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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
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- | {{ http:// | + | === To-dos from Monday, 27 January 2014 === |
- | This particular collection, where each book can in principle lurk at the interstices | + | * **bookends** |
+ | * < | ||
+ | * < | ||
+ | * N & M shelf of randomness, boxes, etc. | ||
- | A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing system -- should aspire to be simple, elegant, and beautiful. Visitors should be able both to browse and search in the greatest ease and comfort. A library thus becomes a pataphor for the art of living itself. I have striven to follow these principles in approaching the sometimes daunting task of coming to terms with, managing and (re)organising the FoAM archive. | ||
- | --- //Armoracio " | + | * < |
- | </blockquote> | + | |
- | * FoAM Library: http:// | + | == digital == |
- | * Zotero online catalogue: http:// | + | |
- | === Digital cataloguing: | + | * check existing catalogue entries for errors and improvements |
+ | * tags and collections | ||
+ | * catalogue and library hints/ | ||
+ | * infographics for library guides | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{http:// | ||
+ | |||
+ | === Diary of an archivist === | ||
+ | |||
+ | == Digital cataloguing: | ||
We agreed to use the [[http:// | We agreed to use the [[http:// | ||
- | Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible | + | [[http:// |
- | === Sorting and consolidating: | + | == Sorting and consolidating: |
+ | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random books and journals that slipped through the dragnet, a vast pile of grey literature. And it was all a mess. I ripped everything off the shelves and out of the boxes and dumped the lot on the floor. From there I attempted to reassemble the material into the most basic and easy-to-use categories that were still somehow useable. I don't think this has been quite successful – but I think it's on the way. | ||
+ | == Shuffling and information plumbing: January 2014 == | ||
+ | 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 sifted, sorted, and boxed by year for neat filing away on shelves. | ||
- | === Organisation: | + | However, we must rally our efforts. The deluge of ephemera is unstoppable and will require ever-renewed vigilance to ensure that the forces of greyness do not completely overwhelm us. But do not despair – together we shall conquer! Per aspera ad astra! |
- | - separate the more from the less " | + | {{:library: |
- | - **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: I'll probably catalogue these with the canned Zotero item type as " | + | |
- | - 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 of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; | + | |
- | - 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 < | + | |
- | === Zotero catalogue notes === | + | == Shelves of randomness |
- | * 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/ | + | |
- | //(I've tended to favour | + | An entire shelf of randomness has accumulated. It's not that this randomness can't be accommodated somewhere in the library, but rather, whether it should. It all comes back to sifting and sorting stuff out. **There could be critical documents in this shelf.** Yet there also appears to be much that doesn' |
- | + | ||
- | === Ongoing notes === | + | |
- | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by name of the first author/ | + | == Walking libraries == |
- | * < | + | |
- | * linking to/from the [[reading notes]] and [[https:// | + | |
- | * manually entering and amending data in Zotero is necessary for a number of items and a good way to ensure accurate and useful information, | + | |
- | * there are so many yearbooks, publications accompanying exhibitions, | + | |
- | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as " | + | |
- | * 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 '' | + | We presently have the luxury of a dedicated library space (even if it often just ends up as a storeroom), but in coming years this will by no means be guaranteed. How might the collection become more "mobile"? First, the excess could be discarded. Multiple redundant copies, irrelevant material, //useless ephemera// |
- | === To-dos === | + | == Disks == |
- | * sort and determine storage | + | Zotero is not so good for cataloguing CDs, DVDs, and all the other miscellaneous kinds of disks out there. The " |
- | * < | + | |
- | * go through remaining files and buckets, sorting into applicable areas | + | |
- | * cleaning up and tagging | + | |
- | * 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 ==== | + | === Organisation and rationale: the sections |
- | - find an intersting book | + | |
- | - add to the 'book orders' | + | |
- | - buy it | + | |
- | - transfer to libray group once it arrives [ref] | + | |
- | - read (or otherwise absorb) | + | |
- | ==== Further | + | - separate the more from the less " |
+ | - **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | ||
+ | - an **unperiodicals** section that incorporates all types of items such as exhibition openings, reports, yearbooks, etc. that are semi- or un-periodical: | ||
+ | - an **audiovisual** section at some point | ||
+ | - an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N&M library bequest) | ||
+ | - 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** (such as Luea's specialised (and largely German-language) section of all manner of medical, medicinal and metaphysical books) | ||
+ | |||
+ | === General notes === | ||
+ | |||
+ | * I have chosen to file books alphabetically by **name** of the first author/ | ||
+ | * linking to/from the [[: | ||
+ | * Zotero is more geared to cataloging individual references (e.g. articles in journals) rather than whole issues; one solution is to catalogue them as " | ||
+ | * I'm using the following format to note the individual issues of periodicals: | ||
+ | * ISO 639-3 three letter codes for the '' | ||
+ | |||
+ | ==== Further | ||
* distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries) | ||
- | * "The Little Library" | + | |
+ | | ||
* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
- | * ISBN -> BibTeX with Ottobib: | + | * etext collections we could use to source adjuncts of the physical items |
+ | * http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/ | ||
+ | * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/ |