[bksvol-discuss] Re: was Children books in quie Now browsing by author
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:48:04 -0600
You might have time to hit and load an additional search over a dozen times per
author (assuming Jamie and I can get to the 100 per field vs our current 25),
if you are late in the letter field, but I do not have fifteen minutes a
search.. Period. Then there is still searching that list and on some prolific
authors, that can be rough, too. Not to mention permutations and common names
like Jamie has mentioned.
It is a great search engine for most readers, absolutely lousy for scanners and
buyers...
Valerie
On Jan 16, 2010, at 7:35 PM, Melissa Smith wrote:
> Valerie,
> Seeing as how the authors appear in alphabetical order, it shouldn't be that
> difficult to navigate to the page that should contain the author you're
> looking for, and see whether or not he or she is there.
>
> Melissa
>
>
> Valerie Maples wrote:
>> Even at 100, if there are 1600+ results (like the W's), that is unacceptable
>> if there is no way to refine...
>>
>> Valerie
>>
>>
>> On Jan 16, 2010, at 9:19 AM, Melissa Smith wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Valerie, mine shows 100 results per page on the browse by author page, but
>>> I don't see a box where I can change it to any other amount. Wonder why
>>> yours only shows 25? Perhaps that's something that needs to be directed
>>> towards Bookshare staff.
>>>
>>> Melissa
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Valerie Maples wrote:
>>>
>>>> Except the first name I went to look for was Judd, and there were 835
>>>> results with no way to advance more than 25 at a time. Definitely not
>>>> efficient...
>>>>
>>>> W's we re even worse at over 1600!
>>>>
>>>> Valerie
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Jan 16, 2010, at 7:21 AM, Melissa Smith wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Jamie, there is definitely still a place to browse by author. Below is a
>>>>> link to the browse page, where you can choose to browse by any of the
>>>>> following topics:
>>>>> Authors
>>>>> Categories
>>>>> Languages
>>>>> New Books
>>>>> Most Popular Downloads
>>>>> NIMAC Books
>>>>> Special Collections
>>>>> Newspapers and Magazines
>>>>> Internationally Available.
>>>>> http://www.bookshare.org/browse/start
>>>>> Once you have selected author from this list, you should be taken to a
>>>>> page where you can select the first letter of the author's last name,
>>>>> which, then, takes you to the alphabetical listing of author's whose last
>>>>> name begins with that letter. BTW, there appears to be no Tina Gallo.
>>>>> There is a Donald R Gallo, with 2 books in the collection.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Melissa
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jamie Yates, CPhT wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Judy, I didn't orginally start out putting Tina Gallo in the author box.
>>>>>> I started out with Gallo, because if she uses a second last name or a
>>>>>> middle initial, I wouldn't necessary get her with just Tina Gallo.
>>>>>> Katherine Applegate is a good example of this. If you put Katherine
>>>>>> Applegate in the author box you get only 30 results and Bookshare has
>>>>>> way more of her books than that, maybe under Katherine A. Applegate or
>>>>>> K.A. Applegate. That's why I like a least restrictive search term that
>>>>>> will get me results but not too many results. If you're too specific you
>>>>>> miss out. If I just put in Tina Gallo I get less results, but I can't be
>>>>>> sure there aren't any Tina Gallo books in the collection because I am
>>>>>> unfamiliar with this author and don't know if she writes under other
>>>>>> forms of her name. That's why I originally did what I always do and just
>>>>>> searched for Gallo.
>>>>>> I wonder can you still go to an author alphabetical list page? I haven't
>>>>>> tried that for years.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Jamie in Michigan
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Currently Reading: The Beach Street Knitting Society and Yarn Club by
>>>>>> Gil McNeil
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Earn cash for answering trivia questions every 3 hours:
>>>>>> http://instantcashsweepstakes.com/invitations/ref_link/49497
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See everything I've read this year at: www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html
>>>>>> <http://www.michiganrxtech.com/books.html>
>>>>>>
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