Sigillography, n. ~ The study of seals. Rt: seal signature

specific material designation, n. (SMD, abbr.) ~ A term indicating the special class
of material (usually the class of physical object) to which the descriptive unit
belongs (e.g., sound disc). [AACR2]
RT: general material designation
specificity of indexing ~ see: depth indexing
RT: indexing
specimen, n. ~ 1. An item of natural origin. – 2. An item that is a representative
example of class.
DF: artifact
BT: material
RT: object, realia
Notes: Specimen1 is often used to distinguish biological, botanical, and geological
materials from man-made artifacts.
spider ~ see: harvester
SPINDEX (also SPINDEX II, SPINDEX III), n. ~ An early computer application to
assist in the production and indexing of finding aids for records and manuscript
collections.
Notes: SPINDEX is derived from Selective Permutation INDEXing.
†22 (Barth 1997): [Beginning in 1964] LC developed two separate systems, the
Master Record of Manuscript Collections (MRMC) to provide administrative
control over holdings, and SPINDEX (emerging out of the previous punch card
project) to provide automated forms of access to archival materials. The National
Archives joined the automation effort in 1967, and developed a derivative system
from SPINDEX geared more specifically for archival collections at NARA called
SPINDEX II. ¶ SPINDEX II focused on providing access to archival collections by
automating previously prepared and published finding aids. ¶ The National
Archives used SPINDEX II extensively throughout the 1970s, producing among
other guides, the first comprehensive index to the Papers of the Continental
Congress in conjunction with the American Bicentennial.NARA also used the system
to prepare up-to-date collection guides (subject-based, and format-based) as
well as the National Historical Publications and Records Commission’s Directory
of Archives and Manuscript Repositories.NARA did make the SPINDEX II system
available to other organizations, and the system was used widely both as an
archival control program, but also in a records management capacity for many
corporations in the United States, Canada, and Australia.
BT: Broader Term • NT: Narrower Term • RT: Related Term • DF: Distinguish From
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†122 (Hickerson 1981, p. 29): The basic SPINDEX II programs provide for the
printing of a register (a formatted, narrative collection description or abstract)
and an index. The index provides for a primary sort of keywords, alphabetically or
chronologically, and a secondary sort by either title or date. . . . After the staff of
the NHPRC decided to use SPINDEX in the creation of a national data base of
information on archives and manuscripts in the United States, they requested that
NARS make significant changes in the SPINDEX II software package. Carrying
out these modifications resulted in the creation of SPINDEX III.