Comments on: Open Access to History @ Columbia UP http://acrlog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/ Blogging by and for academic and research librarians Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:07:41 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: James Weinheimer http://acrlog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/comment-page-1/#comment-70590 James Weinheimer Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:01:42 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/#comment-70590 For the person having trouble finding these materials, they can be found in OCLC Worldcat and searching "gutenberg-e.org" http://worldcat.org/search?q=%22gutenberg-e.org%22&qt=notfound_page&search=Search I know this isn't perfect, but they are available. For the person having trouble finding these materials, they can be found in OCLC Worldcat and searching “gutenberg-e.org”
http://worldcat.org/search?q=%22gutenberg-e.org%22&qt=notfound_page&search=Search

I know this isn’t perfect, but they are available.

]]> By: Barbara Fister http://acrlog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/comment-page-1/#comment-70525 Barbara Fister Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:10:25 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/#comment-70525 That's weird. I wonder if it's simply an oversight? They all have very different formats, too - I gather to experiment with digital formats, but it's got to take a lot of extra work to have such different designs. That’s weird. I wonder if it’s simply an oversight?

They all have very different formats, too – I gather to experiment with digital formats, but it’s got to take a lot of extra work to have such different designs.

]]> By: Jonathan H. Harwell http://acrlog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/comment-page-1/#comment-70466 Jonathan H. Harwell Tue, 26 Feb 2008 17:26:14 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/#comment-70466 I've found that some of the titles require a password. Try this link for example: http://www.gutenberg-e.org/steuer/steuer.ch18.html I’ve found that some of the titles require a password. Try this link for example: http://www.gutenberg-e.org/steuer/steuer.ch18.html

]]> By: Anne-Marie http://acrlog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/comment-page-1/#comment-70461 Anne-Marie Tue, 26 Feb 2008 15:45:32 +0000 http://acrlblog.org/2008/02/26/open-access-to-history-columbia-up/#comment-70461 This is fascinating for a lot of reasons - beyond the project itself. I wonder if the decision to make these available openly was seen as a failure somehow before Harvard? So interesting that they're just now publicizing it. I do wish the site was easier to use. I know there's only a handful of titles there now, but I found it really hard to navigate through even that limited number. There's no browse, and the search doesn't treat these like cohesive books - you get a result list full of chapters and illustrations. It makes me wonder if part of what the "haves" get with their subscription-only services isn't so much the content but instead those things I associate with librarians - harnessing the metadata associated with these books to make them more find-able and more useful? Anne-Marie This is fascinating for a lot of reasons – beyond the project itself. I wonder if the decision to make these available openly was seen as a failure somehow before Harvard? So interesting that they’re just now publicizing it.

I do wish the site was easier to use. I know there’s only a handful of titles there now, but I found it really hard to navigate through even that limited number. There’s no browse, and the search doesn’t treat these like cohesive books – you get a result list full of chapters and illustrations. It makes me wonder if part of what the “haves” get with their subscription-only services isn’t so much the content but instead those things I associate with librarians – harnessing the metadata associated with these books to make them more find-able and more useful?

Anne-Marie

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