheet. > > Where ever possible, leverage and augment the in-house arrangement and > descriptive resources, imposing arbitrary cataloging systems will tend to > strip these collections of their in-house context. Remember the goal is to > create an archive, not a library. > > Steve > > Steve Greene > Audiovisual Archivist > Nixon Presidential Library and Museum