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| === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === | === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === | ||
| - | * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera: extract books, magazines, journals and leave the remainder to the assistants | + | |
| - | * catalogue | + | |
| + | * tags and collections | ||
| * catalogue and library hints | * catalogue and library hints | ||
| - | * going through the huge boxes | + | * <del>going through</ |
| * sorting and making space for cards, games, and other weird items | * sorting and making space for cards, games, and other weird items | ||
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| == Sorting and consolidating: | == Sorting and consolidating: | ||
| - | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random that slipped through the dragnet, | + | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random |
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| - | I ripped everything off the shelves 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 workable. I don't think this has been quite successful, but it' | + | |
| == Information plumbing: January 2014 == | == Information plumbing: January 2014 == | ||
| - | 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 sorted. | + | 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, |
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| + | However, we must rally our efforts. The deluge of ephemera | ||
| The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | ||
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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) | ||
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| * // | * // | ||
| - | === General | + | === General |
| * 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/ | ||
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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 physically locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http:// | ||
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| - | (The motivation for the '' | ||
| === New books ==== | === New books ==== | ||
| - find an interesting book | - find an interesting book | ||
| - | - add to the 'book orders' | + | - add to the 'book orders' |
| - buy it | - buy it | ||
| - transfer to libray group once it arrives | - transfer to libray group once it arrives | ||
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| * https:// | * https:// | ||
| * http:// | * http:// | ||
| + | * collection of etexts we could upload as adjuncts to physical items | ||
| + | * http:// | ||
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| < | < | ||
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