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 ==== Cataloguing Notes ====
-  * FoAM Library: http://fo.am/library/
-  * Zotero online catalogue: http://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library
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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.
 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.
-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.
  --- //Armoracio "Bud" Minuez//
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+  * FoAM Library: http://fo.am/library/
+  * Zotero online catalogue: http://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library
 === Digital cataloguing: first steps, April 2013 ===