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cataloguing_notes [2013-06-25 08:14] – armormincataloguing_notes [2013-06-26 09:37] – armormin
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   * 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
   * 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__**//   * 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__**//
 +  * 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: important articles within these periodicals can then be added as separate items
 +  * I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: **''year [volume:issue] additional info''** (additional info can be season/month(s), thematic name of the issue, etc.); using the notes field like this is a bit of a kludge of a solution, but at least in this format they will sort by date and issue
  
   * sort and determine storage for ephemera   * sort and determine storage for ephemera
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   * 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)   * adding pdfs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible)
-  * 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+  * cataloguing the journals/magazines
   * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references   * significant pieces of ephemera, articles, etc. could be scanned and added as attachments to the Zotero references
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