Standard library practices for monographs in multiple volumes is to
simply give a volume statement, like "2v.", in the place of the
pagination. That's all that is needed. If, however, the volumes have
been scanned, then, as Tom mentions, for scanned works, there is a
separate IA entry for each volume, since each volume is a separate
scanned file.
One possible solution is to use the table of contents area. Since
Markdown is being used for editing, a full URI is coded as actionable.
So if you put:
* Volume 1 | http://archive.org/details/.....
* Volume 2 | http://archive.org/details/.....
It should create clickable links to each scanned volume.
kc
On 2/20/16 8:45 AM, Tom Morris wrote:
There isn't really a good solution to this currently. OpenLibrary is
kind of caught between existing library cataloging practice only
catalogs editions, not works, and keeps all volumes together on a single
edition record; and the needs of Internet Archive to have individual
volumes recorded so that they match up with the scanning.
Supporting multi-volume editions would require additional engineering
work as well as a change in current practices.
It's worth noting that a similar situation exists currently with
translations. Translated editions are all collected together in the same
work with original language editions. This is, I believe, the correct
way to do it, but because there's no easy way to filter by language, the
pile of editions can be quite a jumble for popular works.
Tom
On Fri, Feb 19, 2016 at 3:50 PM, Hi-storian <hi-stor...@comcast.net
<mailto:hi-stor...@comcast.net>> wrote:
See my email, below for details.
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*From: *"Open Library Support" <openlibr...@archive.org
<mailto:openlibr...@archive.org>>
*To: *hi-stor...@comcast.net <mailto:hi-stor...@comcast.net>
*Sent: *Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:15:00 PM
*Subject: *Re: Support case *Other*
Hi and thank you for contacting us,
Yep, there is no non-mess way to do this at this time and I'm actually
not even sure if there's a standard way to do it for the way our
records
are currently imported. You're welcome to asdk on the ol-tech list to
see if someone there has a little more insight into the meta-aspects
than I do. Details are on this page (the archives link is wrong but
otherwise the page is accurate)
https://openlibrary.org/community
Thanks for using openlibrary.org <http://openlibrary.org> and
archive.org <http://archive.org>
The Open Library Team/jw
openlibr...@archive.org <mailto:openlibr...@archive.org>
On 2/18/16 11:54 AM, hi-stor...@comcast.net
<mailto:hi-stor...@comcast.net> wrote:
>
>
> Description:
>
> I understand the nature and relation between Work records and
Editions records, but I have a question that doesn't seem to be
answered in your FAQ anywhere.
>
> How do you enter an Edition that contains multiple volumes. In
theory, you should be able to create multiple volume records under
the Edition record, just as you create multiple Edition records
under a Work record.
>
> I'm assuming the work around is to enter each separate volume as
a new "Edition" ... but that's not quite right. It would create a
mess that would quickly be confusing. After all, the 1st Edition
may have 2 volumes, the 2nd Edition 4 volumes, the 3rd edition 6
volumes .... Imagine how confusing if the volumes are all jumbled up
without being clearly set together within an Edition.
>
> Is there a way to do this correctly, of is this a feature "in the
works" for a later release? What should I do in the meantime so
records don't have to be re-entered?
>
> Thanks! Hi-storian
>
> A new support case has been filed by Hi-storian
<hi-stor...@comcast.net <mailto:hi-stor...@comcast.net>>.
>
> Topic: Other
> URL: https://openlibrary.org
> User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.1; rv:44.0) Gecko/20100101
Firefox/44.0
> OL-username: Hi-storian
>
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