Jessamyn - Actually, that was done once a while back, and didn't work because there was no way to turn it off. So all you could get were the ebooks records, none of the others. (Every time you hit search it turned it back on, even if you'd just unchecked the box.) Clearly, it has to be done a bit more carefully. Ideally it could be set for a session or by user, but I assume that is much more work.
Here's another issue: ebooks are at the edition level, and search and display is at the work level. So you will get all works with one or more ebook editions -- but your list, when you get down to editions, will include non-ebook editions. Since the ebook editions appear at the top, that probably won't be a problem. However, I don't know if you are suggesting that only the ebooks should display in the edition display. My concern then would be how to let people know that they are only searching on ebooks, and that there are other records in the database. I would see nothing wrong with having a "separate" database that is ebooks only - or at least making it seem that way, virtually, and billing it as a database of ebooks. However, the API uses of OL are generally against the whole database. It's like we've got two different sets of functionality. Hopefully, we can satisfy both needs with a single database. kc On 11/2/13 8:44 AM, todd.d.robb...@gmail.com wrote: > I think that's a great idea even though I primarily use the site for > research purposes. It should increase use of the collection as well. > > > On Saturday, November 2, 2013, jessamyn c. west wrote: > > There's been some discussion at the Archive of ways to make Open > Library a bit more usable to folks who want to use it for book reading > and borrowing. One of the ideas was to make the site search default to > ebooks instead of records (i.e. having the ebooks box checked by > default which is not how it is currently) so that the results people > return with a default search will be things they can access > immediately with the idea that a lot of the people coming to OL are > looking for books to read, not just library records. > > I offered to toss a note up to this list to gather feedback for > people. What do people think about this as a possibility? > > _____________ > Jessamyn West > volunteer support, Open Library > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org <javascript:;> > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org <javascript:;> > > > > -- > Tod Robbins > Digital Asset Manager, MLIS > todrobbins.com <http://todrobbins.com/> | @todrobbins > <http://www.twitter.com/#!/todrobbins> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org > http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to > ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org > -- Karen Coyle kco...@kcoyle.net http://kcoyle.net m: 1-510-435-8234 skype: kcoylenet _______________________________________________ Ol-discuss mailing list - Ol-discuss@archive.org http://mail.archive.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ol-discuss Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/ol-discuss@archive.org/ To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send email to ol-discuss-unsubscr...@archive.org
