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| * Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible option for the idea of extending our cataloguing initiative into a collective, inter-organisational library database for some fairly unusual and rare books. For now, FoAM's library can now be found [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|here]]. | * Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible option for the idea of extending our cataloguing initiative into a collective, inter-organisational library database for some fairly unusual and rare books. For now, FoAM's library can now be found [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|here]]. |
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| === Organisation: some details === | === Organisation: the sections === |
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| * separate the more from the less "substantial" -- in practice, __books__ constitute the major substantial category | - separate the more from the less "substantial" -- in practice, **books** constitute the major substantial category |
| * __periodicals__ cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; but I would avoid mixing these with the ephemera | - **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; but I would avoid mixing these with the ephemera |
| * an __audiovisual__ section at some point | - a **conference proceedings** section that incorporates all types of items such as exhibition openings, reports, yearbooks, etc. that are semiperiodical: I'll probably catalogue these with the canned Zotero item type as "Conference proceedings" |
| * an __ephemera__ section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; these are more transient and ephemeral than any of the preceding, but may be of value to retain in many cases | - an **audiovisual** section at some point |
| * at any time, the library can expand or contract with __temporary autonomous subsections__; current examples of these are: | - an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N&M library bequest) |
| * Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books, and | - an **ephemera** section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; these are more transient and ephemeral than any of the preceding, but may be of value to retain in many cases |
| * Nik and Maja's oscillatory home/FoAM section of mainly fictional items which, one day, they will need to decide whether to amalgamate into the FoAM library proper, or reattach and merge with their own quasi-independent, temporarily autonomous library (hitherto uncatalogued) | - at any time, the library can expand or contract with **temporary autonomous subsections** (such as Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books, and <del>Nik and Maja's oscillatory home/FoAM section of mainly fictional items which, one day, they will need to decide whether to amalgamate into the FoAM library proper, or reattach and merge with their own quasi-independent, temporarily autonomous library (hitherto uncatalogued)</del>) |
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| | === Zotero catalogue notes === |
| | * need to decide on convention for the "Language" field.... |
| | * either use ISO 639-3 three letter codes. multiple languages separated by commas (e.g ''nld,fra,eng'' > ISO 639-3 > http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp |
| | * or use the more expansive/descriptive (but not always consistent) english name for the language as supplied by Open Worldcat (e.g. "The book is primarily in English; prefaces in English, German, French.") |
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| | //(I've tended to favour the 3-letter codes.)// |
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| | === Ongoing notes === |
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| * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc., failing that by title | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc., failing that by title |
| * sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous | * sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous |
| * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|catalogued items]] may prove interesting and useful, particularly as files can be attached to a Zotero item: see [[anthropological_research_on_hazards_and_disasters|this example]] | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|catalogued items]] may prove interesting and useful, particularly as files can be attached to Zotero items: see [[anthropological_research_on_hazards_and_disasters|this example]] |
| * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, but it is very time-consuming | * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, but it is very time-consuming |
| | * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, conference papers, extended brochures, etc. etc. which are not quite periodicals and not quite books: I'm struggling to separate these from the deluge of ephemera and can only conclude that this part of the cycle could do with a //**__substantial <del>bonfire of the vanities</del> selective redistribution__**// |
| | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as "books," with a note indicating what volume/issues are in the library: important articles within these periodicals can then be added as separate items |
| | * I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: **''year [volume:issue] additional info''** (additional info can be season/month(s), thematic name of the issue, etc.); using the notes field like this is a bit kludgy, but at least in this format they will sort by date and issue |
| | * tags might be a good way to physically locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/|controlled vocabulary]] for this purpose, e.g.: |
| | * ''fl-books'' |
| | * ''fl-periodicals'' |
| | * ''fl-periodicals-singleissue'' |
| | * ''fl-unperiodicals'' |
| | * ''fl-fiction'' |
| | * ''fl-oversize'' |
| | * ''fl-ephemera'' |
| | * ''fl-ephemera-postcards'' |
| | * ''fl-ephemera-brochures'' |
| | * ''fl-ephemera-menus'' |
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| | what is the motivation for the ''fl-'' prefix? "**F**oAM **L**ibrary" -- a way to uniquely distinguish this set of keywords from any others that may become entangled with the items. |
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| === Ongoing notes and to-dos === | === To-dos === |
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| * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, conference papers, extended brochures, etc. etc. which are not quite periodicals and not quite books: I'm struggling to separate these from the deluge of ephemera and can only conclude that this part of the cycle could do with a //**__substantial <del>bonfire of the vanities</del> selective redistribution__**// | |
| * sort and determine storage for ephemera | * sort and determine storage for ephemera |
| * catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc. | * <del>catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc.</del> |
| * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas | * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas |
| * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue | * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue |
| * adding pdfs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible) | * add PDFs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible) |
| * cataloguing the journals/magazines: Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. particular articles) rather than whole issues of periodicals: perhaps both can be done, including significant references | * <del>cataloguing the journals/magazines</del> |
| | * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references |
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| | === New books ==== |
| | - find an intersting book |
| | - add to the 'book orders' group [ref] |
| | - buy it |
| | - transfer to libray group once it arrives [ref] |
| | - read (or otherwise absorb) |
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| | ==== Further Entangling ==== |
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| | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) |
| | * "The Little Library" project for CC digital collections. |
| | * https://github.com/rwadholm/The-Little-Library |
| | * http://www.thelittlelibrary.com/ |
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