University of Missouri - Columbia Archives


Policy Number 22: Maintaining the Online Kardex Concordance


1. POLICY:

The online Kardex Concordance consists of two files resident on the University Archives web site that connect the original Kardex numbering system to a new Internet numbering system. The online Kardex Concordance will be updated at the following times: when a new description is added to or removed from the Archives web site, when a summary is changed to a full inventory, when any change is made either to the Kardex number or to the Record-Group number or to the file name on the Archives web site.

2. PURPOSE:

The online Kardex Concordance is a tool for linking the original Kardex numbers to the more recent web descriptions and locations. The online Kardex Concordance must be carefully and thoroughly maintained so that translations from the original Kardex numbers to the Internet designations can be reliably made.

3. SCOPE:

This policy applies to all University of Missouri - Columbia Archives staff members and student workers.

4. RESPONSIBILITIES:

4-1. The Archives staff determine when changes to the online Kardex Concordance are necessary and monitor their implementation.

4-2. The Archives staff make changes to the online Kardex Concordance as needed.

4-3. The University Archivist has final responsibility and oversight over changes made to the online Kardex Concordance.

5. DEFINITIONS:

Online Kardex Concordance - Two HTML files resident upon the University Archives web site that connect the previous system of numbering as reflected in the Kardex file to the new web description and location. There are two separate pages, one for Columbia Campus records, and one for University-Wide records. Each page has links in descending order according to the Kardex numbering. The left side bar contains links that can take one directly to the beginning of the listings for each Record Group. If the Kardex number is known, click on that Kardex number and link to the new location on the Archives web site.

6. PROCEDURES:

6-1. The Kardex Concordance should be updated at the following times: when a new description is added to or removed from the Archives web site, when a summary is changed to a full inventory, when any change is made either to the Kardex number or to the Record-Group number or to the location on the Archives web site.

6-1-1. To make an addition or an amendment to the Kardex Concordance, download the current copy of the HTML file from the web server. Changes to campus records will be made on the file entitled concordance-c.html, and changes to university-wide records will be made on the file entitled concordance-uw.html. Make certain that no other staff member is currently working on a change to the concordance file and thus avoiding copying over work in progress.

6-1-2. Open the concordance in document editing software such as NoteTab, Notepad, WordPad, avoiding software that introduces non-standard encoding or proprietary formatting. Make any necessary changes, following the page's established format, and change the revision date at the end of the Kardex Concordance file. See the following examples of Kardex Concordance listings:

Full inventory in the Campus Records group: C:0/3/5, full inventory; c-rg0-s2

Summary description in the University-Wide group: UW:4/4/4, Series 1, summary; uw-rg4-s37

Summary description in the University-Wide group with a Kardex Number ending in NP: UW:4/4/NP (A86-56, A87-110), Series 1, summary; uw-rg4-s37

6-1-3. When all necesssary editorial changes have been made and carefully checked, save the file in text format. Then upload the newly modified and saved file to the remote web server.

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7. APPENDICES:

7-1. Concordance Explanation Page

7-2. Concordance for Records of the University of Missouri - Columbia Campus

7-3. Concordance for Records of the University of Missouri System - Administration

 

Last Revised: 16 April 2024

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