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7/16: Matt wrote:
Our Library Technician Elena has been working on paginating the first volume of Biological Bulletin over the past few weeks, as we have been teaching ourselves pagination.

If someone has some time, could you please take a look at this with a critical eye to what we have done;
we'd really appreciate it.

http://biodiversitylibrary.org/item/15872#7

Chris replied:
A fine job overall by you and Elena. These are my comments according to what we're doing at Harvard:

1. The item record should be corrected so that volume 1 is 1899-1900, not just 1900.

2. The entire volume should be numbered as "1", not just the issue start pages; if I am correct, I believe this improves page citations and URLSourcing for each corresponding digitized page.

3. We have been placing years with corresponding article numbers; in this case no. 1 should be dated 1899 from beginning to issue end (pages 1 through 56). Numbers 2 through 6 should be dated 1900.

4. Likewise, we add the piece number to each page of an article/issue, so e.g. no. 1 should be designated in the piece field for pages 1 through 56, and so on.

5. If there are illustrations within articles rather than plates at the end of individual pieces, we've been designating them in the Indicated Pages-Prefix/Description field as "Figures, Page ," or "Figs. 1-3, Page ," so the illustrations show up on the public portal; otherwise they appear as just "Page 5", etc. on the public portal.

6. I originally added descriptions such as introductions, prefaces, and bibliographies, but now I find there's enough metadata to add and only so much time in the day without all of those pieces of text. I usually just indicate introductions, etc., if they are a substantial part of the text, i.e. 20-30 pages worth of material at the beginning of an issue. Hopefully someday someone will go back through all of that to augment the material for a more complete navigational aid.

7. This comment isn't a huge deal as it's more personal preference, but we've been using abbreviations in the Prefix/Description field for plate description pages, e.g. "Expl. of Plates, Page ", or "Descr. of Plates, Page _". While I'm glad we have the option of 40 characters available, the longer descriptions will sometimes cut off views of page numbers on the public portal.

8. We've also been putting "Article Start" and "Article End" at the end of each piece. I am not 100% convinced this is necessary, as these are monographic serials and the issue start/end would ordinarily be enough. However, over a run of many years, there are constant changes and differences in formats, and in later years several articles may appear within a single piece or volume. Anyway, we've been putting them in; this is something that maybe should be discussed on the Wiki.

9. If there is a page number designated for the Title Page, we've been putting "Title, Page __" in the Prefix/Description field, so that it will appear on the public portal as, e.g. "Title, Page [i] (1899, v.1, no. 1)", rather than just "Page [i]."

Grace replied:
The only thing I would add to the response from Chris is related to his points number 5 and 7. I just wanted to clarify that, while the information Chris indicates, such as "Figs. 1-3, Page,” should be added in the Indicated Pages-Prefix/Description field, the actual page or plate number should be entered using the options in the Page Number section (i.e. Style/Start Value or Alpha Numeric Page No). You are already doing this, but I just wanted to make sure that it was clear that the page or plate number should not also do in the Prefix/Description field but instead in the page number fields. Other than that, great job! Thanks!

Matt replied:
I guess i just realized that when we get real confused here we can ( without ever hitting "lock for editing" ) we can go into a title which has been paginated to observe what has been done already. I think this is helpful.

So in general, we are attaching as much data to each page as is indicated by the "function" of that page, right?

We reviewed your comments today by having our Biological Bulletin volume opened up in pagination mode, locked for editing, and at the same time in another window looking at Bulletin of the MCZ volumes open for pagination without locking for editing-
this way we can observe and go back and forth easily and apply directly the points you have made.

This method works very well, I should add.