[Dtb-talk] Mis-Categorized books on BARD

Mon Apr 11 17:17:44 UTC 2011

Now in fairness, I did see a couple of science fiction titles posted as science. I'm sure they'll get corrected.

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From: dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lynn Evans
Sent: Monday, April 11, 2011 12:07 PM
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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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