Catalogue the ephemera collection - Revision history

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‎Cataloguing sessions

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‎Cataloguing sessions

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‎Links

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Explain why we're doing this.

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−	There are 6 archival boxes of “ephemera”, spineless works as [[Benjamin Forster]] has described them, in [[The Frontyard Library]] collection. We estimate that there are about 900 items in the boxes. Benjamin has been through all the boxes, but there's no general knowledge or documentation of what these items are. They have not been catalogued. The boxes currently live inside [[~~the library vitrine~~]].	+	There are 6 archival boxes of “ephemera”, spineless works as [[Benjamin Forster]] has described them, in [[The Frontyard Library]] collection. We estimate that there are about 900 items in the boxes. Benjamin has been through all the boxes, but there's no general knowledge or documentation of what these items are. They have not been fully catalogued. The boxes currently live inside [[Library Vitrine]].

	On the 27th, September, 2017, a small group at Frontyard kicked off a process to create a catalogue of these ephemera items.		On the 27th, September, 2017, a small group at Frontyard kicked off a process to create a catalogue of these ephemera items.

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 Upcoming:
-no upcoming sessions currently planned
+no upcoming group sessions currently planned. You can organise one though!
 Past:

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 Upcoming:
 * 6-8pm, 14th March 2018 at Frontyard
 * 3-5pm 31st March 2018 at Frontyard
 * [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ 13-15 October 2017 at Volume Book Fair]
 * 27th September 2017

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	* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]		* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]

−	"[[Category:Projects]]	+	[[Category:Projects]]

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	* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ipWHrciUS_b1kYWEJokNGVrDaTJsYS1LfpWY-nX0jag/edit?usp=sharing Spreadsheet with the working catalogue]		* [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ipWHrciUS_b1kYWEJokNGVrDaTJsYS1LfpWY-nX0jag/edit?usp=sharing Spreadsheet with the working catalogue]
	* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]		* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]
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		+	"[[Category:Projects]]

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 Benjamin made a [[book of the photos taken of the items as part of the cataloguing process at the book fair]].
 == Why? ==
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 == The process ==
-We use a Google Form ([http://goo.gl/drZn35 http://goo.gl/drZn35]) to capture the information we want to note down about each ephemera work to be catalogued. For each work we collect:
+We use a Google Form (http://goo.gl/drZn35) to capture the information we want to note down about each ephemera work to be catalogued. For each work we collect:
 * the number of the box it came out of (1-6);

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 * [http://goo.gl/drZn35 The cataloguing form]
 * [https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ipWHrciUS_b1kYWEJokNGVrDaTJsYS1LfpWY-nX0jag/edit?usp=sharing Spreadsheet with the working catalogue]
-* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Luke Bacon’s write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]
+* [http://equivalentideas.com/journal/frontyard-at-volume-2017/ Write up of the Volume Book Fair catalguing event]

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 The basic cataloguing process is:
-. Grab:
+# Set up a work space with a bunch of items out of the box that we're currently working through (box 2 as of 2018-03-12), and the transparent plastic 'done' box for items that have been catalogued.
-  * a bunch of items out of the box that we're currently working through (box 2 as of 2018-03-12).
+# Pick up an item to catalogue.
-  * the transparent plastic 'done' box for items that have been catalogued in the current box.
+# On your phone, go to [http://goo.gl/drZn35 the cataloguing form at http://goo.gl/drZn35].
-. Pick up an item to catalogue.
+# Answer the questions on the form for the item, including taking a photo of it's cover.
-. On your phone, go to [http://goo.gl/drZn35 the cataloguing form at http://goo.gl/drZn35].
+# Once your answer is submitted, put the item in the 'done' box.
-. Answer the questions on the form for the item, including taking a photo of it's cover.
+# Repeat :)
 The responses go to a spreadsheet you can work with, and you can also access a data feed of the entries via a public URL, if you open up the share settings (see my example of requesting and parsing that data feed).

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 So we want to reorganise to collection into some kind of storage solution that enables people to open a box knowing that something they're looking for will be inside. We think that before designing and building this solution, we need to know what's in the boxes. We'd like to design a system that responds to the context the collection finds itself in. Our first step to inviting people to contribute to this design is to discover what is in the collection by cataloguing it.
 == Backups ==
 We need to set up some backup system of our catalogue and the item cover photos. Sending them over to the [[Internet Archive]] using something like [[morph.io]] could be a good solution.