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 ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== ==== Cataloguing Notes ====
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 +(see also [[library notes]] )
  
   * scan   * scan
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     * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http://www.ottobib.com/ and http://manas.tungare.name/software/isbn-to-bibtex/     * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http://www.ottobib.com/ and http://manas.tungare.name/software/isbn-to-bibtex/
   * zotero   * zotero
 +    * see also -> https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items
  
 === Digital cataloguing === === Digital cataloguing ===
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     * Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books, and     * Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books, and
     * 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, temporarily autonomous library (hitherto uncatalogued)     * 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, temporarily autonomous library (hitherto uncatalogued)
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   * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc. (or failing that by title), for several incontestably good reasons   * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc. (or failing that by title), for several incontestably good reasons
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   * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|catalogued items]] may prove interesting and useful   * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|catalogued items]] may prove interesting and useful
   * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, but it is very time-consuming   * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, but it is very time-consuming
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 +=== Ongoing notes and to-dos ===
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 +Friday, 14 June 2013 3:38:53 PM\\
 +There are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, conference papers, extended brochures, etc. etc. which are not quite periodicals and not quite books: I'm struggling to separate these from the deluge of ephemera and can only conclude that this part of the cycle could do with a //**__substantial <del>bonfire of the vanities</del> selective redistribution__**//
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 +Wednesday, 19 June 2013 12:41:08 PM\\
 +  * sort and determine storage for ephemera
 +  * catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc.
 +  * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas
 +  * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue
  
 === Preterite prolegomena === === Preterite prolegomena ===
  • library/cataloguing_notes.txt
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