Hi Roger, Just FYI - there's a little search cheat sheet hidden under the "Zoom In" heading on the right-hand side of search results pages:
http://openlibrary.org/search?q=roger As well as being able to use the facets listed on the right hand side, you can write search queries as you search: http://openlibrary.org/search/howto I agree that it's a bit tricky to find out how to join the lists - we'll try to improve that. Cheers, george > I am a Wikipedia user who has made an occasional edit, but I don't spend a > lot of time on it and I have never visited the Village Pump. I get the > impression that it is a message board. If that is correct I think this > mailing list is better. It is more convenient to read posts when I am > checking my email on a daily basis anyway as opposed to remembering to go > to > a certain site and perhaps logging in and then sorting through the posts. > I > will add that it was not hard at all to sign up for this mailing list. The > only problem was finding it. After scouring the FAQ I was trying to find > some place on the Open Library site that could give me tips to help me > make > better use of the search feature. In that process I came across the > information about subscribing to this list. I never did find the > information > I was looking for on searching for books. I now think that is because the > search engine is not sophisticated enough to do much fancy with it anyway, > but it still might be a good idea to make the information on the two email > lists easier to find. > > > _ _ _ > > "Those who do not move, do not notice their chains." - Rosa Luxemburg > > > The Militant: > http://www.themilitant.com > Pathfinder Press: > http://www.pathfinderpress.com > Granma International: > http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Karen Coyle" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 5:00 PM > Subject: Re: [ol-discuss] User interaction > > >> Quoting Alex Stinson <[email protected]>: >> >>> In regards to the comments on user interaction, something in the way of >>> the >>> Wikipedia Village pump >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump) >>> or the Wikipedia Help Desk >>> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Help_desk) would >>> be useful >> >> There's also the way that LibraryThing does it: it lets people set up >> "discussion groups" based on any topic that people want. So that way >> the Romance novel people and the Urdu poetry people can have their own >> places. If there are general cataloging issues, there could be a >> general cataloging discussion group where people talk about "best >> practices" or discuss a non-obvious fix for a problem. >> >> kc >> >> instead of several layers of form's you have to fill out before >>> getting on this discussion mailing list. It makes the whole discussion >>> process more transparent and will likely get more thoughts from more >>> casual >>> observers who don't want to comit those extra steps to get here. I >>> almost >>> walked away from this mailing list because it was taking a little while >>> and >>> I couldn't access the Archive of the discussion at >>> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/private/ol-discuss/ . I stuck >>> around >>> because I realized that this could be a serious problem for you all in >>> engaging your contribution community and really support what you are >>> doing >>> with this project. >>> >>> Alex >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Karen Coyle >> [email protected] http://kcoyle.net >> ph: 1-510-540-7596 >> m: 1-510-435-8234 >> skype: kcoylenet >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Ol-discuss mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss >> To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to >> [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to [email protected]
