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-=== To-dos from Monday, 20 January 2014 ===+=== To-dos from Monday, 27 January 2014 ===
  
-== space ==+  * **bookends** 
 +  * <del>sort the new pile of ephemera</del> 
 +  * <del>dividers: A-Z, magazines and journals, etc.</del> 
 +  * N & M shelf of randomness, boxes, etc.
  
-  * cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, discarding, organisation 
  
-  * archival boxes as needed +  * <del>cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, discarding, organisation</del> needs further review
-  * **bookends**+
  
 == digital == == digital ==
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   * tags and collections   * tags and collections
   * catalogue and library hints/guides   * catalogue and library hints/guides
 +  * infographics for library guides
  
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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. 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.
  
-== Information plumbing: January 2014 ==+== Shuffling and 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 sifted, sorted, and boxed by year for neat filing away on shelves. 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! 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!
  
-The next step is to attend to the information plumbing.+{{:library:shelf_of_randomness.jpg}} 
 + 
 +== Shelves of randomness == 
 + 
 +An entire shelf of randomness has accumulated. It's not that this randomness can't be accommodated somewhere in the library, but rather, whether it should. It all comes back to sifting and sorting stuff out. **There could be critical documents in this shelf.** Yet there also appears to be much that doesn't need to be kept. 
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 +== Walking libraries == 
 + 
 +We presently have the luxury of a dedicated library space (even if it often just ends up as a storeroom), but in coming years this will by no means be guaranteed. How might the collection become more "mobile"? First, the excess could be discarded. Multiple redundant copies, irrelevant material, //useless ephemera//… But second, the digital catalogue might become much more important: metadata, notes, comments, connections in the database, but also digitised copies. 
 + 
 +== Disks == 
 + 
 +Zotero is not so good for cataloguing CDs, DVDs, and all the other miscellaneous kinds of disks out there. The "Disks" section in any case is close to redundant, as most of this material can be archived on the servers, and if necessary catalogued using more appropriate methodsSo now there's another shelf of stuff that needs "further review"
  
 === Organisation and rationale: the sections === === Organisation and rationale: the sections ===
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     * https://github.com/rwadholm/The-Little-Library     * https://github.com/rwadholm/The-Little-Library
     * http://www.thelittlelibrary.com/     * http://www.thelittlelibrary.com/
-    collection of etexts we could upload as adjuncts to physical items  +  etext collections we could use to source adjuncts of the physical items  
-      * http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/ +    * http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/ 
-      * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/+    * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/
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