[access-uk] Re: R N I B online talking book catologue
- From: Chris Moore <moore.c@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 19:29:23 +0100
Hmmm yeah that would be useful. I have a fair few on my mailing list (books of
my choice that is) and for some reason, I was sent too romance novels. Not my
bag, so like you I just sent them both straight back. I would like to see
alerts also. So if you have a favourite author for example or a favourite
genre / category, you are then sent an email when the RNIB have aded a new
title to the library which matches the alert you specified.
Chris
On 20 Jun 2011, at 19:00, Peter Logue wrote:
> 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
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> 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.
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> Iain
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> 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,
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> 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.
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> 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:
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>> 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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