[access-uk] Re: RNIB Online Talking Book Catalogue

  • From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 20:24:20 +0100

It is called RNIB Talking books arena and is a Yahoo group.


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From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
Scott
Sent: 03 August 2005 19:13
To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Online Talking Book Catalogue


Hi,

can you tell me how to join the talking book discussion group?

Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Russell" <david.russell8@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 1:46 PM
Subject: [access-uk] Re: RNIB Online Talking Book Catalogue


> Mel,
>
> The following message appeared on the talking book discussion list this
> morning.
>
> Hi to all you intrepid web catalogue users!
>
> Yes, the catalogue is up and live - the links were loaded on Monday.
> There are a few glitches which may mean that we take the catalogue down
> for a few days again (I know, I'm sorry!), but we've received a good
> handful of selection lists already and it's just so nice for people to
> able to use it at last!
>
> One or two tips:
> For some reason the URL http://rnib/tbookcat/index.asp, even when saved
> as a favourite, defaults to a different URL, http.......pages/search.asp
> which comes up as not found except when it's accessed via the main RNIB
> website.  I'd recommend that you save to your favourites list the URL
> http://www.rnib.org.uk/talkingbooks and use the link in the Choosing
> Your Books section of that page.
>
> When you get to the search form, you can use just a few characters of
> the author's name or the book title and you don't have to put anything
> in ALL the search boxes.  If you know the author's name, for example,
> but the first name is initials only, try using just the surname.
> Or you could try the surname plus the first initial of the first name;
> or the surname plus one word from the title.
>
> Out of interest, none of our catalogue information specifies when a book
> was written, but most titles are added to the library in chronological
> order.  The 'added since' search option refers to when books were added
> to the Talking Book library - not their print publication date.
>
> Happy searching, best wishes,
>
> Catherine Hewitt
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of
> Mel Spooner
> Sent: 03 August 2005 11:17
> To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [access-uk] RNIB Online Talking Book Catalogue
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I had a look at this on Monday first thing and it looked very promising.
> However, since then the page has been showing an internal server error and
> I haven't been able to get in.
>
> Are other people having the same problem?
>
> Mel
>
> Mel Spooner
> edIT Help Desk
> Nottinghamshire County Council
> Tel   0115 854 6116
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