I wonder how long it will take to find a replacement for Marissa annd what they will do in the meantime.. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 6:25 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bibliographies That reminds me of a discussion about a year or two back about bookshare giving us an idea of what customers like the most but probably impossible. ----- Original Message ----- From: <vining@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 2:35 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bibliographies > I'd like to see that too. And I wish there was some way of seeing how many > times particular books are downloaded. > > Joanie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 4:09 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bibliographies > > > Hi E., > > I think your idea for the bibliographies is a wonderful one. Do people > have similar theme lists they're working with that they'd like to > contribute? Definitely something we should consider formalizing and > putting on the website. I'll be sure to copy this email out and put a > star on it that says "hey, new person, follow up on this, because it's > cool!" > > Sarah, I can give you a category count but I can't give you a more > specific topic count. Would you find it interesting if I showed you some > numbers about how the category counts have changed since we first > launched? > > Best, > Marissa > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sarah Van > Oosterwijck > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 3:49 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 43 books today > > I love your idea! > > Just yesterday or the day before I was talking about how interesting it > would be if someone did some work to find out what topics bookshare has > a lot of books about, and then check to see how well a person could do > using bookshare to do some hypothetical research assignments. For some > reason the word "bibliographies" didn't pop in to my mind, but that is > exactly what would be useful. > > Not that I would wish to do anything but a strictly hypothetical > research project. :-) Well, maybe the research itself could be real, > but the paper that is supposed to result would never be produced. LOL > > Sarah Van Oosterwijck > http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, May 06, 2005 2:05 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: submitted 43 books today > > >> Here is an idea for bookshare. We can have a place where a list of >> bibliographies are stored. For instance, there can be a list of books > on >> the holocust, and lists for other topics or themes. I have begun to > put >> together a few tentative lists, one on non-western religion, for > instance, >> and another on history themes. Ones which immediately spring to mind > are >> books about the Civil War, the American Revolution and such. These > lists >> might be valuable to students. The one about the Civil War could > include >> histories, plus fiction about the war. >> >> The lists of nominees and winners of various prizes could also be kept > in >> the bibliography section of bookshare. We might be able to get grants > to >> create books about particular subjects. By the way, what about the > idea of >> scanning a few books on grant writing for those of us inclined to > learn the >> art. >> >> E. >> >> >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >> Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 5/6/2005 >> >> > > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.308 / Virus Database: 266.11.6 - Release Date: 5/6/2005 > > > > > > >