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library:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-13 09:22] alkanlibrary:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-13 09:33] alkan
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 === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 === === To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 ===
  
 +  * check existing catalogue entries for errors and improvements
   * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera: extract books, magazines, journals and leave the remainder to the assistants   * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera: extract books, magazines, journals and leave the remainder to the assistants
   * catalogue tags and collections   * catalogue tags and collections
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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. +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'on the way.
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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 successfulbut it'better than before.+
  
 == Information plumbing: January 2014 == == Information plumbing: January 2014 ==
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