It is called RNIB Talking books arena and is a Yahoo group. -----Original Message----- 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 > Email mel.spooner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > E-mails and any attachments from Nottinghamshire County Council are > confidential. 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