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library:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-16 09:59] – alkanlibrary:cataloguing_notes [2014-01-20 15:49] – alkan
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-=== To-dos from Friday, 10 January 2014 ===+=== To-dos from Monday, 20 January 2014 ===
  
-  * check existing catalogue entries for errors and improvements +== space ==
-  * preliminary pass on all remaining ephemera +
-  * tags and collections +
-  * catalogue and library hints+
  
-  * <del>going through</del> labelling the huge boxes +  * cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, discarding, organisation
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-  * sorting and making space for cards, games, and other weird items +
-  * propaganda sorting, organisation, making space +
-  * cd/dvd/floppydisk sorting, organisation, making space+
  
   * archival boxes as needed   * archival boxes as needed
-  * **bookends** (Michka?)+  * **bookends**
  
-  * übercleanup+== digital == 
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 +  * check existing catalogue entries for errors and improvements 
 +  * tags and collections 
 +  * catalogue and library hints/guides
  
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 The next step is to attend to the information plumbing. The next step is to attend to the information plumbing.
  
-=== Organisation: the sections ===+=== Organisation and rationale: the sections ===
  
   - separate the more from the less "substantial" -- in practice, **books** constitute the major substantial category   - separate the more from the less "substantial" -- in practice, **books** constitute the major substantial category
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   - 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)   - 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 "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 
-    * 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.)// 
    
 === General notes === === 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+  * I have chosen to file books alphabetically by **name** of the first author/editor/etc., falling back on **title** in the absence of an explicit author
   * 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
-  * 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 "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   * 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
-  * 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.); this is a bit kludgy, but at least in this format the notes will sort by date and issue for easy reference 
- +  * ISO 639-3 three letter codes for the ''Language'' field: multiple languages separated by commas (e.g ''nld,fra,eng'' > ISO 639-3 > http://www-01.sil.org/iso639-3/codes.asp
-=== New books ==== +
- +
-  - find an interesting book +
-  - add to the 'book orders' group +
-  - buy it +
-  - transfer to libray group once it arrives +
-  - read (or otherwise absorb)+
  
 ==== Further entangling ==== ==== Further entangling ====
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       * http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/       * http://grr.aaaaarg.org/txt/
       * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/       * http://gen.lib.rus.ec/
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-<blockquote> 
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-A library -- including its physical and digital arrangement and cataloguing system -- should aspire to be simple, elegant, and beautiful. Visitors should be able both to browse and search in the greatest ease and comfort. A library thus becomes a pataphor for the art of living itself. I have striven to follow these principles in approaching the sometimes daunting task of coming to terms with, managing and (re)organising the FoAM archive. 
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-This particular collection, where each book can in principle lurk at the interstices of the connection of everything to everything else, demonstrates most acutely the issue with filing items according to a single -- or even predominant -- topic or subject area. At the same time, with items digitally catalogued and instantly searchable by any field (including tags), the physical arrangement becomes less critical for indicating an item's subject, class, or other characteristic. The library is also small and seems unlikely to grow rapidly in the foreseeable future. Therefore, after some (uneven and random) thought, and a close perusal of [[library_notes|existing notes]] on this question, I decided to take the semi-organic organisational approach as indicated below. 
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- --- //Armoracio "Bud" Minuez, Archivist//</blockquote> 
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