[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: "Homme, James" <james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:50:47 -0500
Hi,
I don't know if this would be helpful, but Safari has HTML of some of the
Dummies books. Maybe they would allow us to have some of their books. They are
associated with O'reilly. They have books from a lot of other publishers too.
They have a lot of technical books, but also some business, finance, and
self-help. They also have a site that they worked on to make more accessible
for their government customers, so I believe them to be open to talking to
Bookshare. They may end up saying that the subscription price is low enough to
allow someone to read their books on line though. I am fortunate to be able to
use a corporate account, but if I weren't able to do that, I'd very much want
their books on Bookshare, especially since technical books go out of date so
quickly. See http://access.search.safaribooksonline.com/
Jim
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 10:05 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
I would also like to see books on spinning, weaving, fiber crafts, crochet,
leather work, dyeing, mosaic craft, and other arts and crafts, is something I
am expected to know for my job and i have been scrounging to find what I can
from my library.
Also coin collecting. Flags and World cultures and study of world countries.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
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From: Carrie Karnos<mailto:ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:42 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Usually (but not always!) the text explains what the diagrams and charts are
illustrating in home improvement and other nonfiction books. Since some people
learn better by reading text, some by listening, and some by looking at
diagrams, these books try to cover all the bases. I chose books that had lots
of text, and ignored the books with lots of pictures. Since we're paying the
outsourcers, I'm that they'll do a good job with the books. If they don't,
we'll send the books back until they do do a good job.
One of our outsourcers gives us a good rate on difficult books, so we're trying
to send them lots of hard-to-proofread books, like the Complete Idiots and
Dummies series, and cookbooks, and such. They're getting all of the how-to and
home improvement books.
Carrie
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From: Robert Riddle <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 1:31:10 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Hi Monica,
Unbeknownst to anyone, because the books haven't been put into the collection
yet,
I bought 20 books at the Home Depot a month ago. These books are on plumbing,
wiring,
drywall, trimwork, barbecues, kitchen remodeling, brick and tile, landscaping,
backyards
for children, how houses are built, etc, etc. I also got some books on cutting
electricity
bills and creating 'greener' houses.
And thanks to a donation of 600+ books a couple of months ago, there are maybe
16
books coming on perennials, annuals, orchids, greenhouses, house plants, African
violets, etc.
And a week ago, I bought a dozen books on films, and some TV series (Lost,
Firefly,
Star Trek).
And I bought a book on the history of American birding. Never occurred to me
that
someone would write a book about that, but they did, so I got it.
I'll see if I can find books on defensive driving, car maintenance,
beauty/fashion,
scrapbooking, home decorating, and flower arranging.
Our star Googler is looking for histories of the various countries around the
world
from non-American, non-European people, per another person's request. And she's
looking
for pro-communism writers too, per yet another person's request. Since she likes
international politics, she's having a good time with these last two requests.
Carrie
How are you going to handle all the diagrams and such that appear in those type
of home improvement books? It's my experience that such how-to guides don't, as
a rule, OCR very well.
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