Allow addition of books before they are scanned

[pwhipp]

Allow addition of books before they are scanned

[pwhipp]

Books that are not yet scanned should be added easily so that the archive can show books that are physically in the library but not yet scanned.

[oldrepository]

But once a book gets scanned it should be easily linked to the existing item.

[pwhipp]

Understood. For this to work, using the book_identifier consistently will be essential.

I've assigned this back to you because I'd like you to supply a spreadsheet or csv with columns for the meta data values required (title, creator (author), etc.) because I believe it will be much easier for you to supply that and have me include it - you will still be able to use admin to edit the details or add new single entries.

[oldrepository]

I emailed the book list to you, it has 942 records.

[oldrepository]

I would like these fields to be implemented in to the Add Book Form in addition to what you have now.

Book ID
Title Subtitle
Author
Publisher
Publisher Place
Year Published
Copyright Date
Description
Table of Contents
Language
Tags
Person
Place
When or About
Subject
Page Number
Excerpt
Series Name
ISBN
Sort of Book
Pages
Pagination
Weight (grams, kilos, Ounces, Pounds)
Dimensions (Height, Width, Depth) in or cm
Notes
Sponsor
Physical Location

[pwhipp]

At the moment I've added the subtitle to the title. I can change that. This will also affect the presentation html needing addition of the fields and rows so it is probably a couple of hours work.

[oldrepository]

If it is too much work then we can leave it for later
On Sep 16, 2014 9:38 PM, "Paul Whipp" [email protected] wrote:

At the moment I've added the subtitle to the title. I can change that.
This will also affect the presentation html needing addition of the fields
and rows so it is probably a couple of hours work.

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[oldrepository]

Edit the existing Add book form to include these addition fields.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B44UQ90lml6zUEN4MmJfUEp2Smc/edit?usp=sharing

[pwhipp]

The copied form differentiates every book into at least two entities:
A 'Work' which has a Title and Author and an "Edition" that corresponds to a particular version of the work. Thus the edition might be a language translation, an abridged version, a paperback...

Do we need this distinction?

If we do, I will need to do some refactoring. It might make good sense in the long term to view the ebook and scanned book(s) as 'editions' of a work. Thus you'd have these in addition to the record of the physical copy associated together as all being editions of a single work.

Many of these form fields require the inclusion of other data models (e.g. Contributors, languages, id numbers, classifications...)

It is easy to say that you need all of these but you'll be adding a lot of work and a lot of maintenance. I can add fields, including fields that require additional data models at any time, thanks to the framework I'm using.

What we have allows us to add the books. I'm looking forward to adding more but I think it will be best if we add them as you need them - if they are data you definitely want to add when scanning the book for example.

Do you want to reduce this list to just additions that you know you really need so we can save cost and data entry effort?