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cataloguing_notes [2013-06-14 08:27] armormincataloguing_notes [2013-06-21 08:23] nik
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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://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
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 +<blockquote>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.
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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 "Bud" Minuez//</blockquote>
  
 === Digital cataloguing === === Digital cataloguing ===
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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, 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)
  
----- +  * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc.failing that by title 
- +  * sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous 
-  * 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 +  * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/items|catalogued items]] may prove interesting and useful, particularly as files can be attached to a Zotero item: see [[anthropological_research_on_hazards_and_disasters|this example]]
-  * sifting through the ephemera will be long and arduous +
-  * 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
  
-=== Preterite prolegomena === 
  
-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, 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.+=== Ongoing notes and to-dos ===
  
-A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing system -- should aspire to be simpleelegantand beautifulVisitors 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.+  * there are so many yearbookspublications accompanying exhibitionsconference papers, extended brochures, etcetcwhich 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__**// 
 +  * sort and determine storage for ephemera 
 +  * catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc. 
 +  * go through remaining files and bucketssorting into applicable areas 
 +  * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue
  
- --- //Armoracio "Bud" Minuez//+  * cataloguing the journals/magazines: Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. particular articles) rather than whole issues of periodicals: perhaps both can be done, including significant references
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