[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1 Page
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 12:41:48 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Shelley,
Yes, a lot of your books are doozies! The White House book is done. Gustavo
approved it maybe a week or two ago, but I'm wondering about the IEPS book. I
have it done except for about 30 pages of forms. A friend who works with
emotionally disturbed teenagers said that a few months back, the IEPS forms all
changed. She didn't know if the forms were different for children versus
teenagers. I assume the book would still be helpful even if it has old forms
instead of new ones, right? I should buckle down and finish it, especially
before the August New York Times bestsellers start flying into the office.
Don't hold your breath! :-)
Carrie
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
I also sent Kerry some "doosies" for her as I couldn't conquere them and I
hoped, smile that Kerri would take them on.
Actually the Better IEP book is mine and I am so glad that she is attacking
it along with the White House book.
Smile.
I usually prevalidate my scans and usually submit things people have
expressed an interest in in the past or something that is lacking on the
sight. Am working on animal and craft books right now.
And Boating and Sailing as this is an interest of mine.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
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Puppies are the joy at one end.
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From: "Lora"
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Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006 11:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books on the Step 1 Page
I know that Jake and others have mentioned that they would like to see the
Step 1 page cleared out. It was suggested that some of the books submitted
weren't popular, because of the time they lingered on the Step 1 page, and
it was implied that because of this, despite numerous such submissions, the
books weren't all that useful.
First of all, I would prefer never to see the Step 1 page cleared out. To
me, this would suggest that we're not submitting enough books to keep the
validators busy. I hope that Bookshare never experiences this fate, as the
majority of the books I now read come from Bookshare. NLS, RFB and other
such sources are distant seconds. Keep submitting books, and hopefully
we'll develop a rhythm, a steady flow that always has books rolling off the
step 1 page, while others roll on. There are some instances when completing
everything on your plate is good, but I'm not convinced that this is such an
instance.
I don't know where Carrie gets all of her books, but at least a few of them
have come from me. They're very specific, books for business analysts, and
it's likely that very few people would want to read them. I snag them when
they come up, and often hold on to them for quite some time, until I have
time to make sure they're in really good shape. If other users then submit
very special interest books, and expect others to validate them instead of
realizing that since they're of such narrow interest they'll have to do it
themselves, then it's possible that many books Carrie scans would linger on
the Step 1 page. I don't know how many books this applies to, so please
understand I'm not quoting a statistic, just pointing out a possible
scenario.
And sometimes books linger for other reasons. I have a Laurell K. Hamilton,
Anita Blake book, sitting on my hard drive. It will probably only take a
few hours to validate, as the scan is excellent, but I've not been in a
rush. Why? Because I approved Guilty Pleasures, the first book in that
series, positively ages ago, and it's still in the admin queue. Perhaps
it's my own bias, but I figure, why rush it? People will want to read the
books in order, so I'll do this one once the first book goes up.
As to clearing out step 1, a suggestion, then, would be to occasionally
validate books you're not interested in. I've validated a western romance,
a few textbooks, and some Hooked On Phonics Books, none of which are of any
interest to me. And trust me, the western romance is at the very bottom of
the heap of things I want to read.
And if the books linger, so be it. After all, maybe one day someone will be
looking for a book, and discover it hiding on the Step 1 page.
Only my two cents. Everyone's Bookshare experience, and philosophy, will
differ.
Lora
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