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Help needed in Arctos - Creating Storage Locations as Containers: Barcode series #8304

Open Kmullineaux opened 4 hours ago

Kmullineaux commented 4 hours ago

Tell us what you are trying to do

I am attempting to record the locations of objects in storage/on display in Arctos for internal collection management purposes. I'd like internally approved users to be able to see where in storage an item is if they need it. Based on the literature, it seems that I need to claim a barcode series and then use that series to create containers, i.e., each barcode will be assigned to a room, shelf, or cabinet as needed, and then I can place individual records 'in' containers in Arctos to note where the object is in storage or on display. Is this correct?

I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding the process. My institution doesn't have the resources to place barcodes on all our specimens at this time. If there is a better way to track object locations that you suggest, please let me know!

What are relevant pages in Arctos

Provide a link to or a description of the page where you need help.

dustymc commented 3 hours ago

One alternative to containers is https://arctos.database.museum/info/ctDocumentation.cfm?table=ctspecpart_attribute_type#location (a free-text field associated with parts).

Most of the work of barcoding seems to be getting the individual parts associated with machine-readable labels (after which they can easily be scanned into other containers). I've usually thought that partial barcoding was not a good investment because of this, but I believe it's working for OGL - maybe @happiah-madson will chime in.