[bksvol-discuss] Re: Vanishing books
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jan 2010 10:27:15 -0600
You're right. I find things much less confusing when I make selections via
the combo boxes. *smile*
Blessings.
Lynnsky
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Melissa Smith
Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 10:03 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Vanishing books
Yep, I really like it. People just need to play around with it. I think this
will be very helpful, especially for those books that are uncategorized.
Melissa
EVAN REESE wrote:
> Thanks Carrie.
>
> I did some of the testing on this new search engine and pointed out
> some problems I found with it. Even so, and although it may still have
> some issues, I said then and I will say again, that this is a really
> big improvement over what we had before. Faster as well. As some
> others here have already mentioned, I have also found some books that
> I was not aware of while doing the testing, and even a useful website
> that was in a book in the list of excerpts.
>
> Evan
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Carrie Karnos <mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> *Sent:* Friday, January 15, 2010 10:31 AM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Vanishing books
>
> Hi Evan,
>
> I too have noticed that some books have vanished. Luckily they are
> still in the system, they just don't appear when you search for
> their titles or authors. I put in 11 books in the Rotten School
> series by R. L. Stine, which all vanished. When I put them in, I
> used the workaround of smushing the R.L. together since I got an
> error using the normal R-space-L author name. It looks like all of
> the books with that workaround are gone. I managed to restore the
> 11 Rotten Schools books, and books by C. T. Adams, M. C. Beaton,
> and J. R. Ward. I'll ask Engineering to restore the rest. If
> anyone knows the title and author of any books that vanished
> yesterday, please email the info to me and I'll pass it on to
> Engineering.
>
> Also, Ann P. was correct about using quotes around search terms to
> limit them to exact matches. I've filed a ticket to put a marker
> between books that have exact matches and books that sound like
> the search terms. This may or may not be done in the future...
>
> Carrie
>
>
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> *From:* EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Fri, January 15, 2010 7:08:14 AM
> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: yikes on the new search
>
> Jamie, how recently was this book added? Lissi and I discovered
> last night that we are unable to find some of our most recent
> submissions. Also, the number of books that Lissi is listed as
> having proof read has gone down from over 500 to 489. Somehow,
> quite a few books have disappeared from the collection, or are not
> being catalogued by the new search feature, or something else is
> wrong with it.
>
> Evan
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Courtney Stover"
> <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx>>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>>
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 2:30 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: yikes on the new search
>
>
> > Jamie,
> >
> > How do you use the new search? I went browsing, and I couldn't
> find a
> > link or anything. Sorry for my total lack of tech skills *g*
> > Courtney
> >
> > On 1/15/10, Jamie Yates, CPhT <mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx
> <mailto:mirxtech@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
> >> Ugh I don't like this at all. Then I put in Gallo in the author
> box and show
> >> in the title box and I got this book:
> >>
> >> Just Shy of
> >>
>
Harmony<http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/21360?returnPath=L3NlYXJjaD9zZW
FyY2g9QWR2YW5jZWQgU2VhcmNoJmF1dGhvcj1nYWxsbyZib29rc1RvU2VhcmNoPUFMTCZzb3J0T3
JkZXI9UkVMRVZBTkNFJnRpdGxlPXNob3cmbGFuZ3VhZ2U9QUxMJl9jYXRlZ29yaWVzPW9uJnF1YW
xpdHk9RkFJUiY%3D>
> >> by Philip
> Gulley<http://www.bookshare.org/browse/author?key=Philip%20Gulley>
> >>
> >>
> >> When all I wanted to know is if the book Let's Put on a Show by
> Tina Gallo
> >> is in the collection. I guess I can assume it's not.
> >>
> >> The result I got isn't even CLOSE to my search terms.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jamie in Michigan
> >>
> >> Currently Reading: The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn
> Club by Gil
> >> McNeil
> >>
> >> Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours:
> >> http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497
> >>
> >> See everything I've read this year at:
> www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
> <http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>
> >>
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