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 === Sorting and consolidating: June 2013 === === Sorting and consolidating: June 2013 ===
  
 +After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random that slipped through the dragnet, and a vast pile of grey literature. And it was all a mess.
  
 +I ripped everything off the shelves 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 workable. I don't think this has been quite successful, but it's better than before.
  
 +=== Information plumbing: December 2013 ===
  
 === Organisation: the sections === === Organisation: the sections ===
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   - an A–Z **fiction** section (of mostly trade paperbacks, thanks to the N&M library bequest)   - 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; these are more transient and ephemeral than any of the preceding, but may be of value to retain in many cases   - an **ephemera** section, due to the vast quantity of brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. that has accumulated; these are more transient and ephemeral than any of the preceding, but may be of value to retain in many cases
-  - 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)
  
 === Zotero catalogue notes === === Zotero catalogue notes ===
 +
   * need to decide on convention for the "Language" field....    * 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     * 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.")     * 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.)//
-//(I've tended to favour the 3-letter codes.)//+
    
-=== Ongoing notes ===+=== General notes and to-dos ===
  
-  * 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., falling back on **title** in the absence of an explicit author 
-  * <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 
-  * 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]] +  * often it's unavoidable that you'll have to manually enter and amend data in Zotero where automation fails: this can be 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 +  * 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 individual articles within these periodicals could then be added as separate items
-  * 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   * 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 physically 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.:
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 what is the motivation for the ''fl-'' prefix? "**F**oAM **L**ibrary" -- a way to uniquely distinguish this set of keywords from any others. 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 === 
- 
-  * sort and determine storage for ephemera 
-  * <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
   * add PDFs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible)   * add PDFs to the digital catalogue (where available/permissible)
-  * <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 ==== === New books ====
-  - find an intersting book + 
-  - add to the 'book orders' group [ref]+  - find an interesting book 
 +  - add to the 'book orders' group (see [[how to add stuff]])
   - buy it   - buy it
-  - transfer to libray group once it arrives [ref]+  - transfer to libray group once it arrives
   - read (or otherwise absorb)   - read (or otherwise absorb)
  
-==== Further Entangling ====+==== Further entangling ====
  
   * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries)   * distributed collections (c.f. connected libraries)
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