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==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ==== Cataloguing Notes ==== | ||
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- | A library | + | === 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. | ||
- | --- //Armoracio " | ||
- | </blockquote> | + | * <del>cd/dvd/ |
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+ | == digital == | ||
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+ | * check existing catalogue entries for errors and improvements | ||
+ | * tags and collections | ||
+ | * catalogue and library hints/ | ||
+ | * infographics for library guides | ||
{{http:// | {{http:// | ||
- | === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === | + | === Diary of an archivist |
- | * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera: extract books, magazines, journals and leave the remainder to the " | + | == Digital cataloguing: first steps, April 2013 == |
- | * keywording + gardening | + | |
- | * sorting | + | We agreed to use the [[http:// |
- | * propaganda sorting, organisation, making space | + | |
- | * cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, organisation, making space | + | |
- | * archival boxes as needed | + | [[http:// |
- | * übercleanup | + | == 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. | ||
- | === Diary of an archivist === | + | == Shuffling and information plumbing: January 2014 == |
- | == Digital cataloguing: | + | 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. |
- | We agreed to use the [[http:// | + | However, we must rally our efforts. The deluge of ephemera is unstoppable |
- | Zotero online group libraries would seem to offer a flexible option for the idea of extending our cataloguing initiative into a collective, inter-organisational | + | {{:library: |
- | == Sorting and consolidating: | + | == Shelves of randomness |
- | After the heavy lifting | + | 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 |
- | 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. | + | == Walking libraries == |
- | == Information plumbing: January 2014 == | + | 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 " |
- | 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 sorted. This will be an ongoing effort however, as the deluge of ephemera seems unstoppable and will require ever-renewed vigilance to ensure that the forces of greyness do not overwhelm us. | + | == Disks == |
- | The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | + | Zotero is not so good for cataloguing CDs, DVDs, and all the other miscellaneous kinds of disks out there. |
- | === Organisation: | + | === Organisation |
- separate the more from the less " | - separate the more from the less " | ||
- **periodicals** cover any more-or-less substantial publication issued periodically; | - **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 **unperiodicals** section that incorporates all types of items such as exhibition openings, reports, yearbooks, etc. that are semi- or un-periodical: I'll probably catalogue these with the canned Zotero item type as " |
- an **audiovisual** section at some point | - an **audiovisual** section at some point | ||
- 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; | - 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) | - 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) | ||
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- | === Zotero catalogue notes === | ||
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- | * 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/ | ||
- | * // | ||
- | === General notes and to-dos | + | === General notes === |
- | * in the case of books, | + | * I have chosen to file books alphabetically by **name** of the first author/ |
* linking to/from the [[: | * linking to/from the [[: | ||
- | * often it's unavoidable that you'll have to manually enter and amend data in Zotero where automation fails: this can be 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 " | * 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: | + | * 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:// | + | * ISO 639-3 three letter codes for the '' |
- | * '' | + | |
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- | what is the motivation for the '' | + | |
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- | === New books ==== | + | |
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- | - find an interesting book | + | |
- | - add to the 'book orders' | + | |
- | - buy it | + | |
- | - transfer to libray group once it arrives | + | |
- | - read (or otherwise absorb) | + | |
==== Further entangling ==== | ==== Further entangling ==== | ||
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* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
+ | * etext collections we could use to source adjuncts of the physical items | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
+ | * http:// |