Starter Pack for Book Notes

Starter Pack Sharing
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See attached for a Starter Pack that can be used to track books to be read as well as books already read.

Book Notes.zip (4.2 KB)

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I’m here to formally endorse this package.

Knowledge workers, data hoarders, curators and shepherds alike may benefit from the following tweaks I made to my own version:

Source: <pickfrom: DEVONThink, GoodLinks, NetNewsWire, Pinboard, Web, Print, Research>

Medium: <pickfrom: PDF, ePub, Web, Print>

Disposition: <pickfrom: DT Dossier, DT Slipbox, Notebooks, Zotero, Citadel, Maktab, Shelved >

Flagged: <boolean>
  • The Source field keeps track of where a work was retrieved from.
    • Print can refer to any physical work; personal books, academic journals, library books, recently purchased books, etc.
    • Research refers to digital media that was searched for (search engines, digital repositories, DEVONAgent queries, etc.) as opposed to Web that is a catch-all for media found out and about.
  • I modified the Disposition field to track the destination of an entry from its source.
  • The Flagged field is just to keep track of works of notice.

This setup is meant to serve as a reading log that replaces a previous collection that lacked focus with respect to where a work came from, where it’s to be placed and what’s being done with it (Status).

It may also serve as the designated lookup collection for the Work Title field in a Commonplace Book.

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Excellent!! Thanks for posting!

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I don’t know why, but up until your post, I completely missed pickfrom – thanks for both your tweaks and the hint about this functionality!

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