Geek In Need of Advice...
OK. I don't know how many of you have spent any time at "The Original JeffSite," (see right bar) or if you've gotten to the library if you have. I'm not happy with them pages. They're overwhelming. Unfortunately, I don't have the capacities yet to get all my books into a web-searchable database -- that. would. rule.
My software is also somewhat limited in its output capacities. So say you're looking to borrow a book from me. You decide to go to my website to see what I have/if I have what you're looking for. Would you rather:
A) Have it as it is now (50 items per page, sorted alphabetically first by genre, then author, then title. Lots of information per page, but only 17 pages.
B) Smaller chunks of information (15 items per page, sorted the same way -- less to process, but 56 pages to wade through)
C) "Press One for Theosophy" (A different set of pages for each genre, but if I export them this way, the sorting disappears, so C.S. Lewis may show up on all five pages in the genre, but there are only five pages...)
Please, Lord, there's gotta be a better way...
My software is also somewhat limited in its output capacities. So say you're looking to borrow a book from me. You decide to go to my website to see what I have/if I have what you're looking for. Would you rather:
A) Have it as it is now (50 items per page, sorted alphabetically first by genre, then author, then title. Lots of information per page, but only 17 pages.
B) Smaller chunks of information (15 items per page, sorted the same way -- less to process, but 56 pages to wade through)
C) "Press One for Theosophy" (A different set of pages for each genre, but if I export them this way, the sorting disappears, so C.S. Lewis may show up on all five pages in the genre, but there are only five pages...)
Please, Lord, there's gotta be a better way...
3 Comments:
At 9:14 AM, Grandma and Grandpa Benson said…
. . . like I said . . .
At 9:37 AM, Erin Bennett said…
D) Give all of the books away as Christmas gifts. Keep track of who gets which book so YOU can borrow from THEM, not the other way around. Voila. No money on gifts, and no worrying about how to organize it.
I surprise myself sometimes.
:)
At 6:30 PM, gloria said…
Let's all live in a coop with one mega library that we could all enjoy! :)
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