How To Organize: Digital Photos On Computer Discs

Let's face it--it is easy to get overwhelmed when you have computer discs and digital video discs to keep tidy around your home or office. They start to multiply exponentially when you get busy, and at that point it feels as if they take on a life of their own. Instead of stuffing them into a desk drawer, hoping that you will have time to "deal with them later," why not start an easy-to-implement storage solution for all your digital photographs. One simple and space-efficient way to organize all those discs is to use archival sleeves and a cd sleeve binder.

A CD Storage Sleeve to your rescue . . .

A CD storage sleeve is a plastic envelope, but this storage device is used to keep your CDs in order. Archival sleeves have individual pockets into which you can slip a single CD or DVD. Several of these pockets are placed on a CD storage sleeve, so you can store several discs on both sides of the same CD storage sleeve.

Many people create their own inkjet or laser-printer labels for use on CDs and DVDs. These are great, because they let you know exactly what is stored on the disc. There is an issue with label damage when they are stored improperly, however. Archival sleeves are a perfect solution for this problem, because the archival sleeves are created from acid-free materials. Archival sleeves also offer UV protection, and this helps to keep your important disc labels in place as well.

Archival sleeves come with other features built in to protect your digital data on your CDs and DVDs. If you get a scratch on the side of the disc that the laser reads, you are in big trouble because that scratch can damage the data so that it is unreadable. This is especially important when multiple discs are stored together in dvd storage sleeves, for example. A CD storage sleeve can help reduce the changes of corrosion causing surface damage to the disc, and thus it or DVD storage sleeves help to extend the life of the data on the CD or DVD.
So, what you need is a stack of DVD storage sleeves and a CD sleeve binder or two to help you get started on your organization plan. Take your CDs out of your desk. There may be a lot of discs, but that's okay because it is very easy to bring order out of the chaos. You can choose a method for organizing the discs that makes the most sense for your situation. If you are a gallery owner, you may wish to organize them by photographer name. You may choose to organize them by content or year. Once like discs are placed in sleeves, they can then be put into a CD sleeve binder, with dividers to label separate sections, and into separate binders according to topic.

Organization problem solved.

Susan Slobac is an avid photographer.Susan believes a picture frame is more than just fashion; it's a safeguard for something you love. In this article Susan talks about dvd storage sleeves.