[bksvol-discuss] Re: BSO files

Excuse me--I just read my post. Unreadable!! That's
what happens when I try to type and watch/listen to tv
at the same time.

-Corrected version:

> Thanks, Dave. I think that's what I did before. The 
titles in the the upload file I've put have been
shorter than the real titles often.
> 
> Well, apparently both methods work, so I guess I'll
> go
> back to doing what you do and what I did before.
> Thanks.
> 
> Cindy
> 
> --- talmage@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Hi Cindy,
> > 
> > I've always removed the BSO from the title field
> of
> > the upload form, 
> > and noted in the comment field that it is a
> > replacement for the 
> > version already in the library.  I do understand
> > though, that it is 
> > acceptable, possibly preferred, to leave the BSO
> in
> > the title field 
> > for the staff to remove.  To me however, it just
> > seems an extra 
> > needless step for the  staff to concern themselves
> > with, especially 
> > as they read the comment field anyhow.  In the
> past
> > I've also seen a 
> > couple that have slipped through and retained the
> > BSO in their title 
> > when posted to the library, so I think I'll
> continue
> > doing it the way 
> > I've been doing.  Regarding the BSO in the file
> name
> > of the upload, 
> > it is irrelevant.  The Bookshare system doesn't
> pay
> > any attention to 
> > what you call it when you upload it, and assigns
> its
> > own name to the 
> > file.  When I upload I always zip my files and
> stick
> > to the old 
> > MS-DOS file naming conventions of 8 characters
> with
> > a 3 character 
> > extension.  This cuts down on typing, trying to
> > remember a long 
> > title, and having any characters in the file name
> > that the Bookshare 
> > computer doesn't care for.  It also makes it easy
> to
> > find the file as 
> > I put them on the root level of my D drive, so
> when
> > I get to the 
> > filename field, I just enter something like-
> > D:\myfile.zip
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> > At 06:53 PM 5/8/2007, you wrote:
> > >Thanks for the info. If I understand what you're
> > >saying, it's the reverse of what I was
> > thinking--and
> > >since I'm soon to start working on a BSO, I'd
> > better
> > >get it straight.
> > >
> > >So I leave BSO as part of the title in the title
> > space
> > >but omit it in the File to Upload space when I
> > upload
> > >the book, rather than the other way around? It's
> > the
> > >File to Upload title that's important and goes
> with
> > >the book into the collection and not the title in
> > the
> > >title space?
> > >
> > >Thanks for helping me to get it straight.
> > >
> > >Cindy
> > 
> > 
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