Hi, Carrie. There are also numerous instances where Ph.D. is listed as an author, so that leads me to believe there are authors without the suffix of Ph.D. when it should be there. Good luck! I have a feeling that's going to be a daunting task but hope, for your sake, it isn't too bad. *smile* Take care. Julie Morales Email and Windows/MSN Messenger: inlovewithchrist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx When God puts a tear in your eye, it is because He wants to put a rainbow in your heart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Carrie Karnos" <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 25, 2004 5:11 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] fixing garbled authors' names Hi everyone, I have volunteered to help clean up the Bookshare database, and I'd like to ask for some assistance. Marissa commented that sometimes the same author is listed under several names. I took a quick look and found 'Lawrence Schiller' and 'Lawrence Schiller.' - obviously they're the same person, but the database lists them as 2 separate people. If you know of any such mistakes or misspellings of names, could you please let me know about them? I'd like to collect as many mistakes as possible, and then go to Bookshare and fix them all. I'm hoping there won't be tooooooo many, but I just don't know what to expect. Please write me off-list (I don't want to clog the discussion group with this) at ckarnos@xxxxxxxxxx Thanks for all your help! Carrie _______________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now. http://messenger.yahoo.com