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cataloguing_notes [2013-06-25 08:14] – armormincataloguing_notes [2013-07-10 09:43] – nik
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   - 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, and <del>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)</del>)   - 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, and <del>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)</del>)
  
-=== Ongoing notes and to-dos ===+=== Zotero catalogue notes === 
 +  * Languaage code: use ISO 639-3 three letter codes. multiple languages separated by commas (e.g ''nld,fra,eng > ISO 639-3 > http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp 
 + 
 +=== Ongoing notes ===
  
   * 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
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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 kludgy, but at least in this format they will sort by date and issue
 +  * tags might be a good way to locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/|controlled vocabulary]] for this purpose, e.g.:
 +    * ''fl-books''
 +    * ''fl-periodicals''
 +    * ''fl-periodicals-singleissue''
 +    * ''fl-unperiodicals''
 +    * ''fl-fiction''
 +    * ''fl-oversize''
 +    * ''fl-ephemera''
 +    * ''fl-ephemera-postcards''
 +    * ''fl-ephemera-brochures''
 +    * ''fl-ephemera-menus''
 +
 +what is the motivation for the ''fl-'' prefix?
 +
 +=== To-dos ===
  
   * sort and determine storage for ephemera   * sort and determine storage for ephemera
-  * catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc.+  * <del>catalogue and shelve readers/yearbooks/conference papers/etc.</del>
   * 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) +  * add 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+  * <del>cataloguing the journals/magazines</del>
   * 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
 +
 +=== New books ====
 +  - find an intersting book
 +  - add to the 'book orders' group [ref]
 +  - buy it
 +  - transfer to libray group once it arrives [ref]
 +  - read (or otherwise absorb)
 +
 +==== Further Entangling ====
 +
 +  * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries)
 +  * "The Little Library" project for CC digital collections.
 +    * https://github.com/rwadholm/The-Little-Library
 +    * http://www.thelittlelibrary.com/
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