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Ask HN: How do you organize your pdf library?
I'm looking for a way to organize my collection of pdfs (books, papers, some articles). I'd like something open source and portable, that supports searching, tags, categories...
- rolph 7y agoby subject matter eg. FICT NFICT RSRC then ISBN, then title. collections like multivolume series, or encyclopedia sets are collated and treated like one item on stack
- mthwsjc_ 7y agocould you expand on this? Do you know of a tool that keeps the source files, or are you describing only a cataloging system like e.g. how to set up a spreadsheet?
- rolph 7y agoits the basis of a dewey decimal system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dewey_Decimal_Classification it lends towards keeping a system in your head for catalogueing where in physical space an item on stack will be. this could be where in a library or where in a NAS array or where in a directory structure or network domain.