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You would have to make allowances for the "period" in the call number as a
file name can have only one (the separation between file name and type -
image.tif).  Also there are other special characters that dos/windows does
not like in file names.  The following are the work arounds we use.
Period(.) --- (underscore)p
Hyphen (-) --- (underscore)h
Slash (/) --- (underscore)s
Open paren.( --- (underscore)o
Close paren. ) --- (underscore)c
Plus (+) --- (underscore)l
Blank space ( ) ---(underscore)b
We also use the call number as a directory tree, with the left most
significant part being the higher directory.

-----Original Message-----
From:   IMAGELIB [mailto:IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU] On Behalf Of Eileen
Mathias
Sent:   Wednesday, August 26, 1998 10:54 AM
To:     IMAGELIB@LISTSERV.ARIZONA.EDU
Subject:        Call Numbers

I have been thinking of using our library's call numbers to form the name of
each image file for digitized images from our books.  This is the only
unique identifier I can think of for each book, as many of our books are
very old and predate ISBN numbers, for example.  Have any of you out there
used LC or Dewey call numbers as file names?  Does this work or not work?
What is your experience?

Eileen Mathias

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Eileen Mathias, Reference Librarian / Image Center Coordinator
Academy of Natural Sciences
Ewell Sale Stewart Library
1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Philadelphia PA 19103
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