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cataloguing_notes [2013-07-10 09:10] – 83.101.5.51cataloguing_notes [2014-01-07 15:10] – alkan
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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>)
  
 +=== Zotero catalogue notes ===
 +  * need to decide on convention for the "Language" field.... 
 +    * either 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
 +    * or use the more expansive/descriptive (but not always consistent) english name for the language as supplied by Open Worldcat (e.g. "The book is primarily in English; prefaces in English, German, French.")
 +
 +//(I've tended to favour the 3-letter codes.)//
 + 
 === Ongoing notes === === 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
-  * sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous+  * <del>sifting through the ephemera is going to be long and arduous</del> much easier thanks to some remarkable assistants
   * 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]]   * 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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   * 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   * 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   * 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.:+  * tags might be a good way to physically locate items on the shelf if there is a [[http://www.controlledvocabulary.com/|controlled vocabulary]] for this purpose, e.g.:
     * ''fl-books''     * ''fl-books''
     * ''fl-periodicals''     * ''fl-periodicals''
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     * ''fl-ephemera-menus''     * ''fl-ephemera-menus''
  
-what is the motivation for the ''fl-'' prefix?+what is the motivation for the ''fl-'' prefix? "**F**oAM **L**ibrary" -- a way to uniquely distinguish this set of keywords from any others.
  
 === To-dos === === To-dos ===
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