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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:// | + | |
- | < | + | == space == |
- | 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. | + | * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera |
+ | * < | ||
+ | * cd/ | ||
- | --- //Armoracio " | + | * archival boxes as needed |
+ | * **bookends** | ||
- | === Digital cataloguing === | + | == digital |
- | * We agreed to use the [[http:// | + | * check existing catalogue entries |
- | * A second pass involved manually looking up the ISBN numbers from within the desktop application, | + | * tags and collections |
- | * A more time-consuming ongoing task will involve checking, verification | + | * catalogue |
- | * 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 | + | |
- | === Organisation: | + | {{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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+ | [[http:// | ||
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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's on the way. | ||
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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 – the ephemera. Thanks to them, this mass of the greyest of grey literature has now been sifted, sorted, and boxed by year for neat filing away on shelves. | ||
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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. | ||
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+ | === Organisation | ||
- 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) |
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- | === Ongoing | + | === General |
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- | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/ | + | |
- | * sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous | + | |
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | + | |
- | * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, | + | |
- | * 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 " | + | |
- | * 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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- | === To-dos === | + | |
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- | * sort and determine storage for ephemera | + | |
- | * < | + | |
- | * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas | + | |
- | * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue | + | |
- | * add PDFs to the digital catalogue (where available/ | + | |
- | * < | + | |
- | * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references | + | |
+ | * I have chosen to file books alphabetically by **name** of the first author/ | ||
+ | * linking to/from the [[: | ||
+ | * 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: | ||
+ | * ISO 639-3 three letter codes for the '' | ||
- | ==== Further | + | ==== Further |
* distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | ||
- | * "The Little Library" | + | |
+ | | ||
* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
+ | * collection of etexts we could upload as adjuncts to physical items | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// |