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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
- | (see also [[library notes]] for the [[foam library]] ) | ||
- | * scan | + | === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === |
- | * bibtex | + | |
- | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | + | |
- | * zotero | + | |
- | * see also -> https:// | + | |
- | < | + | * check existing catalogue entries for errors |
+ | * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera | ||
+ | * tags and collections | ||
+ | * catalogue | ||
- | A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing system -- should aspire to be simple, elegant, and beautiful. Visitors should be able both to browse and search in the greatest ease and comfort. A library thus becomes a pataphor for the art of living itself. I have striven to follow these principles in approaching the sometimes daunting task of coming to terms with, managing and (re)organising the FoAM archive. | + | * < |
- | --- //Armoracio " | + | * sorting and making space for cards, games, and other weird items |
+ | * propaganda sorting, organisation, | ||
+ | * cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, organisation, | ||
- | === Digital cataloguing === | + | * archival boxes as needed |
+ | * **bookends** (Michka?) | ||
- | * We agreed to use the [[http:// | + | * übercleanup |
- | * A second pass involved manually looking up the ISBN numbers from within the desktop application, | + | |
- | * A more time-consuming ongoing task will involve checking, verification and correction of the database. | + | {{http:// |
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+ | === Diary of an archivist === | ||
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+ | == Digital cataloguing: | ||
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+ | We agreed to use the [[http:// | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | == Sorting and consolidating: | ||
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+ | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random books and journals that slipped through the dragnet, a vast pile of grey literature. And it was all a mess. I ripped everything off the shelves and out of the boxes and dumped the lot on the floor. From there I attempted to reassemble the material into the most basic and easy-to-use categories that were still somehow useable. I don't think this has been quite successful – but I think it' | ||
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+ | == Information plumbing: January 2014 == | ||
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+ | In my absence over summer some amazing assistants tackled and substantially resolved the most serious nightmare of this library | ||
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+ | However, we must rally our efforts. The deluge of ephemera is unstoppable and will require ever-renewed vigilance to ensure that the forces of greyness do not completely overwhelm us. But do not despair – together we shall conquer! Per aspera ad astra! | ||
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+ | The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | ||
=== Organisation: | === Organisation: | ||
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- separate the more from the less " | - separate the more from the less " | ||
- **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | - **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | ||
- | - 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 " | + | - an **unperiodicals** section that incorporates all types of items such as exhibition openings, reports, yearbooks, etc. that are semi- or un-periodical: I'll probably catalogue these with the canned Zotero item type as " |
- an **audiovisual** section at some point | - an **audiovisual** section at some point | ||
- an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N&M library bequest) | - an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N&M library bequest) | ||
- an **ephemera** section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | - an **ephemera** section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | ||
- | - 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 < | + | - 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) |
- | === Ongoing | + | === Zotero catalogue |
- | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/ | + | |
- | | + | * either use ISO 639-3 three letter codes. multiple languages separated by commas (e.g '' |
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | + | * or use the more expansive/ |
- | * manually | + | * // |
- | * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, | + | |
- | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as " | + | === General notes === |
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+ | * linking to/from the [[: | ||
+ | * often it's unavoidable that you'll have to manually | ||
+ | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as " | ||
* I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: | * I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: | ||
- | * tags might be a good way to locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http:// | ||
- | * '' | ||
- | * '' | ||
- | * '' | ||
- | * '' | ||
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- | * '' | ||
- | * '' | ||
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- | * '' | ||
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- | === To-dos | + | === New books ==== |
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- | * cataloguing the journals/ | + | |
- | * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references | + | |
- | + | ==== Further | |
- | ==== Further | + | |
* distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | ||
- | * "The Little Library" | + | |
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* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
+ | * collection of etexts we could upload as adjuncts to physical items | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
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+ | < | ||
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+ | A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing system -- should aspire to be simple, elegant, and beautiful. Visitors should be able both to browse and search in the greatest ease and comfort. A library thus becomes a pataphor for the art of living itself. I have striven to follow these principles in approaching the sometimes daunting task of coming to terms with, managing and (re)organising the FoAM archive. | ||
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+ | This particular collection, where each book can in principle lurk at the interstices of the connection of everything to everything else, demonstrates most acutely the issue with filing items according to a single -- or even predominant -- topic or subject area. At the same time, with items digitally catalogued and instantly searchable by any field (including tags), the physical arrangement becomes less critical for indicating an item's subject, class, or other characteristic. The library is also small and seems unlikely to grow rapidly in the foreseeable future. Therefore, after some (uneven and random) thought, and a close perusal of [[library_notes|existing notes]] on this question, I decided to take the semi-organic organisational approach as indicated below. | ||
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+ | --- //Armoracio " |