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Originally Posted by citac
Hee, it's not that I'm actually converted, just that circumstances have conspired to thrust me into working at a library. I've been learning a lot about metadata and classification etc. and can now see the reasoning behind some of the decisions made in writing this program.
That doesn't mean I'm 100% on board. I still hate the duplication. Saying "buy more hard disk space" is all nice and good, but you can't presume that is as easy and as cheap in all parts of the world; I had to save for months on end to buy my computer, and still had to pay for it in installments because my expenses are just too big. Also, I'm used to my folder structure, and it's never easy changing year long habits.
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Why do you need more hard disk?
Just Archive (I hate throwing things away
) the original OFFLINE after it has been in-processed by Calibre.
Calibre is your retrieval clerk (among other things) when it comes time to retrieve (
does someone have a better word? since Calibre does not remove the file unless instructed) ) that delivers the requested document from within the bowels of the "Library", to the check-out window.
Shelving books in Sections and Author order thinking should be left behind at the public library, where they existed to allow Humans to quickly locate and file/retrieve a physical book.
Only the interface limitations imposed by portable e-readers require that the file name contain human relevant information, otherwise we could simply use file numbers like Project Gutenberg does.
/files/24135/ which relates to a title:
The Measure of a Man by Randall Garrett
Did I need the file number to get the document? No. The computer does this for me. All I need to do is select a formant with a click and ther file is delivered from the bowels of the server room, directly to my requesting location.
Do I know what drive the file is on? No.
Do I even know where the server is? No.
The UI does it all.
Sorry for the rant., we now return to our regularly scheduled book.