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multipication -- 8 in OhioLink Phalbe...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Dec 6, 2002
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oun I found one of these in my catalogue as a typo for "own." However, it gets multiple correct hits in OhioLink. Phalbe...
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Dec 6, 2002
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Abatment+ -- 07 Hits in OhioLINK Ciritic+ -- 01 Environmement+ -- 02 Environmnent+ -- 02 Also, "Judt" is a surname, but I also found it in a contents note as a...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 6, 2002
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I ran into these in my efforts to properly classify the older entries that don't have hit scores. (There are still over a thousand of the older entries in the...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 7, 2002
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1685
Just found this one in my catalog: astromomy - I think only 1 hit in OhioLink Robin __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo!...
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Dec 12, 2002
10:28 am
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Sure, but there are 5 hits in Ohiolink for "Astromony." Terry Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian Quinnipiac University, Bernhard Library 275 Mt. Carmel Ave.,...
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Dec 12, 2002
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Entry -- Hits in OhioLINK Alage -- 02 Oranent+ -- 01 Poinsetta+ -- 02 Tina Gunther <tina.gunther@...> Cataloging Technician Biola University Library La...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 13, 2002
12:43 am
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... If we truncate it to "Astromom+" it gets 4 hits and goes on the MainList in the D section. Tina Gunther <tina.gunther@...> Cataloging Technician ...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 13, 2002
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Mulicultur+ -- 3 hits in OhioLINK and 9 in OCLC Tina...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 13, 2002
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Entry -- Hits in OhioLINK -- Hits in OCLC (st XYZ) Bbiblio+ -- 01 -- 135 Bibiblio+ -- 02 -- 62 Ccongress+ -- 02 -- 10 Eenglish -- 02 -- 12 Hhistor+ -- 04 -- 19...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 20, 2002
10:56 pm
1691
... Isn't Llanguage what they speak in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll? Phalbe...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Dec 20, 2002
11:27 pm
1692
... Only on Friday afternoons before holidays. O>;-) Tina...
Tina Gunther
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Dec 21, 2002
12:02 am
1693
I recently got the following message from a librarian in Alabama: I just wish to thank you for continuing to update the "Typographical Errors in Library...
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Jan 6, 2003
10:33 pm
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... I just found another Syndetics typo. They have as many as any other cataloging. Phalbe...
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Jan 7, 2003
3:38 pm
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All of us in these forums deal with written communication, and tend to be more aware than most of its pitfalls. I thought you would enjoy these examples of why...
Tina Gunther
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Jan 7, 2003
9:57 pm
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... <snip resume examples> This one says it all: Ode to the spell-checker (author unknown) I have a spelling checker it came with my PC It plainly marks for my...
Tony Zbaraschuk
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Jan 7, 2003
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The MainList is currently chronologically color-coded: Original List entries - Black [font color="#000000"] Entries Added in 2000 - Red [font...
Tina Gunther
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Jan 9, 2003
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Hmmmmmmmm, this is what having your mother come to live with you does! I hadn't even *thought* about a new color, and I thought I was the list's color maven! ...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jan 9, 2003
11:43 pm
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Looks like we're running out of primary colors. Maybe the 2000's could be made black, freeing up red for the current crop? Otherwise, we're running in to...
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Jan 10, 2003
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... Take a look at "MoreTypos": http://www.neflin.org/bradford/moretypos/moretypos.htm Look at the words "Aby" and "Ahall." I like that blue. It's 0000FF. ...
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Jan 10, 2003
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Works for me. Barbara Bristow Editor, OmniFile H. W. Wilson ... http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/...
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Jan 10, 2003
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... Me, too. --Tina...
Tina Gunther
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Jan 10, 2003
9:41 pm
1703
Fine with me too - certainly distinct from any other color.... Terry Terry Ballard, Automation Librarian Quinnipiac University, Bernhard Library 275 Mt....
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Jan 13, 2003
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OhioLink has 4 hits for immunodefiency (instead of immunodeficiency). Allison *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Allison Howard ...
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Jan 13, 2003
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Blue [0000FF] it will be for 2003. Next question. Last year we marked the newest entries with a star and the previous updates with "|", "||", and "|||". How...
Tina Gunther
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Jan 13, 2003
5:21 pm
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... Added to the update-in-progress. I was a bit surprised to find that "Defienc+" got no hits in OhioLINK. Tina...
Tina Gunther
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Jan 13, 2003
5:42 pm
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That's the psychology of typos in databases. They stand out more at the beginning of a word than the same combination does at the end of a long word. Terry ...
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Jan 13, 2003
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... That system was SIRSI. SIRSI has come up with a patch for that problem. Our computers developed the doubling of filing indicators after an upgrade. Our Sys...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jan 18, 2003
7:38 pm
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I told my mother my professional name would be Mud (or is that Mudd?) if I didn't update MoreTypos soon. So, I just put this list together and will proceed to...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jan 18, 2003
7:39 pm
1710
And here's a corrected version. Why is it that we can't see things until we e-mail them and read the e-mail? Phalbe Abd/And Alot/A lot/Alto Arch...
Phalbe Henriksen
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Jan 19, 2003
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