to the waysthat documents were organized in archives,
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to the waysthat documents were organized in archives,
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“NFORMATION RETRIEVAL” 1961 IBM BUSINESS COMPUTER PROMO MAINFRAME PUNCHCARD COMPUTERS SM10435<br /> by [[Periscope Film]] on YouTube <br /> accessed on 2026-01-04T15:56:12
Some great visuals hiding in here.<br /> Starts out with details for properly threading film projector<br /> keywords - indexing methods<br /> Key Word in Context (KWIC)<br /> inverted file (aka lookup file)<br /> Notice this is a few years after Desk Set (1957)<br /> Selective dissemination of information<br /> Fake company name: Alamer
But I am sure that hierarchies can get in the way, especially at the beginning.
Wanting to come up with and use knowledge hierarchies seems almost endemic to the beginning note taker. Kuehn's observation here closely matches my experience in watching newcomers to the note taking/zettelkasten space on Reddit.com and other fora over the past 8 years or so.
Finding the notes This will become problematic with larger volumes. For the most part, two tools suffice for me: 1) an alphabetical index; 2) notes on the bibliographical slips, in case the problem arises from the name.
What belongs together changes anyway depending on the question being asked and cannot be predetermined schematically. No straitjacket, but rather the principle of arbitrariness
The cross-referencing technique solves all organizational problems. Misplacements must be corrected by cross-referencing, not by rearranging.
This is particularly true when other cross references on paper can't easily be found and fixed the way they might be in digital form. Creating a pointer to the correct location is the quickest and most efficient method for fixing a mis-filing on paper.
Each note must have a fixed location that is never changed, as finding it depends on this. Remove it when needed and replace it exactly where it was placed This requires numbering the slips of paper. There will be long numbers, therefore alternating between numbers and letters for quicker recognition: 533/15 d 17 a 1
FILING PROCEDURES IN BUSINESS 1965 OFFICE MANAGEMENT / SECRETARY TRAINING FILM 62244<br /> by [[Periscope Film]] on YouTube<br /> accessed on 2025-12-03T00:14:39
THE SCIENCE OF THE FILING ENGINEERThe Simplex Alpabetic Method Is Considered the Most Efficient and Takes Care ofTAverage Requirements - It May Be the 95% File-Complex Methods Also Explained
Butters, Roland W. 1921. “The Science of the Filing Engineer.” Filing & Office Management 6(7): 193–94. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Filing_Office_Management/o1rnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA193&printsec=frontcover&dq=duplex.
The next Complex method in order, is the Numeric,which may be divided into three classes, straight num-eric, duplex and decimal. It is safe to say that withthe straight Alphabetic or Geographic, ninety-five per-cent of the cases where an Index is used will be moreefficiently handled by the use of either one of theseMethods, than by the Numeric. However, there aresome cases where there is a great deal of cross refer-ence, thus making the use of the Numeric methodmore advantageous.
This is likely the reason why most commonplacers using index card systems use alphabetic set ups by subject rather than Niklas Luhmann's duplex numeric variation.
McCord, James Newton. 1920. A Textbook of Filing. D. Appleton. https://www.google.com/books/edition/A_Textbook_of_Filing/SBowAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
Classification of Files of the U. S. ExplosivePlant at Nitro, W. Va.By Miss J. L. Dillard
Dillard, J. L. 1919. “Subject and Classification Filing: Classification of Files in the U.S. Explosive Plant at Nitro, W. Va.” Filing: A Magazine on Indexing & Filing 3(2): 401–3. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Filing/nxFLAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA401&printsec=frontcover&dq=duplex (December 2, 2025).
UBJECT filing is a branch of filingwhich is not much used in thebusiness world but which deservesas much attention as any other. It ismore complicated than other systemsand an adaptation has to be workedout for each , business to which it isapplied, but after the classification hasonce been made, it will prove to be foreconomy and increased efficiency.
Lennig, Margaret Antoinette. 1920. Filing Methods: A Text Book on the Filing & Indexing of Commercial & Government Records. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Filing_Methods/vVagv_GyENwC?hl=en&gbpv=0.
Hudders, Eugene Russell. 1919. Indexing and Filing: A Manual of Standard Practice. 5th ed. New York: The Ronald Press Company. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Indexing_and_Filing/p_MRAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=0.
Hunter, Estelle Belle. 1923. Modern Filing Manual. Rochester, NY: Yawman and Erbe Manufacturing Company. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Modern_Filing_Manual/F-lNAQAAMAAJ?hl=en.