http://www.aucklandcitylibraries.com/aboutthelibraries/collections/Special-Collections/ephemera.aspx

Auckland City Libraries categorises ephemera by Type and Subject - the library has PDFs available detailing items from the collection according to these systems. Not all libraries have such detailed systems for categorisation. 'Collections' in others consist of boxes of 'stuff'.

The ordering and meaning created by systems in turn sets up narrative structures within and between categories.

Systems can be fixed as agencies for classification, but the material they administer is not fixed. Accordingly they are conduits of an inherent ephemerality, while retaining an appearance of authority.