Brian Walters wrote: Hi Brian,
> I agree with Leon in that it doesn't matter much how you > store slides, provided they are stored safely and provided > there is a way to easily retrieve the ones you want. When you have a packing boxes full of slides, it becomes a major problem. > Mine are in clear plastic sheets in ring binders but each > slide is listed in a database with keywords and other details > so that I can search for a particular topic. If the system > works, it will direct me to the appropriate page in a binder. > Of course, how well it works depends on how well the > database is set up and mine doesn't always work........... That sounds a good system to me, the thing is having got three systems of storage; development mailing boxes, plastic sheets and real large boxes with individual slide slots, I like the latter the best of all. What I currently have is not economical on space though, but it's a matter of choice. > Setting up a database can be a bugger if you have thousands > of slides in the backlog - but if the system is set up so > that any new slides are added immediately, the backlog can be > reduced over a period of time. When I set mine up I had > about 3000 slides to catalogue - I did this over a period of > about 6 months and have never regretted the time spent. The > database has now expanded to list about 5000. As I have mainly taken slides and the collection goes back to 1970, I think I'm in the same territory of backlog and yes I agree that the backlog would have to go over time, particularly where I would have to view the slides to catalogue them properly....actually, sounds a rather nice job for the Winter with the long nights :-) > The database I use is Alpha 5 but a spreadsheet should work > almost as well. I'm hoping to adapt the same system when I > eventually go digital. My wife is great on such matters and I will fob this off onto her...er..I mean seek out her experience in achieving this. Malcolm
