[access-uk] Re: R N I B online talking book catologue
- From: "Peter Logue" <jan112009@xxxxxxx>
- To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:00:00 +0100
Re: RNIB new catalogue etc...
I would like to see profiling so I don't get romance novels.
Many of the books I get get shot straight back.
Peter
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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Iain Lackie
Sent: 20 June 2011 16:18
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: R N I B online talking book catologue
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 <mailto:moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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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