English%20Book%20Club

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English Book Club

• 2007 AGM Up-date

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2007 Membership Drive

• Club posters placed on notice boards in main
  buildings
• Posters in CERN library and hostels
• Use of club pages in SA Echo
• Special summer student advertisements
• Other (links on websites etc)

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The numbers for 2007
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Co-operation CERN Library

• Talks held for buying books via the library
• Poster and advertising in library
• Book data-base integration into CDS

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Book Data-Base

• Old DB not maintained
• EDMS team extracted last data set for us in excel
  format
• Last few years integrated into excel file
• CERN library happy to integrate our listing into
  the CERN document server (CDS)

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Integration into CDS

• A few test records from the last book purchase
  have been done
• Full integration is possible but works better if
  all books have their ISBN numbers
• We should provide raw data (with ISBN if
  possible)
• Library will (slowly) enter data into CDS

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CDS how it works

• New private collectionENGLISH BOOK CLUB
• Available from BROWSEand Browse collections
• other search fields can be filled or not to
  narrow the search of the clubs records

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CDS search results

• Search results are listed
• Each result is linked to a more detailed record

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ISBNs and book information links

• The more information we can give to the CDS team
  for entry into the records the more links the
  system can provide (to Amazon reviews for example)

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Automated ISBN searching

• Not as easy as it sounds
• Have one trial software that works (100 book
  limit)
• 50 different PCs 100 books each !
• TO TRY Mark will try and code a applet to do
  this
• Or live with smart linking for new books only

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Loans recording

• Tried in the past
• Not available through CDS
• Manual system requires effort from ALL borrowers
  unworkable(24/7 free access to all, no
  check-in/out, etc)
• Current (and future) answer - ask via the SIMBA
  email list. Link on website mailtoclub-english-bo
  oks_at_cern.ch

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Book donations

• In theory a very nice idea
• However- we are not a rubbish tip
• The committees guidelines on book donations are
• Donations ONLY by appointment
• Only quality hardback books sorted by the donor
  with a committee member (we reserve the right to
  dump any unwanted material left in the clubrooms)
• Accepted books to be labeled and shelved
  immediately (during sorting appointment)
• Remember there are a number of charities in the
  region that are only too happy to accept donations