From: Ronald Snijder <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 17:45:49 +0000

Actually, there is a way to filter.

Start here:

https://library.oapen.org/discover?filtertype_1=collection&filter_relational_operator_1=contains&filter_1=Knowledge+Unlatched+&submit_apply_filter=&query=%22Knowledge+Unlatched%22

Then, use the "Add filter" button to add additional filters.

If you have very specific questions, please send me a direct mail.

Hope this is useful!

Kind regards,

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From: Sean Andrews <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 11:43:10 -0500

Hi Jim,

I am not familiar with the way it might interact with the databases and
metadata collections you are talking about, but probably the best place to
find the KU collection is in the OAPEN site that collects all their
releases.

https://library.oapen.org/browse?type=collection&value=Knowledge+Unlatched+%28KU%29

Unfortunately it doesn't seem that you can filter by collection in the
"Advanced Search" function so that is not helpful for the kind of discovery
you are talking about. But maybe there is a different trick that can be
used with the export of the data from their site (which is here:
https://www.oapen.org/article/metadata.)

Thanks,
Sean

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On Fri, Apr 12, 2024 at 12:47 AM LIBLICENSE <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: "Jim O'Donnell" <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2024 22:27:03 -0700

I may be missing something, or else this is instructive.  I've followed
Knowledge Unlatched for a decade, always interested, but never quite
persuaded.  (Full disclosure:  my institution does not subscribe.)  I
realize on reading this and following the links that I have two questions
about discovery.

First, is there in any convenient place a conspectus of KU books,
conveniently arranged for browsing by subject areas, that could entice me
to look into books I've not heard of or not gotten around to admiring up
close?  I can't find that on the KU website.  If we think of KU as a kind
of redistributive publisher, I'd like to be able to browse *their* catalog.

Second, what is the underlying strategy of discovery?  The access to MARC
records on the website suggests that readers are *expected* to encounter
these items in library online catalogs where institutions have taken the
time and trouble to import MARC records -- and then they will be found only
by those using classic discovery tools with a particular personal focus.
For example, if there is the definitive work on the lesser works of Fulke
Greville in the series, I will find it if I am pursuing Greville but not
otherwise.

I say again, I may be missing something, even something obvious, and I
apologize for that if that's the case, and would appreciate being set
right.  But I have a growing concern about how users discover new
scholarship in the real world.  How do these very good books get found?

Jim O'Donnell
ASU


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