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+<html><head><title>foam library notes</title></head><body style="width:800pt;padding:72pt 72pt 72pt 72pt"><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><img height="303" src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/ERDn7YmwZw3QJUhhip4D8KVnSSA-QVeZLmnv08HEMId_GrHyGnWRea9naP6ohzNlnjhCqym4an85ByWYKWW--XzT9FGRJAeDoyip9jjpcYI3zKk4VqE" width="454"></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-weight:bold">goals for collection</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-access</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-organisation</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-coalition with other organisations</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-collection management tool (</span><span>&nbsp;for </span><span>online access)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-classification system (</span><span>for </span><span>physical organisation)</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>serendipity should be preserved, encouraged practiced!</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-weight:bold">some physical library stuff</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>possible shelving arrangements and subject classification-</span><span style="font-weight:bold">&nbsp;call numbers</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-weight:bold"></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>BOOKS</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>option 1</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline">shelved by broad + foam-generated subject, then by running number </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-assign subjects (or use existing subjects) on shelves, then generate running number to assign each book its place</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-style:italic">Metacreation: Art and Artificial Life</span><span>&nbsp;would be </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>art34 OR (tech34, sci34, compsci34, where ever you&rsquo;d like it). </span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>option 2</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline">shelved by running number</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>simply number the titles as you enter them into the system</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>notes</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.running numbers will require users to truly &lsquo;graze&rsquo; the collection to acquire all titles on their wish list- tick on serendipity</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.will make it easy to find newest books</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.will make it easy to visually determine if book is NOT on the shelf where it should be!</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.will be very foam specific, may be trickier to integrate with other orgs and their users</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>option 3</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline">shelved by broad subject area, then alpha by author</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-assign subjects (or use existing subjects) on shelves, then author name</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-style:italic">Metacreation: Art and Artificial Life/ Whitelaw, M</span><span>&nbsp;would be</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>art/whit</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>option </span><span>4</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline">shelved by subject in Dewey </span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-look up number on verso page or in lib catalogue or here : </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://dewey.info/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://dewey.info/</a></span><span>&nbsp; ie</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>&nbsp;</span><span style="font-style:italic">Metacreation: Art and Artificial Life </span><span>would be</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>776/WHIT</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>OR</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>776/META if you would like the alpha after Dewey to be the title (meta) rather than author (whit)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>(</span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://dewey.info/class/776/about.en" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://dewey.info/class/776/about.en</a></span><span>&nbsp;)</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>standard library practice is dewey dash author/artist (first 4 letters) unless it is an anthology or has many contributors, then it is the dewey dash title. </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>it doesn&rsquo;t really matter, but consistency will put all similar subjects by the same author/artists next to each other on shelf</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-meta library system like trove </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://trove.nla.gov.au/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://trove.nla.gov.au/</a></span><span>&nbsp;- search will link you to multiple library holdings (MARC view or librarians view in a </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/3993172/Details?lookfor=subject%253A%22Artificial+life+in+art.%22&amp;max=2&amp;offset=2" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">catalogue</a></span><span>- tag 082 subfield a is the dewey number assigned by that library)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-also </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://dewey.info/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://dewey.info/</a></span><span>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;</span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://dewey.info/class/77/about" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://dewey.info/class/77/about</a></span><span>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>notes</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.in this system like subject stays with like, increasing the chance of finding relevant works exactly where you are physically looking </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.losses, withdrawals, replacements will not affect placement on shelves</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.widely used system - familiar standards and easier uptake by possible future library network</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.keeping to broad basic dewey numbers will keep the process simple and allow for some serendipitiy</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>.system created in 1876- broad subject areas dont cover modern specifics like art and artificial life, but the subject divisions (after decimal point) do- if you get the system going with the broad dewey areas (whole numbers like 776), library interns from the future can take up the reins and really break it down at a later date and you have a system and physical subject areas up and running in the meantime</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>EPHEMERA (postcards flyers other), AV etc</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-by type (ie separate shelf)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-then by subject (however you decide- broad, dewey etc)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-if large amounts on a partic subject, can integrate into collection by popping in box on shelves with books on topic</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-with multiple copies one copy integrated one in main ephemera collection</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>- call number (ie dewey or running number) has prefix ie E or AV</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>MATERIALS</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-maybe use an overarching prefix MAT, then other descriptives</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-foams suggested categories for materials look good, but id simplify metals, rather than P4.1 (steel) i&rsquo;d just use MET/S or MET/Z for Zinc, to keep with other categories like WOO.</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-this would apply to documents/catalogues (CAT) on the materials too &nbsp;MAT CAT WOO (then maybe the supplier if more specificity needed)</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-materials would of course be tagged however you choose in the system, these are just broad shelving possibilities</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline"></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="text-decoration:underline">other physical library stuff to consider</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-labeling: putting the classification on the book. want it on the spine (easier to use), inside the book (more handsome), both (standard lib practice)? make sure it is a type you will still be able to get in 5years... one public library i worked for just </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://global.dymo.com/enGB/Products/LetraTag_LT-100H.html" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">dymo labelled</a></span><span>&nbsp;their spines</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-barcoding (lots of </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.barcodesinc.com/generator/index.php" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">bc generators </a></span><span>online)</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-interns - art libraries orgs, library schools see attached</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-flash mob the library: organise an old fashioned working bee, once you settle on some basic principles of the library</span><span>&nbsp;to do things like labelling and barcoding.</span><span>&nbsp;this will get work done and increase awareness of library project and your collection. perhaps foam and library volunteers/interns?</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-statistics</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-rfid</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-foamloan: how to mark a book as taken (only a shelf marker like a clipboard with a name on it, or system marker)</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>library system musings</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>still havent really cracked into collectiveaccess, but still feel pretty positive about the newmuseum configuration </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://collectiveaccess.org/profiles/newmuseum.xml" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://collectiveaccess.org/profiles/newmuseum.xml</a></span><span>&nbsp; &nbsp;</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-size:10pt;font-weight:bold">New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, NY USA</span></p><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-size:9pt">Institutional archive for digital preservation of program documentation for an art museum.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:149pt;background-color:#dedede;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-style:italic;font-size:9pt;background-color:#dedede">Metadata Standards</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:198.5pt;background-color:#dedede;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-style:italic;font-size:9pt;background-color:#dedede">Object Types</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:103.2pt;background-color:#dedede;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:5pt 5pt 5pt 5pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-style:italic;font-size:9pt;background-color:#dedede">Occurrence Types</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="vertical-align:top;width:149pt;background-color:#f2f2f2;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-size:9pt;background-color:#f2f2f2">dublin core</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:198.5pt;background-color:#f2f2f2;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-size:9pt;background-color:#f2f2f2">collections, datasets, events, images, interactive resources, moving images, physical objects, services, software, sounds, texts</span></p></td><td style="vertical-align:top;width:103.2pt;background-color:#f2f2f2;border-style:solid;border-color:#000000;border-width:1pt;padding:2pt 2pt 2pt 2pt"><p style="margin-right:0;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin-left:11pt;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Arial;margin-top:0;padding:0"><span style="color:#494949;font-size:9pt;background-color:#f2f2f2">exhibitions, public programs, education initiatives, publications</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#cc0000;font-size:9pt;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://collectiveaccess.org/profiles/roundabout.xml" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">Download</a></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#cc0000;font-size:9pt;text-decoration:underline;font-weight:bold"><a href="http://collectiveaccess.org/profiles/roundabout.xml" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit"></a></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>not sure how easy it will be to tweak but have faith it will be no problemo</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://collectiveaccess.org/docs/INSTALLATION%20PROFILES_XMLweb1.pdf" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://collectiveaccess.org/docs/INSTALLATION%20PROFILES_XMLweb1.pdf</a></span><span>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">4.1 Modifying an Existing Profile</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">The simplest way to create a custom cataloging interface is to modify an existing </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">profile. You will find in the Configuration Library at CollectiveAccess.org profiles </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">implementing many different metadata standards and suitable for a wide range of </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">projects. Select the profile that most closely matches your collection or cataloging </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">project. Review the documentation on that profile and determine what changes, if </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">any, need to be made. </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">Next, map the required changes to the five profile sections. Do you need a </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">translation? Then set up a locale. A new list of media formats? Set up a new list </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">definition. Create a new element set for that list and then add it to a bundle in </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">user interface definitions. </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">Modifying an existing profile will help to ensure that all the necessary </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">components for a functioning installation profile are present and working. It also </span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="font-size:8pt">saves a whole lot of typing!</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>need time to look properly. have not yet. has foam looked?</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>i will have time when i get back to Oz.</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>notes</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>see new museum displaying same monograph here as a document</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7414" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7414</a></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>and here as a publication</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/1045" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://archive.newmuseum.org/index.php/Detail/Occurrence/Show/occurrence_id/1045</a></span><span>&nbsp;</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-one uses &lsquo;copyright&rsquo; one uses &lsquo;credit&rsquo;, both could be used for citation/bibliographic info</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-could &lsquo;identifier&rsquo; transpose to a running number?</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>other library system stuff</span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>koha</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.koha.org/about" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://www.koha.org/about</a></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>open library: </span><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://openlibrary.org/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://openlibrary.org/</a></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>a list of both free and licenced library related softwares and systems</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:underline"><a href="http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/libsoft/" style="color:inherit;text-decoration:inherit">http://www.shambles.net/pages/staff/libsoft/</a></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="height:11pt;color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span></span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>notes on building the resource</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-see how this goes, take reborn resource to like minded orgs</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-reciprocal collection use with other libraries</span></p><p style="color:#000000;direction:ltr;font-size:11pt;margin:0;font-family:Arial;padding:0"><span>-solicit a publishing arrangement. many organisations will donate their publications to a valuable/relevant library. contact organisations libraries/p.r. people for inf0</span></p><p 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 ==== digital libraries / asset management ====
   * http://www.dspace.org//
+  * organizing a home library of ~3500 books > http://zgrossbart.blogspot.com/2007/11/library-problem.html
+==== software ====
+  * delicious library
+  * ~FLOSS parts
+    * alexandra
+    * zebra barcode
+    * gocr [[http://forums.gcstar.org/viewtopic.php?pid=2942|example of using gocr]]
+==== books & acrospecualr ====
+  * http://melvyl.cdlib.org/
+  * http://worldcat.org/