Page Comparison

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• Physical Location of Photos
  • Check in PastPerfect (NOT PP Online) and look at the Home Location Field at the top of the record
  • Most photos are in Room 104
  • PHOT location:  For photos by photographer (with a Collection designation of “Photographers:  Last Name, First Name,” start at the beginning of the wire shelving in 104 and they should be in alphabetical order by last name. 
    • If the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box.  Ex:  AOK:PHOT:R2S1
  • Miscellaneous is at the end of the individual photographers’ boxes
  • Processes and Albums are next
    • Ex:  Looking for the Cyanotypes box?  Check there
    • Looking for a travel album?  Check there
  • COLL location:  After the Processes, in alphabetical order
    • Again, if the Home Location has a Range and Shelf designation, use that to find the box.  Ex:  AOK:COLL:R7S2
  • VLT  location:  in the Vault.  You will need a key from the supervisor to enter.
  • Notable Exceptions:
    • Baltimore Sun photos are in 038
    • Baltimore Sun negatives are in 150C (APC room)
    • Hughes glass negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103
    • Underwood & Underwood are in file cabinets in Room 103
    • Bullock negatives are in file cabinets in Room 103
    • Lewis Hine Collection is in vault
    • Certain collections are shelved in ABC order along with individual photographers:
      • Survey portfolio
      • Words & Images portfolio
      • Others are too, per Tom’s request.  Check the Home Location in PastPerfect, it will tell you exactly where to go
    • Audrey Lathrop Collection is in cold storage (now on shelves outside of cold storage until it is fixed).
      • BTW, the location designation for cold storage is “CS”

• BOOKS
  • Books can be found in the regular Library catalog
  • If you’re looking for books that are ONLY in UMBC’s Special Collections, use the UMBC Only Search:  http://catalog.umd.edu/F/P25CLG3INM3VEQ2LI4SURT37FLIGYJV433NUSYGRJ31QK8QCVD-19069?func=file&file_name=find-c&local_base=bc&pds_handle=GUEST
    • Put in your search terms
      • E.g. Title, Author, Subject, etc.
  • You can further refine by
    • Location = Special Collections
    • Format = choose from the drop down menu, e.g. Archives & Manuscripts OR Journals/Newspapers/Magazines, etc. or any of the other options
    • Named Collection = choose from the drop down menu

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• Physical Location of Books
  • By Collection Name (The end of the ranges should have correct Collection Names so that you know where to find books)
    • First in Room 104 on the left hand side is Bafford (Photography books)
    • Then Arnold (sometimes called Howard.  It is Maryland history)
    • Then Needle (Utopian thought, Socialism, Radical Thought)
    • Then Rosenfeld (Science Fiction)
    • Across the aisle from the last row of Rosenfeld = Book Arts (note that these have SC General call numbers.  If you inadvertently go to the SC General stacks to look for them, a flag should notify you to go back to the Book Arts section)
    • Next is Faculty/Staff publications
    • Then SC General
    • Mixed in with SC General along the wall close to the photos is Merkle (Graphic Satire)

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