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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
- | * scan | + | < |
- | * bibtex | + | |
- | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | + | |
- | * zotero | + | |
- | === Digital | + | A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing |
- | * We agreed | + | This particular collection, where each book can in principle lurk at the interstices of the connection of everything |
- | * A second pass involved manually looking up the ISBN numbers from within the desktop application, or searching online for the bibliographic data via [[http:// | + | |
- | * A more time-consuming ongoing task will involve checking, verification | + | |
- | * Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible option for the idea of extending our cataloguing initiative into a collective, inter-organisational library database for some fairly unusual | + | |
- | === Organisation: | + | --- //Armoracio " |
- | * separate the more from the less " | + | </blockquote> |
- | * __periodicals__ cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | + | |
- | * an __audiovisual__ section at some point | + | |
- | * an __ephemera__ section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | + | |
- | * at any time, the library can expand or contract with __temporary autonomous subsections__; | + | |
- | * 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, | + | |
- | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/ | + | {{http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3736/11099862944_5bca2325a2_c.jpg}} |
- | * sifting through the ephemera will be long and arduous | + | |
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library/ | + | |
- | * 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 | + | === Diary of an archivist |
- | 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. | + | == Digital cataloguing: |
- | A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing | + | We agreed to use the [[http:// |
+ | |||
+ | Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible option for the idea of extending our cataloguing | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Sorting and consolidating: | ||
+ | |||
+ | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed | ||
+ | |||
+ | I ripped everything off the shelves and dumped the lot on the floor. From there I attempted | ||
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+ | == Information plumbing: January 2014 == | ||
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+ | 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 sorted. This will be an ongoing effort however, as the deluge of ephemera seems unstoppable. | ||
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+ | The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Organisation: | ||
+ | |||
+ | - separate the more from the less " | ||
+ | - **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | ||
+ | - a **conference proceedings** section that incorporates all types of items such as exhibition openings, reports, yearbooks, etc. that are semiperiodical: | ||
+ | - an **audiovisual** section at some point | ||
+ | - an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N& | ||
+ | - an **ephemera** section, due to the vast quantity | ||
+ | - at any time, the library can expand or contract with **temporary autonomous subsections** (such as Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Zotero catalogue notes === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * need to decide on convention for the " | ||
+ | * either use ISO 639-3 three letter codes. multiple languages separated by commas (e.g '' | ||
+ | * or use the more expansive/ | ||
+ | * // | ||
+ | |||
+ | === General notes and to-dos === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * in the case of books, | ||
+ | * linking | ||
+ | * often it's unavoidable that you'll have to manually enter and amend data in Zotero where automation fails: this can be time-consuming | ||
+ | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references | ||
+ | * I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: | ||
+ | * tags might be a good way to physically locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http:// | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | * '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | what is the motivation for the '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas | ||
+ | * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue | ||
+ | * add PDFs to the digital catalogue (where available/ | ||
+ | * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references | ||
+ | |||
+ | === New books ==== | ||
+ | |||
+ | - find an interesting book | ||
+ | - add to the 'book orders' | ||
+ | - buy it | ||
+ | - transfer to libray group once it arrives | ||
+ | - read (or otherwise absorb) | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Further entangling ==== | ||
- | --- // | + | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) |
+ | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: http:// | ||
+ | * "The Little Library" | ||
+ | * https:// | ||
+ | * http://www.thelittlelibrary.com/ |