Google ebooks

Value added by the folks at Google to our BHCTILibrary "Proper" and BHCTILibraryToo Google Book collections include links from any individual ebook the those Carroll Library collections of free full view items to the Google ebook page, where you can download copies to your computer. That will also serve to advertise their service for Google e-books that are fee based; more on the purchase of suchlike as they develop the resources. Meantime, give them at http://books.google.com/ebooks for your own individual purchasing...

How to use the Google Libraries

Those of you using BHCTILibrary and BHCTILibraryToo may find the quantity a bit overwhelming; I'm going to suggest some searching strategies to make your time more fruitful:

• Choose a 'bookshelf' related to a Carroll 'area of concentration', for instance, 'Foundations of Education.'
• Or, type in a search (like Martin Luther) in the search box under my name.

Slow build

Development of my wiki (focused mostly on Library Instruction and expanding web site listings) and the reigns of teaching BHCTI 5000 (Gateway) for BHCTI has not stopped me entirely on my quest to place 10K or so full-view ebooks I'd discovered into Google Book libraries where they can be found easily and sorted by Library of Congress letter ranges, BHCTI areas of concentration, and suchlike 'bookshelves;' but it has sure slowed me down. We hit 1,600 'reviewed' items in the second collection, BHCTILibraryToo ('Too' for short) today; that makes our combined take about 4,100 items in both current collections (the other is located at the first BHCTILibrary, the BHCTILibrary proper, so to speak; therefore, 'Proper' for short). If Google retains its current ceilings of 2.5K titles per collection, I've got about 1.4K left to add to 'Too' before I create a third Googlebook library; I'm going to try speeding that process up with weekly adds there, and updates here. It's been my hope for a while now; and like Bilbo hoping for his eggs and toast in the Hobbit, 'not for the last time.' Stay tuned...

Keep up on education

More full view Google Ebooks added in the "Foundations of Education" area of concentration (Faith and Heritage cluster, or FHFND for short) at BHCTILibraryToo today. Zwingli's short work on Christian education notable...

And a little more Education...

Some weeks are crazier than others, but in each one I try to add more Google books relevant to Carroll Disciplines to specially-designated Google Libraries. We have been chugging slowly uphill in the "Foundations of Education" area of concentration (also called MFFND here at BHCTI) in our BHCTILibraryToo account (affectionately referred to as "Too") for some time now, and will for some time to come. Click the link to review our progress!

A bit more yet

We've added a few more titles in Foundations of Education to 'Too today; just some more steps on the road!

It's an education

Just a few more "Foundations of Education" titles added today to 'Too; note the Google upgrade that changes our "Tags" (try Foundations of Education, or MFFND, or our broad Library of Congress Call Number setting LC) into "bookshelves." I'd call it a net gain, so far...

Education underweigh

The first new entries under our Foundations of Education area of concentration (subject cluster MFFND here at Carroll) are staring to appear on our collection of Full Text (i.e., full view) Google Book library at 'Too. Have a peak at what's developing...

And Missions plays out

What's up to bat now that the Missions titles are posted? There are plenty of Areas of Concentration left, so watch this space, and visit 'Too to see the latest Missions offerings....

More missions

Not quite played out, BHCTILibraryToo's Missions materials (Area of Concentration WMMIS) grew a bit today.

All is safely gathered in

Just in time for Thanksgiving, we've reached the 1,500 mark in BHCTILibraryToo, with a few dozen titles left in our "Area of Concentration" Missions (Worship and Missions "Subject Cluster," or WMMIS for short). Combined with the 2,500 titles gathered and tagged to BHCTI Subject Clusters and Areas of Concentration available at BHCTILibrary "Proper," we've hit (at long last) 4,000 readily accessable titles in the Google Book Libraries. Next numerical target will be 5K....

Looks good from a distance

Still climbing the hill on BHCTILibraryToo (Too for short), adding titles in our Area of Concentration Missions. Have a peak at the latest...

And a bit more, too

Our growing collection of free full text (i.e., full view) Google Books stowed at BHCTILibraryToo (Too for short) just got a little bit bigger today. Still soldiering on with the project...

Too long gone

...but I'm back in the saddle with some additions to Too under our Missions area of concentration (WMMIS). Documentation for accreditation has my focus, but I don't want to neglect our growing Google Book libraries...

Back on Mission

About 50 titles from the Missions area of concentration (Worship and Missions 'cluster') were added to BHCTILibraryToo today- the work is slow, but continues...

New titles from old bibs

55 titles new just added to Too are a bit off topic, but still relevant; I'd spotted these as Full Text Google Books while reviewing 2007 faculty bibs, and saw they weren't in any of our collections. They're here now! The majority are under the Philosophy "area of concentration," (MFPHI), but some other clusters are also represented.

3.5K combined

The 3,500 reviewed mark was reached today in the combined BHCTILibrary collections; 2.5K remains in "Proper," and there are now 1.K in "Too." As previously noted, the "reviews"consist primarilly of OCLC data and LCCN placements; but the latter is important to SACS, and when coordinated with labeling (our existing 16 BHCTI subject areas and 4 subject "clusters," which all extant entries already enjoy- the LC class is being added to the labels as each are found), I think it gives a good indication why entries fit their subjects- that they are relevant for us. The bulk of "Too" items are in the Worship and Church Music Areas of Concentration, and will grow to a similar number of Missions entries moving forward.

Missions next

Perhaps I should distinguish this as a subspecies of Church History, or bifurcate Home and Foreign variety in the fading nomeclature of my denomination- later. For now, there are some choice things to add under our Carroll Area of Concentration Missions (WMMIS) to Too. This'll put bulk onto the collection well past my short-term 4K target...

Church Music plays out

Still a bit under 4K, but all my initially identifed Google Books for Church Music area of concentration (cluster WM) have been added to BHCTILibraryToo as of today. Stay tuned for my next target!

Number crunching

94% of the combined libraries Googlebooks holdings fit in the SACS area of "Humanities and General Works" (2,821 books of 3K), with the next closest area, "Social Sciences" taking up a mere 142 items (4%, and these mostly classified as Church History). I can start adding new titles to the Church Music area of concentration in BHCTIToo on Monday. Nice to be able to move forward (as opposed to just catching up) again...