NPL Digitization Lab Technical Issues

1933 has been uploaded and is ready for indexing.

Sergey

The name of the paper changed on October 20, 1965 to "the Era".

Going forward, assume that the issue numbers post-1965 are on the top left of the editorial page, which "should" be on page 4. This could differ.
-Adam

On March 17 1965 a second issue was published titled the "1965 Industrial and Commercial Review and Forecast". It was never given an issue number and the issue numbering continues as if it does not exist. It is clearly not a supplemental section of the numbered issue.

For our purposes we decided to name it the same as the regular issue published that day and add a letter to distinguish it.

. . . 1965_03_17_012
. . . 1965_03_17_012A

1965 begins on the microfilm with issue no. 2 on Jan. 6. Because 1964 ended on Dec. 22 with issue 52 it is suspected that there is a missing issue between these two. Although the exact date is unknown we are assuming that it is issue no.1 for 1965.

Current indexing files for all indexers, the master index, and the indexing templates have been updated with formulas to automatically create and enter the image file name in the "Image" field.

You no longer have to copy and paste the image file name onto the Excel worksheets. When you record the page number and publication date for an article or BMD record, the formula will generate and input the image file name in the "Image" field. The formula exists in the article and BMD worksheets.

If you see an error message (e.g., "#N/A"), it could be because the publication date you entered does not correspond to any image file names (i.e., that date does not have an issue). Also, if the date is not in the correct format it may not be identified by the formula and an error message will appear.

Please do not change the formulas or the date field's cell formatting to avoid errors.

Thank you!

=Katherine=

The Nov 1, 1962 issue had 18 regular pages and then a supplemental cookbook at the end (numbered 1-20). For file naming, the cookbook section is: newmarket_era_and_express_1962_11_01_044_A01
(Newmarket Era and Express, Issue 44, Section A, page 1)

On the microfilm, the cookbook had two pages for every 1. I used the framing feature to scan each individual page, so the file sizes are about half as big (4000 kb)

Julia

Pages 1 and 2, March 28, 1963 are missing from microfilm.

Sergey

Missing Page:

newmarket_era_and_express_1962_04_05_014_03

I have created a master file to keep track of all of the missing page and issues. It is saved in S:\DLAB. The spreadsheet has a record of everything that is on microfilm and everything that is missing. There are still gaps that need to be filled in on the spreadsheet (i.e specific issue numbers for issues that haven't been scanned yet), but if you come across a missing page or issue, you can consult this spreadsheet.

Thanks,

Julia

I discovered this morning that some of the boxes did not have the corresponding roll of film in them. 1962 had 1964 in it, and other years on the shelf were also problematic. I will rename the mislabeled files this afternoon. Please be careful that you have the correct date/issue in place, as the scanning file name carries throughout our entire process.
-Adam