[Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD

Mon Apr 11 17:07:07 UTC 2011

A most excellent response there David. Like posting the complaint or pet pea 
can change anything.

Things are  going well for me over this way

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From: "Hyde, David W. (ESC)" <david.hyde at wcbvi.k12.wi.us>
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 9:44 AM
To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD

> Greg, good explanation. Remember too, Dewey aside, books can be listed 
> under several categories in the system. Gulliver's Travels, by John Swift, 
> for example, could be listed as fantasy, English Literature, Classics, and 
> could, because of some of the scenes be listed as a book containing sexual 
> material, obscenity, and (if you were not one of the round heads) 
> disturbing literature. It should also be classified as satire, political 
> commentary, and of course historical fiction. Some have treated it as 
> travel, travel fiction, and science fiction.
>
> Classification is an art, not a science, even though those who do it, and 
> do it well, may have a degree in Library Science. The good thing is that 
> if you can't find what you really want, the librarians know their system 
> better than most of us care to. In the words of Spider Robinson,
> "never anger a librarian. They secretly run the world.:
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
> Behalf Of Greg Kearney
> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 7:13 PM
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD
>
> Please folks this is a very hard thing to. The cataloguing of books is 
> more art than science and is totally a matter of interpretation. The books 
> dealing with cataloguing would take up many meters of shelf space. The 
> Dewey Decimal System is, for example, described in four large volumes. The 
> Library of Congress lists over 150 genre of books.
> Picking the right one every time is a really difficult task. We librarians 
> are only human after all and mistakes are going to happen.
>
> If your find a book that you think has been misidentified you might want 
> to look it up in the LOC catalogue and then contact the NLS.
>
>
> On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 7:15 AM, Dewey Bradley <deweyspr at mediacombb.net> 
> wrote:
>> Are we shore that when this happends, its not do to the book jacket
>> and the publisher?
>> I'm just asking because I've never noticed this my self, not saying it
>> doesn't happen.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Ellen" <gabias at telus.net>
>> To: "'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'" <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 5:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD
>>
>>
>>> I'm sure NLS staff would appreciate being told when books are
>>> improperly categorized.  No one wants mistakes to remain permanently on 
>>> the web site.
>>>
>>> I noticed a few science fiction books categorized as science, but I
>>> wasn't courteous and helpful enough to bring the matter to anyone's 
>>> attention.
>>> Thank you, Dale, for pointing out how important correct categories can 
>>> be.
>>> The next time I find a book I think should be placed differently,
>>> I'll use the "contact" link to let someone know.
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Dale Heltzer
>>> Sent: April 8, 2011 12:45 PM
>>> To: 'Discussion of Digital Talking Books'
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD
>>>
>>> Why aren't the current QCS's doing better?
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org
>>> [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Mike Freeman
>>> Sent: Friday, April 08, 2011 2:39 PM
>>> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
>>> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD
>>>
>>> Where is the money to hire more quality control specialists?
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Freeman
>>> sent from my iPhone
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 8, 2011, at 11:51, Dale Heltzer <deheltzer at msn.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> 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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