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Answer:
I use the Cradoc Caption Writer to label my slides. I use my own number
system to keep track of them. The numbering system is fairly simple.
The first 2 digits are letters they identify the location (ON = Ontario; PQ =
Quebec; PE = P.E.I.; ME = Maine; NH = New Hampshire and so on, for
international destinations I usually use the first 2 letters of the country,
GR = Greece; FR = France; DR = Dominican Republic. Exceptions are when the
letters have been already used like for Mexico, ME has been used by Maine so
Mexico is MX)
The next 2 digits represent the year in which the image was made (98, 99,
00). As I don't expect to be photographing in 2100, 2 digits work fine.
The last 4 digits represent the sequential number of the picture taken in
that year.
So my Codes for last year look like:
ON990001 (this would be the 1st slide that I took last year in Ontario)
ON991373 (this would be the 1373rd slide that I took last year in Ontario,
which is the last slide that I took in Ontario)
I store all of the slides in GEPE slide boxes, each box holds 125 slides (5
divisions of 25 slides each) Slide # ON000001 which is the 1st slide from
this year in Ontario will go immediately after # ON991373 in the slide box.
That way if I want to get a slide from Ontario I just go to the shelves that
have the Ontario boxes.
I used to use a variation of this system which used 2 other letters after the
date to further define the categories, but I found I was being overwhelmed by
the number of categories that I had.
Hope this helps,
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