At 04:34 PM 4/1/98 -0500, Judy & Alan wrote:

>I have created a database for our media collection at Carillon
>Historical Park.  Since the items contained within the collection are
>unaccessioned items, they have no numbers.  Do any of the list members
>have ideas regarding the numbering of a media collection?  Have any of
>you ever established a parallel numbering system?  Thanks in advance for
>any help you might lend.

Start with the number 1 and keep on going until you run out of things or
run out of numbers, whichever comes first.

r.baron