[Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD

[Rob Tabor]

Hi Rose and list,

I know what you mean by the throwback practice of using l in lieu of 1. It 
reminds me of the old Royal 440 ginormous typewriter I learned to type with 
in fourth grade, which occurred more years than I care to admit. Like Jack 
Benny I am holding, holding, holding, etc. <grin> But seriously folks, I 
attribute this to an OCR scan error and go on, chuckling of course.

As for apparent misclassification of literary works, I agree with those who 
opine that a good deal of latitude for judgment is involved, although the 
Dewey Decimal, or as i like to call it, the Dewey Decibel, system offers 
good guidance and can probably be located online. Some misclassifications 
are quite common; for example, Gulliver's Travels is often miscategorized 
under children's literature. As a former braille teacher pointed out, how 
can it be children's lit when there are so many complex relationships and 
issues in the story. I think the same could be argued as to George Orwell's 
Animal Farm.

End of sermon and have a wonderful spring day, wherever you are.
Rob Tabor & Guide Cane Raúl Junior
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs at q.com>
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Saturday, April 09, 2011 12:45 PM
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD


>I don't know and someone up there needs to know that we no longer use an l
> for the 1 on computers, drives me crazy when I see a date of l995 for
> example.
>
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs at Q.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 11:52 AM
> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD
>
> Who else is bothered by the many errors in categorizing titles on the BARD
> site?
> Where is their Quality Control?
>
> ---
> Dale E. Heltzer
> deheltzer at msn.com
>
>
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