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 ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== ==== Cataloguing Notes ====
  
-(see also [[library notes]] )+(see also [[library notes]] for the [[foam library]] )
  
   * scan   * scan
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   * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/editor/etc., failing that by title   * 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   * sifting through the ephemera is going to 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, particularly as files can be attached to a Zotero item: see [[anthropological_research_on_hazards_and_disasters|this example]]+  * 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 Zotero items: see [[anthropological_research_on_hazards_and_disasters|this example]]
   * 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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   * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas   * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas
   * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue   * cleaning up and tagging of the digital catalogue
- +  * adding pdfs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible) 
-  * 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+  * cataloguing the journals/magazines: Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as "books," with a note indicating what volume/issues are in the library, then add important articles as separate items 
 +  * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references
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