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=== To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === | === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === | ||
- | * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera: extract books, magazines, journals | + | |
- | * keywording + gardening | + | |
+ | * tags and collections | ||
+ | * catalogue and library hints | ||
* going through the huge boxes | * going through the huge boxes | ||
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* archival boxes as needed | * archival boxes as needed | ||
+ | * **bookends** (Michka?) | ||
* übercleanup | * übercleanup | ||
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== 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 that slipped through the dragnet, | + | After the heavy lifting of the initial pass, there remained what seemed to be an infinite regress of small items – journals, magazines, random |
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- | 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' | + | |
== Information plumbing: January 2014 == | == 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 sorted. | + | 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, |
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+ | However, we must rally our efforts. The deluge of ephemera | ||
The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. | ||
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- 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) | ||
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- | === General notes and to-dos | + | === General notes === |
* in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by **name** of the first author/ | * in the case of books, I have chosen to file them alphabetically by **name** of the first author/ | ||
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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 " | * 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:// | ||
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=== New books ==== | === New books ==== | ||
- find an interesting book | - find an interesting book | ||
- | - add to the 'book orders' | + | - add to the 'book orders' |
- buy it | - buy it | ||
- transfer to libray group once it arrives | - transfer to libray group once it arrives | ||
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* https:// | * https:// | ||
* http:// | * http:// | ||
+ | * collection of etexts we could upload as adjuncts to physical items | ||
+ | * http:// | ||
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