[bksvol-discuss] Re: Dating the wish list requests
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2008 17:10:44 -0800 (PST)
I would add interest to your list of time and money. A lot of the books on the
Wish List are religious--the 53 books by Francis Schaeffer are just one
example. There are a lot of books by very conservative political writers, e.g.,
Newt Gingrich; the chess books; the many children's books by Jane Yolen and
others.
A lot of the people who request books perhaps don't have a scanner, and many
aren't subscribed to either this list or the bookshare list, but I agree,
Monica, that it would no doubt help if they were willing to buy the books and
offer to send them to someone who would be willing to scan them. If they're not
subscribed to one of these lists they could send the note to me and I could
forward it to the list.
I'm sending a copy of this to Pavi. Perhaps she would be willing to put a note
to that effect in the next newsletter that goes out to all members and
volunteers.
Cindy the elder grin
--- On Sun, 11/16/08, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dating the wish list requests
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, November 16, 2008, 11:21 AM
> Hi, Cindy and Cindy. (smile) You're right about us
> whittling away at the
> wish list. I don't think adding dates would help, and
> this is why. I would
> say the biggest reasons many wish list books aren't
> scanned are money and
> time. I think money is the primary factor though. Many of
> us buy the books
> we scan, and we tend to buy books we'd actually like to
> read. Some of our
> submitters can access a library, but many of us cannot do
> that due to lack
> of transportation. Many volunteers are retired or are on a
> fixed income like
> SSI. Others are college students or people who work
> part-time. I buy around
> 90 percent of the books I scan. I buy them used, but the
> costs still add up.
> I don't think I'm the only one in this boat either.
> You know, what would
> really help me more than the date is if someone requesting
> a book were
> willing to help by purchasing the book to be scanned.
> Stores like Amazon and
> Barnes and Noble make this easy and quick to arrange
> online. I know some
> people can't do that. Some can though, and I don't
> think they realize that
> volunteers are putting out our own money to fill the
> requests. Even those
> who get books from a library often have to pay for cab
> fares to and from the
> library. I certainly don't want to discourage people
> from requesting books.
> I just think the bottleneck for the wish list has a lot
> more to do with
> money and then time as a secondary factor. Do other
> volunteers see it this
> way, or is my experience unusual?
>
> Monica Willyard
> "The best way to predict the future is to create
> it." -- Peter Drucker
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