Actually interest is a critical factor. That and the books by Jane yallan at least the ones I have tried, are difficult to scan, smile.
But I agree. You have to have access to a truly awesome religion library to get the christian books.
And I don't. Didn't in Boston either, as the only one worth anything was in Quincy and I was in the North Shore Collaborative not the one Quincy belonged to.
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Rosenthal" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2008 8:10 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Dating the wish list requests
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 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.To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput 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.
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