[nabs-l] Bookshare New Books Filter

[Peter Donahue]

Good morning everyone,

    Those of you who are bookshare.org subscribers have probably seen the 
rash of information posted from the International Monitary Fund over the 
past few weeks if you do a search for new books. This is great information 
and research material for those studying finance, business, commerce, 
international trade, etc but for others such as Mary and I it's getting old 
very fast seeing this junk day-after day. I'm glad that bookshare.org is 
including this material for those interested in reading it but for such a 
large volume of such publications to show up on a new books search over a 
period of weeks it gets old fast.

    Both of us have written to bookshare.org concerning this issue and have 
suggested that a way to prioritize new books entries when they're posted so 
material of interest appears at the top of the list of new books and 
material such as this stuff from the IMF appears near the bottom and 
subscribers will be less likely to encounter it when searching for new books 
and other material.

    Right now they're having a "Run" on material from the International 
Monetary Fund. If they're going to post large quantities of material from a 
particular entity that may not be of interest to particular subscribers a 
way needs to be available for patrons to manage new book listings and to 
screen out entries not of interest to them. I'm wondering if others are also 
feeling this frustration and have written to bookshare.org urging them to 
address this issue before it gets out of hand!
Here's hoping that a fix for this situation will be announced at the 
national convention and we won't have to put up with it in the future. All 
the best.

Peter Donahue

 “No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper.”
Isaiah 54:17

 “While for our princes they prepare
In caverns deep a burning snare,
He shot from heaven a piercing ray,
And the dark treachery brought to day.”
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