[bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: So when I was browsing Bookshare I saw that...
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 13 May 2011 15:13:47 -0700 (PDT)
Is this something a volunteer proofer with a little extra time between books
could help with,i.e., check a PQ added book (via amazon summaries and indicate
a categories? Wher wou.d such a person send the info?
Cindy
P.S. Carol, do you ant any more lists?
--- On Fri, 5/13/11, Regina Alvarado <regina.alvarado6@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Regina Alvarado <regina.alvarado6@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: So when I was browsing Bookshare I saw
> that...
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Friday, May 13, 2011, 1:56 PM
> I have seen this. Sometimes I
> wonder if what is put in is true, but it seems to be, and as
> you said Roger tags giving incorrect information can be
> removed. I like that idea. Scott? Think we could
> someday?
> Reggie
>
> --------------------------------------------------
> From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 11:17 AM
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: So when I was browsing
> Bookshare I saw that...
>
> > A number of sites have user added tags, like
> Paperbackswap.com, Amazon or OpenLibrary.org. Open Library
> uses them in a way that is closest to what I think Bookshare
> should have. At Open Library they are trying to create a
> page full of bibliographic data for every book that has ever
> been published. So far they have just short of 25 million
> listings, most of which have been gathered with bots. That
> means that a lot of that bibliographic data is inconsistent
> or incomplete. They, therefore, invite anyone who might be
> browsing their site to improve the entries. It is similar to
> Wikipedia in that respect. One can add a description,
> publishing history, tables of contents, number of pages and
> so forth. One of the things that is editable by users is
> categorization. They have categories of tags already
> available such as topics, dates, places or people mentioned
> in the book. The user will simply type in the missing
> category and click save. Then on the page for the book that
> category will be displayed. Click that tag and every book
> that any user has given that tag for will appear. When you
> search the entire collection for any key word you want, at
> the bottom of the results is a list of tags that various
> users have given books in your search results. You can then
> narrow your search by clicking any of those tags. I think
> that would be an excellent solution for Bookshare for both
> the books that have a paucity of categorization and for the
> paucity of categories available. Bookshare has a number of
> categories as it is, but I am sure that you or anyone else
> could think of additional categories that would be helpful
> or subcategories within any of these categories, The problem
> with that, though, is that the category structure would
> become entirely unwieldy. With user generated tags, though,
> as many categories and subcategories as you could think of
> could be added and, if you thought any of them was
> inappropriate, could be removed.
> >
> >
> > _ _ _
> >
> > "One of the things that is wrong with religion is that
> it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are not
> really answers at all." - Richard Dawkins
> >
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> >
> >
> > The Militant:
> > http://www.themilitant.com
> > Pathfinder Press:
> > http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> > Granma International:
> > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Regina Alvarado"
> <regina.alvarado6@xxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:34 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: So when I was
> browsing Bookshare I saw that...
> >
> >
> >> Roger:
> >> What is a user added tag? Enlighten this fossil,
> please. Thanks
> >> Curious in Dearborn Heights
> >>
> >>
> >>
> --------------------------------------------------
> >> From: "Roger Loran Bailey" <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 10:29 AM
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: OT: So when I was
> browsing Bookshare I saw that...
> >>
> >>> I have noticed that a lot of publisher quality
> books have a paucity of metadata. I wonder if making a
> quality report with the suggested categorization would help.
> By the way, I think this is an additional argument for my
> idea of user added tags.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> _ _
> _
> >>>
> >>> "One of the things that is wrong with religion
> is that it teaches us to be satisfied with answers which are
> not really answers at all." - Richard Dawkins
> >>>
> >>> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> The Militant:
> >>> http://www.themilitant.com
> >>> Pathfinder Press:
> >>> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> >>> Granma International:
> >>> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nat
> Barrett" <hawaiianstar@xxxxxxxxx>
> >>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >>> Sent: Friday, May 13, 2011 7:16 AM
> >>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] OT: So when I was
> browsing Bookshare I saw that...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hello,
> >>>
> >>> I was wondering about something. And I didn't
> know where else to throw this out except the volunteer
> list.
> >>>
> >>> Anyway, just now I clicked on the new to
> collection page. I was surprised to see quite a few
> publisher quality Harlequin books.
> >>>
> >>> The thing is, I didn't remember seeing them
> earlier, when I cruised through the romance category
> Thursday afternoon.
> >>>
> >>> Thinking maybe they were recently added since
> the date of addition was 5/13/2011 and where I am it's only
> a little after 1 a.m. Friday morning as I type this, I
> thought maybe it was very recent.
> >>>
> >>> However, I clicked to browse the romance
> category again, and I was correct. Those books I saw on the
> new to collection page were not listed in the romance
> category. In fact, when I clicked on one of the books listed
> on the new to collection page, they didn't have a category
> selected at all. Or at least, not that I saw.
> >>>
> >>> Is this a simple oversight or is there a
> reason for this? I'm just a little confused because normally
> when I want a romance, I look at the romance category page
> for new additions.
> >>>
> >>> I'll work through this if this is the way. But
> I'm going to find it a little more time consuming to check
> out what's done by Harlequin and what's a fiction novel with
> heavy romantic influence. If that makes sense to everyone.
> Lol.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks for listening to me ramble,
> >>> Natalie
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