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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
- | (see also [[library | + | * FoAM Library: http:// |
+ | * Zotero online catalogue: http:// | ||
- | * scan | + | < |
- | * bibtex | + | |
- | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | + | |
- | * zotero | + | |
- | * see also -> https:// | + | |
- | < | + | {{ http:// |
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. | 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 " | + | 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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+ | === 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: | ||
- | === Digital cataloguing === | ||
- | * We agreed to use the [[http:// | ||
- | * 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. | ||
- | * 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:// | ||
=== Organisation: | === Organisation: | ||
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- 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, and < | ||
+ | === Zotero catalogue notes === | ||
+ | * need to decide on convention for the " | ||
+ | * either use ISO 639-3 three letter codes. multiple languages separated by commas (e.g '' | ||
+ | * or use the more expansive/ | ||
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+ | // | ||
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=== Ongoing notes === | === Ongoing notes === | ||
* in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/ | * 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 | + | * <del>sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous</ |
* linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | * 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, | * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, | ||
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* Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as " | * 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:// | + | * tags might be a good way to physically |
* '' | * '' | ||
* '' | * '' | ||
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* '' | * '' | ||
- | what is the motivation for the '' | + | what is the motivation for the '' |
=== To-dos === | === To-dos === | ||
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* distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | ||
- | * "The Little Library" | + | |
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* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// |