[access-uk] Re: R N I B online talking book catologue
- From: "Iain Lackie" <ilackie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:18:26 +0100
The system is supposed to be automated with the new catalogue we are promised
will be coming soon. If what we were told is to be believed, we should be
hearing something any day now.
Iain
From: Chris Moore
Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 3:08 PM
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: R N I B online talking book catologue
Hazel,
From what I can tell by looking at the RNIB talking book pages, that it is just
an email service. So when you add your selection to your book shelf and then
send them to the RNIB along side your name, address and phone number etc. The
person at the RNIB just gets an plain text email containing the list of books
you have chosen and your contact details so they can bring up your details in
their database. I think the operator at the RNIB then simply adds the details
from the email into the database.
I might be totally wrong, but that is how it seems. The ideal solution would
be if the entire database was online so we could interact with it and add and
remove books from our reading list and change the order or look at books we
have read in the past or check to see which books were not received by us when
they were sent out or not received by the RNIB when we have sent them back.
I also dislike the way you have to select fiction or non fiction before you are
then able to see a full list of categories. I think it should be more like
Amazon where you select from a list of categories (the default is all) and then
you add any keyword such as book title or author etc and then provide advanced
search if the person wishes to be more detailed.
Chris
On 20 Jun 2011, at 14:09, Hazel & Kim Darvell wrote:
Hi to all
Knowing that some staff from R N I B look into this group I am looking for
answers please.
Over the weekend I decided to try and place some books to my list using their
online catalogue, not being sure if they had been added correctly I called them
this morning to ask, the person I spoke with told me that he couldn't tell me
as the person who officially adds them to peoples lists wasn't in yet.
My question is this.
What is the use of having the online service if books are not properly added
instantly?
Why is there a need for a third party to do what the website was set up
for?,or is it that this organisation doesn't trust their blind clients to do
things for themselves therefore need to check on us..
Heres hoping someone can solve these issues
thanks
Hazel
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