[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: Shane D <chatter8712@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:47:59 -0500
Could you please make an effort to indicate to us when you are
copy-pasting people's e-mails, and only copy the parts that are
relavent? Thank you.
On 2/23/09, Robert Riddle <captinlogic@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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