Disorganized Archive Metadata

Disorganized Archive Metadata in Adobe Acrobat — with a ready prompt for the moment it comes up. 1 real situation leads here.

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my archive’s metadata is a jumble and it slows every research project

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Across the last [N=20] digitization jobs, inconsistent item identifiers and missing page numbers…
Across the last [N=20] digitization jobs, inconsistent item identifiers and missing page numbers have forced me to reassemble citations at proofs. Identify the recurring metadata failures and recommend one template and automated step that would prevent the usual rework. Explain how to roll it out to [volunteers] and IT, and give the exact phrasing for the automated filename convention to use from now on.

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