[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Hobbit returns!
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:02:54 -0700 (PDT)
That's very good to know, Roger. I stopped using simple search for some reason
(can't remember what) but if it finds books no matter the language, that's
the one to use. Or, as you say, the default language shsould be All (or any)
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> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 9:51 AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: The Hobbit returns!
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>Nevertheless, the whole point of an advanced search is greater
>versatility, not to be more limiting.
>
>On 3/21/2012 12:47 PM, Kelly Pierce wrote:
>> roger,
>>
>> This clarifies things a lot. Bookshare simple search operates like
>> the basic keyword search at public and research libraries, essentially
>> searching everything. I have found Bookshare simple search to be
>> highly effective and have had little need for advanced search.
>>
>> Kelly
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/21/12, Roger Loran Bailey<rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>> I just checked and The Hobbit is classified as American English. I
>>> located it by using the simple search field found on the main Bookshare
>>> page. Then I wondered what would happen if I used that to look for a
>>> title that I know is in British English. I searched for Nowhere on Earth
>>> by Michael Elder. It came up. Then I searched for the same thing with
>>> the advanced search and left the language at the default of American
>>> English. It did not come up. It appears that if you use the simple
>>> search it will search all languages, but if you use the advanced search
>>> you will get only American English results unless you tell it to search
>>> something other than the default. I suppose that is okay if you remember
>>> to specify the language, but it would make more sense to me if the
>>> default was all languages. And, again, this is only for my curiosity and
>>> has no real use for me, but it would be very nice to be able to just
>>> click one button and find out how many books are in the entire
>>> collection. I thought I was doing that, but it appears that to get that
>>> exact count it is necessary to do a search for each language and then
>>> add them up.
>>>
>>> On 3/21/2012 11:57 AM, Kelly Pierce wrote:
>>>> Carie,
>>>>
>>>> It seems Bookshare is missing operational systems for dealing with
>>>> publisher-quality books that are withdrawn and where a
>>>> volunteer-produced copy exists. Publisher quality submissions
>>>> displace volunteer produced copies. However, it doesn’t seem that an
>>>> organizational mechanism exists to return the volunteer-produced copy
>>>> when the publisher copy is removed.
>>>>
>>>> Might this title have been returned to the collection but classified
>>>> as British English and not be located with the default search, which
>>>> Betsy apparently has decided to be American English only rather than
>>>> all English titles?
>>>>
>>>> Kelly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 3/21/12, Judy s.<cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>> Yay, Carrie! smile.
>>>>>
>>>>> Judy s.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 3/20/2012 5:30 PM, Carrie Karnos wrote:
>>>>>> Hi gang,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The volunteer and publisher copies of The Hobbit were both withdrawn,
>>>>>> leaving us without the book and bereft. I worked out a way to return
>>>>>> the volunteer copy of the book to the collection, since the publisher
>>>>>> requested that we withdraw their copy. The Hobbit is now safely
>>>>>> ensconced at http://www.bookshare.org/browse/book/29782/.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks for letting me know about this gap in the collection. If there
>>>>>> are any other books that have vanished without being replaced by PQ
>>>>>> books, please let me know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks! Carrie
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