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Dates: 3/13/03,3:45 PM through 3/13/03,5:59 PM (2 postings)
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FROM: "Fiction_L Administrator" <[removed]@webrary.org>
REC'D: 3/13/03, 3:45 PM
If you tried to use the Fiction_L archives earlier this week, you may have
found them unavailable. That's because we were reorganizing and reindexing
the 10,000 archive files to create a system that was both more efficient,
from a searching standpoint, and more reliable, from a maintenance
standpoint.
The new system contains three indexes: one covering the current and previous
years, one covering the two years prior to that, and one covering the rest
of the archives, back to the beginning of Fiction_L (Dec 1995). While
similar
to the previous configuration, these indexes are now separate rather than
cumulative, enabling you to choose the specific time period(s) you want to
search, and to potentially retrieve more "hits" than was previously
possible. For each search, you can select any one or two of the indexes, or
even all three. When your search does include more than one index, the
results from each index are displayed separately, making it easier to
identify the most recent postings (in addition to be ranked by relevancy).
The structure of the actual archive pages remains unchanged: all postings
on a given discussion topic are included in a single web page, and pages for
active topics are updated within 5 minutes of a message being posted to the
list.
Why might you want to use the archives?
* To collect book titles from a list-in-progress before the final
compiled list is posted.
* To check out what a particular subscriber said in an earlier posting.
* To get caught up on a discussion topic which didn't catch your attention
when it started, but to which you now want to contribute.
* And these are in addition to the traditional reason of mining the
collective wisdom of over 7 years of discussions from nearly 2,000
subscribers.
Do you have another reason you use the archives? Why not post your own "Why
I use the Fiction_L Archives" to the list so other subscribers can discover
how useful the archives can be!
Join the dozens of Fiction_L subscribers already using the Archives every
day!
Kevin Justie
Ass't. Director, Head of Technical and Automated Services
Natalya Fishman
Fiction_L Manager
FROM: "ROBIN BEERBOWER" <[removed]@mail.open.org>
REC'D: 3/13/03, 5:59 PM
I have had a few occasions to use the archives and it is very helpful.
The other day a patron needed to know the name of the author who
recently died and thought the first name was Mary. I remembered the RIP
thread so was able to find the author's full name (Mary Wesley who died
in January, I think). So we had a happy patron thanks to Fiction_L!
:-)
Robin Beerbower
Salem (OR) Public Library
>>> [removed]@webrary.org 03/13/03 01:42PM >>>
** Fiction_L Archives: http://www.webrary.org/rs/flarchive.html **
If you tried to use the Fiction_L archives earlier this week, you may
have
found them unavailable. That's because we were reorganizing and
reindexing
the 10,000 archive files to create a system that was both more
efficient,
from a searching standpoint, and more reliable, from a maintenance
standpoint.
The new system contains three indexes: one covering the current and
previous
years, one covering the two years prior to that, and one covering the
rest
of the archives, back to the beginning of Fiction_L (Dec 1995). While
similar
to the previous configuration, these indexes are now separate rather
than
cumulative, enabling you to choose the specific time period(s) you want
to
search, and to potentially retrieve more "hits" than was previously
possible. For each search, you can select any one or two of the
indexes, or
even all three. When your search does include more than one index,
the
results from each index are displayed separately, making it easier to
identify the most recent postings (in addition to be ranked by
relevancy).
The structure of the actual archive pages remains unchanged: all
postings
on a given discussion topic are included in a single web page, and
pages for
active topics are updated within 5 minutes of a message being posted to
the
list.
Why might you want to use the archives?
* To collect book titles from a list-in-progress before the final
compiled list is posted.
* To check out what a particular subscriber said in an earlier
posting.
* To get caught up on a discussion topic which didn't catch your
attention
when it started, but to which you now want to contribute.
* And these are in addition to the traditional reason of mining the
collective wisdom of over 7 years of discussions from nearly 2,000
subscribers.
Do you have another reason you use the archives? Why not post your own
"Why
I use the Fiction_L Archives" to the list so other subscribers can
discover
how useful the archives can be!
Join the dozens of Fiction_L subscribers already using the Archives
every
day!
Kevin Justie
Ass't. Director, Head of Technical and Automated Services
Natalya Fishman
Fiction_L Manager
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