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--- library:foam_library_rough_guide [2014-01-28 12:41] – alkan
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 ==== FoAM Library rough guide ====
-Here are some tips and hints on using the FoAM library and its online catalogue. This focuses on the particular idiosyncrasies of our library and is not a guide to using Zotero or library systems in general. Please refer to the [[foam_library_rough_guide#Useful links|links below]] or do a search to find out more about this.
+Here are some tips and hints on using the FoAM library and its online catalogue. This focuses on the particular idiosyncrasies of our library and is not a guide to using Zotero or library systems in general, nor how to reference properly or use citations. Please refer first of all to the [[https://www.zotero.org/support/|Zotero documentation]] to find out more about this.
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+=== What you can do ===
+  * add tags to items that are associated with your interests or research
+  * add individual articles from the magazines and journals you find in the library (e.g. [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library_brussels/items/itemKey/FKTU75PS|this item]], found in the [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library_brussels/items/itemKey/P6G9G3A9/q/ieee%20multimedia|IEEE Multimedia]] journal): connect them to the magazine you found them in by adding a relation; annotate or extract quotes from them and put these in the item notes (or make a page on the Libarynth and connect it to the [[:reading notes]] page); tag as appropriate
+  * suggest a book to order: go to the Zotero [[https://www.zotero.org/groups/foam_library_book_orders/items|FoAM book orders]] catalogue and add the items you think should be in the library
 === Physical organisation ===
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   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#books shelf|Books shelf]] A to Z by author or title
   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#disks shelf|Disks shelf]]: CDs, DVDs, CD-ROMs, but also a few video tapes and some peculiar and archaic software -- currently uncatalogued
-  - [[foam_library_rough_guide#ephemera boxes|Ephemera boxes]]: brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. organised by year
+  - [[foam_library_rough_guide#ephemera boxes|Ephemera boxes]]: brochures, leaflets, postcards, flyers, etc. sorted by year
   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#fiction shelf|Fiction shelf]]: mostly paperback fiction books from A to Z
   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#foam propaganda shelf|FoAM Propaganda shelf]]: a shelf of readily accessible FoAM brochures, publications, postcards, etc. for convenient proselytising
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   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#temporary autonomous sections|Temporary Autonomous Sections]]: modular extensible subsections that can coagulate or dissolve at any time for particular people, projects, themes
   - [[foam_library_rough_guide#unperiodicals shelf|Unperiodicals shelf]]: reports, conference proceedings, yearbooks
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 == Books shelf ==
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 == Unperiodicals shelf ==
-There is no apparent order to these shelves (if you can devise or suggest one, please do so!). Once you determine that an item is located in this section (by referring to the catalogue), it is largely a matter of trial and error to find it on the shelf.
+<del>There is no apparent order to these shelves (if you can devise or suggest one, please do so!).</del> These shelves are (going to be) sorted by title, but even so, once you determine that an item is located in this section (by referring to the catalogue), it is largely a matter of trial and error to find it on the shelf.
 == Ephemera boxes ==
-Good luck in finding anything here. There are roughly three groups of ephemera boxes: 1) ephemera sorted by year, 2) ephemera with no apparent date, and 3) ephemera related to FoAM. If you would like to try to find something specific in this section, we recommend setting aside several hours for random, serendipitous, or [[stochastic divination|stochastic]] beavering.
+Good luck in finding anything here. We've tried our best to sort this stuff out, and there are roughly three groups of ephemera boxes: 1) ephemera sorted by year, 2) ephemera with no apparent date, and 3) ephemera related to FoAM. But if you want to try to find something specific in this section, we recommend setting aside several hours for random, serendipitous, or [[stochastic divination|stochastic]] beavering.
 == Temporary Autonomous Sections ==
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 //(NOTE: the screenshots in this section are of the Zotero online catalogue in the browser.)//
-The physical location of an item is indicated in the ''Loc. in Archive'' field.
+<del>The physical location of an item is indicated by a corresponding tag: e.g. ''Books shelf'', ''Magazine and Journal shelf'', etc. Refer to the item's tag in the catalogue to locate it on the shelves.</del> This has yet to be done…
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-Magazines and journals are entered as "Book" for ''Item Type'', but their ''Loc. in Archive'' is the "Magazine and Journal shelf." Each individual issue has a separate note of the year, volume and/or issue.
+Magazines and journals are entered as "Book" for ''Item Type'', but their location is tagged as ''Magazine and Journal shelf''. Each individual issue has a separate note of the year, volume and/or issue.
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 Tags can be used to browse or organise -- the possibilities are limitless. Use for subject, finer-grained distinction of item type (e.g. an item of the type ''Report'' could be tagged with ''Conference proceedings'', ''Exhibition catalogue'', ''Financial report'', etc.), or TASs.
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 === Adding items ===
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 //(NOTE: the screenshots in this section are of the Zotero desktop client.)//
-  - New deliveries go in the inbox, ready to be catalogued.
+New deliveries go in the inbox, ready to be catalogued:
-  - Do a catalogue search to see if the item already exists on the shelves.
-  - If it's a magazine or journal and it's already on the shelf, add a new note to the existing catalogue entry, with the issue's date, volume, issue, or other relevant info.
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-  - If it's not already on the shelf, first check to see if it has an ISBN number. Click on the magic number button in Zotero desktop and type in this number manually (we used to have phone barcode scanners, but for now they're inoperative).
-  - Check the results and clean up the entry if necessary.
+Do a catalogue search to see if the item already exists on the shelves.
-  - If this method doesn't work or it doesn't have a barcode, manually enter the bibliographic details. See the [[:useful links]] for hints on how best to do this.
-  - Shelve it in the right location.
+{{:library:zotero_search.png}}
-  - Success!
+If it's a magazine or journal title and it's already on the shelf, add a new note to the existing catalogue entry, with the issue's date, volume, issue number, and other relevant info.
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+If it's not already on the shelf, first check to see if it has an ISBN number:
+<html><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/12249505326/" title="FoAM Library infographic - ISBN numbers by _foam, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3819/12249505326_9f9939f10d_c.jpg" width="800" height="534" alt="FoAM Library infographic - ISBN numbers"></a></html>
+Click on the magic number button in Zotero desktop and type in this number manually (we used to have phone barcode scanners, but for now they're inoperative).
+{{:library:zotero_add_item_by_identifier.png}}
+Check the results and clean up the entry if necessary.
+If this method doesn't work or the item doesn't have a barcode, manually enter the bibliographic details. See the [[foam_library_rough_guide#useful links]] for hints on how best to do this.
+Shelve it in the right location.
+Success!
 === Useful links ===