Member: Marquand

That's really weird. Maybe the system takes a while to assimilate the author info? If it still stays isolated, I don't know what to suggest other than contacting the crack LT technical staff. Thanks for trying! (Great book, huh?)

posted by languagehat at 5:11 pm (EST) on Jul 29, 2009

Hi! Could you add the author, Nicholas V. Iljine, to your copy of Odessa Memories so it will be combined with the two other LT copies? Thanks!

Steve

posted by languagehat at 1:52 pm (EST) on Jul 7, 2009

The first tag in the list refers to the shelf location of the book.

Don't hit the red x!

A is the Default display style.

Title is the Default sort.

posted by Marquand at 1:19 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2006

Please don't edit without consulting Adrian. Please especially do not EVER hit the red x. It will delete the work instantaneously. Please bear in mind that if you alter the display style, it alters for everybody. A is the default display style.

This catalog is set up to rely heavily on tags. If you click on a tag, it will bring up each work that has that tag associated with it. In this catalog, the first tag in the list refers to the shelf location of the book. The shelves in Ed’s office are labeled. Almost all of the shelves are in alphabetical order by title, and the labels clearly state when this is not the case. If you’ve pulled a book off the shelf and you’re not sure where to put it back, search for it, then choose the first tag, then see where it appears on the list for that tag, and that’s where it lives on the shelf.

There are 2 ways this might go wrong – make sure that the display is arranged by title (look for the small downward pointing arrow), and bear in mind that the tag search will bring up all the works associated with that tag, not only the works on that shelf, so the 2 books your book lives between in the display may be on other shelves – the first tag refers to the shelf location of the book. If the two books in the display have a different shelf location, you will see it in the tag area. The reason this occurs is because the tags also serve as a subject cross-reference.

If you go to the tab labeled tags, librarything will take you to a view of all of the tags for Marquand. By clicking on any of them, you will see all of the books associated with that tag. Take the tag “box” for instance. If you click on it, you will see all of the books that have their own box. The first book on the list is on the “asia” shelf. The second is on the “typography & design [short]” shelf. Many of the shelf sections are divided by size, in order to make better use of the shelf space. I also highly recommend (back in the tags area) choosing to look at the tag cloud. The font is a little larger, and it’s an amusing tool.

There is a search box on every page. You can search by books (author/title), tag, or all fields. Librarything is working on improving their search interface, which is good, because it can be unreliable. The best way to find books is title search by books. If it doesn’t work the first time, frequently it works on the second. Search by tag usually works, and you can always go to the tags tab – that always works. Search all fields is the least reliable.

Finally, I encourage you play with the interface! Cover view is an exciting option, the tag and author clouds are fun, and there are lots of other exciting extras. Don’t be afraid that you will accidentally alter a record – it’s very obvious when you are editing something (aside from the pesky red x).

posted by Marquand at 1:19 pm (EST) on Oct 23, 2006