Amy, I, for one, would be very interested indeed in your daily routine for Bookshare. In consideration for the rest of the list, feel free to Carbon Copy me on your E-mail to Sue; liamskitten@xxxxxxxxxx I'm someone whose utterly fascinated by the daily minutia of a library, and that goes double for one working in such a large/complex structure as Bookshare and its servers. Courtney On 3/27/11, Amy McNeely <amym@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Sue, Gary, and everyone else, > > I can make recommendations, but that doesn’t mean they’re implemented. I’m > sorry I can’t just give you the tools you want, need and deserve. That’s > what everyone here at Bookshare wants, but different people have different > ideas of how it should be done. Not everyone here sees it my way. I come > strictly from libraries, and that’s a very different place of knowing than > software, publishing, nonprofits, and so forth. > > I know it seems like nothing’s happening. If you want to put a human face on > it, you can blame me. I can take it. > > Right now, I’m writing another recommendation. (That’s why I checked my work > email on a Sunday night.) Not going to tell you what iteration I’m on. Every > plan has been taken seriously by the concerned parties in the organization. > (Except employing Oompa-Loompas. No one took that seriously. People say > they’re creepy.) We all see a problem that needs solving. > > I really want to give you more weather, but I’ll keep it at the news. > > As for what I do all day: Sue, feel free to contact me off list and I’ll > tell you everything you want to know about my job, duties, reference request > stats, hobbies, BMI, etc. Don’t want to spam the list—unless the list is > interested in me (because I’m so fascinating, and so beautiful, and so > popular, and everyone at this school loves me so much, ad nauseum). > > Your pal > > A > > > Amy McNeely > Bookshare Librarian > amy.m@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:amy.m@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > The Benetech Initiative > 480 S. California Ave. Suite 201 > Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 > http://www.bookshare.org<http://www.bookshare.org/> > http://www.benetech.org<http://www.benetech.org/> > > > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2011 7:17 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Categories > > > I thought a librarian was supposed to categorize books, but Bookshare’s > librarian doesn’t seem to have that responsibility. In fact, I am wondering > what she is doing. (smile) > > Sue S. > > > From: Gary Petraccaro<mailto:garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 10:13 AM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Categories > > How come we still don't have economics, philosophy, politics, and sociology > categories available yet? > ________________________________ > > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com<http://www.avg.com> > Version: 10.0.1204 / Virus Database: 1498/3532 - Release Date: 03/26/11 > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.