[bksvol-discuss] Re: Announcement regarding the BookshareScans Website
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 12:30:16 -0700 (PDT)
Tracy,
That's really cute. If we can't have the name of the
person, as Marissa's or, before, Jesse's, I vote for
your idea.
Cindy
--- Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Rui,
> How about calling Marissa's list "The Waiting Pool"?
> I would say "Waiting
> for Gustavo", as in Waiting for Godot, but I'm not
> exactly sure it is
> Gustavo.
> Tracy
>
>
>
> On Wed, 18 May 2005, Rui wrote:
>
> >
> > Good morning everyone:
> >
> > I began the BookshareScans Website back in August
> of 2004.
> > At the time, I had stated it was a pilot project
> based on how much
> > participation I received from the bookshare
> community.
> >
> > After 9 and a half months, I feel that the project
> has proven its value, with
> > 1 exception.
> >
> > Therefore, in response to low utilization, I am
> discontinuing the upcoming
> > books page effective immediately.
> >
> > On the other hand, The "no book left behind list,"
> marissa's list, and the
> > rescan page have worked out fairly well.
> >
> > (By the way, I need to come up with a jazzier name
> for Marissa's list)
> > Any ideas?
> > Have a good night everyone.
> >
> >
> > -- Rui
> > Bookshare.org Informal Volunteer Scanning Page
> > http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Friday, May 13, 2005 12:44 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning a book list
> >
> >
> >> I'm happy to keep the link live on the Volunteer
> List, but I think Rui's
> >> page already does a fine job of explaining the
> different lists. I can
> >> make it more explicit, like "visit here to find
> the list of upcoming
> >> books being scanned," if that makes it clearer to
> people.
> >>
> >> Best,
> >> Marissa
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Cindy [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Thursday, May 12, 2005 4:48 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Cc: Marissa Mika
> >> Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] scanning a book
> list
> >>
> >> Jill,
> >>
> >> Rui maintains just such a list, but people have
> to let
> >> him know what they're scanning. I don't know
> whether
> >> he notes the info when it's posted here or not.
> >> Unfortunately, I'm not sure if people who aren't
> on
> >> this list know about Rui's list,although I think
> >> Marissa posted the info on the Volunteer page
> online.
> >> If there's a quarterly newsletter that goes out
> to all
> >> volunteers maybe she or her replacement could put
> in
> >> (again?) the informationa bout Rui's lists.
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >>
> >> --- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >>> I would like to suggest that a list be created
> in
> >>> which we could list the books we are scanning.
> Many
> >>> of us do this on this list but we know there are
> >>> scanners for Bookshare who are not on this list.
> I
> >>> haven't had this happen to me yet but would be
> very
> >>> upset if I spent a lot of time carefully
> scanning a
> >>> book just to discover that someone submitted it
> just
> >>> days before I was ready. What do the rest of you
> >>> think of this idea; I wonder if ?Rui would be
> >>> willing to maintain such a list for us. By the
> way I
> >>> am going to be scanning Baker Towers by Jennifer
> >>> Taigh. Jill
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >>
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