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library:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-13 09:30] alkanlibrary:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-13 09:45] – [Cataloguing Notes] alkan
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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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     * //(I've tended to favour the 3-letter codes.)//     * //(I've tended to favour the 3-letter codes.)//
    
-=== General n and to-dosotes ===+=== General notes ===
  
   * 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   * 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
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   - ''fl-books''   - ''fl-books''
   - ''fl-cards-games''   - ''fl-cards-games''
 +  - ''fl-digital-mixed''
   - ''fl-fiction''   - ''fl-fiction''
   - ''fl-oversize''   - ''fl-oversize''
   - ''fl-periodicals''   - ''fl-periodicals''
   - ''fl-periodicals-singleissue''   - ''fl-periodicals-singleissue''
 +  - ''fl-tas-luea''
   - ''fl-unperiodicals''   - ''fl-unperiodicals''
  
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   - find an interesting book   - find an interesting book
-  - add to the 'book orders' group (see [[how to add stuff]])+  - add to the 'book orders' group
   - buy it   - buy it
   - transfer to libray group once it arrives   - transfer to libray group once it arrives
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