Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 14:35:37 -0500
From: Steve Abrams <sapuppets-AT-gmail.com>
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] [puptcrit] Inheritance


Im with Preston
I would love to know about the dirt and goat pin

On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:48 PM, Jesse Ephraim
<JEphraim-AT-ci.southlake.tx.us>wrote:

> Steve made several excellent suggestions, but I would like to highlight
> one in particular:
>
> >Make it easy for your executor or family and friends
> >Catalog your own stuff, especially the books
> >If you find it a daunting task to go through everything -
> >so will those who inherit your stuff.
>
> I wholeheartedly agree!
>
> For example...
>
> I have a fairly extensive collection of ephemera related to a few
> specific subcultures, and have started to catalog all of it.  Right now,
> I'm the only one who knows why particular scraps of paper were saved,
> where particular items came from, and the context in which the items
> came to my attention.
>
> For example, I have a round pin that has a picture of a goat on the
> front of it.  An executor would never know anything about it because
> there is no text accompanying the picture and no marks stamped into the
> metal on the back.  (S)he might assume that I bought it because I like
> goats - which I do - but that has nothing to do with why I have it in my
> collection.  From the perspective of most folks it could be anything - a
> logo for a food company, a sports team mascot, etc.
>
> I also have a small can filled with dirt.  Without context, it would
> probably be thrown out.
>
> If items are routinely cataloged when they are obtained, the task
> becomes much less daunting.  Cataloging can go much faster if more than
> one person is involved, too.  An apprentice, student, or fellow
> collector can do data entry while the owner talks about an item, can
> help with photos and storage processing, etc.  My girlfriend frequently
> helps when I catalog my collectible books and magazines - she reads off
> titles and authors, searches for publication dates, etc. while I put the
> information into an Excel spreadsheet.
>
> Jesse Ephraim
>
> Youth Services Librarian
> Southlake Public Library
> 1400 Main St., Ste. 130
> Southlake, TX  76092
>
> Email:   jephraim-AT-ci.southlake.tx.us
> Phone: (817) 748-8248
> FAX:    (817) 748-8250
> www.southlakelibrary.org
> uncommonly friendly service
>
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