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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
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+ | (see also [[library notes]] for the [[foam library]] ) | ||
* scan | * scan | ||
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* ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | ||
* zotero | * zotero | ||
+ | * see also -> https:// | ||
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+ | < | ||
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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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+ | --- //Armoracio " | ||
=== Digital cataloguing === | === Digital cataloguing === | ||
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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 papers__/ | ||
* an __audiovisual__ section at some point | * an __audiovisual__ section at some point | ||
* an __ephemera__ section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | * an __ephemera__ section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | ||
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* Nik and Maja's oscillatory home/FoAM section of mainly fictional items which, one day, they will need to decide whether to amalgamate into the FoAM library proper, or reattach and merge with their own quasi-independent, | * Nik and Maja's oscillatory home/FoAM section of mainly fictional items which, one day, they will need to decide whether to amalgamate into the FoAM library proper, or reattach and merge with their own quasi-independent, | ||
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- | + | * sifting through the ephemera | |
- | | + | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// |
- | * sifting through the ephemera | + | |
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | + | |
* 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, | ||
- | === Preterite prolegomena === | ||
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- | This particular collection, where each book can in principle be about the connection of everything to everything else (and often is), demonstrates most acutely the issue with filing items according to a single -- or even predominant -- topic or subject matter. At the same time, with items digitally catalogued and instantly searchable by any field, 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 the matter, I decided to take the semi-organic organisational approach outlined below. | ||
- | A library -- including its arrangement | + | === Ongoing notes and to-dos === |
- | --- //Armoracio | + | * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, |
+ | * sort and determine storage for ephemera | ||
+ | * catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/ | ||
+ | * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas | ||
+ | * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue | ||
+ | * adding pdfs to the digital catalogue (where available/ | ||
+ | * cataloguing the journals/ | ||
+ | * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references |