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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
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- | * FoAM Library: http:// | ||
- | * Zotero online catalogue: http:// | ||
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- | {{ http:// | + | 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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- | 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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* 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/ | ||
* < | * < | ||
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | + | * linking to/from the [[: |
* 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, | ||
* there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, | * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, |