[IAEP] Library Activity

[Aleksey Lim]

On Tue, May 05, 2009 at 02:57:21PM -0700, Edward Cherlin wrote:
> On Tue, May 5, 2009 at 2:12 PM, James Simmons <jim.simmons at walgreens.com> wrote:
> > Aleksey,
> >
> > ... In the
> > Calibre screenshot we had File Size, Publisher, Date, Series, and I
> > could easily do without any of them.
> 
> Whereas I would use each of them frequently.
> 
> o File Size is particularly useful for deciding what to dump when you
> are running out of space, considering also whether you can download it
> again at need, or perhaps should back it up first.
> 
> o I am researching textbook publishers, and would find it incredibly
> useful to have their catalogs in such a system with appropriate
> tagging.
> 
> o Date is extremely helpful in navigating Series, and looking at the
> development of a subject.
> 
> o Series is particularly useful for collections by multiple authors
> and even multiple publishers, such as the 40+ canonical Oz books and
> the 100+ titles since, not all of them for children.
> 
> > Considering that most users of Sugar are going to be children enforcing
> > a minimum structure couldn't hurt.
> 
> I don't like enforcement, but I do approve of useful defaults. I
> recommend having a way to store several sets of settings for different
> purposes. I also suggest some level of integration with Browse, so
> that bookmarking a URL for a document file can automatically add it to
> the book list for easy downloading.
counted :)
http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/Library#Going_further

-- 
Aleksey