Unfortunately, I'm slowing up the process. I have 4 books currently in my pile to proof, one of which I've had for ages--but I keep interrupting the proofing to keep the books-being-scanned- and wish lists updated, and to obtain books from the library to provide missing or garble pages or chapter titles and pages, ingredients for recipes--little things that can done be relatively quickly. If an of the books I have downloaded are wanted more immediately, I can move them to the front of the pile. At the moment I'm finally working on Kind of Blue ;(because of the odd way it's paged (only every other page is numbered and there are photos interrupting). Also, I have one more book to delete end-of-line paragraph paragraphs. Then I should be able to make better progress. smile Cindy Cindy Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned list available at sites below Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List Books Being Scanned List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List --- On Mon, 11/30/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] For Gwen and Robert > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Monday, November 30, 2009, 1:26 PM > > > > > > Gwen, you're right. Robert > is an experienced and > valuable member of our community. Robert, how many books do > you have that are > waiting to be approved? Are they on step 1 or in the admin > queue? > > > Gwen, there are several factors > in play regarding > Robert's books. I don't know if you're aware of > all of these, so I thought I'd > share them. Some of them can probably be addressed by > people on this list. > Others can't. > > On the staff side, Carrie was > on vacation for a week > before Thanksgiving. Also, most of the staff had some time > off last week for the > holiday. I have found that she generally approves books > from volunteers within > 24 to 48 hours of their entry into the admin queue. Carrie > used to be a > volunteer just like us, and she remembers the frustration > of waiting and waiting > for a book to be approved. She has worked with Robert as a > fellow volunteer as > well and knows of his skills and flexible > attitude. > > From here, it looks like the > bottleneck right now is in > getting books proofread. The number of books on step 1 is > piling up again. Our > number of active volunteers and their preferences for > reading determine how fast > a book is processed. This factor affects everyone who > submits books. For awhile > everyone was worried about not having any books to work on. > Some people quit > looking for new books on step 1 because of all of the books > with holds on them. > Now there are a lot of excellent books needing a > proofreader. > > The other factor, on a more > personal level, is hard for > me to explain. Robert is a consistent and dedicated > volunteer. I respect him for > his dedication and teamwork. Yet I am hesitant to take his > books for a personal > reason. In the past, Robert has been willing to scan some > adult-rated content > for Bookshare. It's my perception that much of what he > scans would be classified > as steamy romances. I prefer not to read the steamier > books. This isn't about > Robert or his skills as a submitter. It's about me and > what I want to read. I > generally don't like to draw attention to this issue > since I think it's a > personal one on my part. Since I feel uncomfortable > asking Robert which > books are adult, I let others take his books when he > submits. I figured it would > make him angry if I asked about it. If I am wrong about > what Robert submits, I > apologize and take full responsibility for not checking out > my assumptions with > him. > > I > think what I'm saying is that we might do a better job > of communicating with > each other. I know I need to do that. I didn't know > that Robert's books weren't > getting added to the collection. I also assumed that most > people are more > comfortable with adult content than I am and that those > would be done quickly. I > could be wrong on both counts. > > The last thing I want is for you or Robert > to feel ignored or > unappreciated. I don't have an immediate solution. I > think we could find ways to > work this out together, with the help of the Bookshare > community. It would help > us fix the problem if we know exactly what's going on, > if the books are on step > 1, or are they getting lost in the admin > queue. > > Monica > Willyard > "The best way to > predict the future is to create it." -- Peter > Drucker > > > > > > At 10:32 AM 11/30/2009, you wrote: > > I think a timely > manner is the key. > And those who have scanned for years and their books are > good, and everyone knows they are good, to me there > shouldn't be a > delay. > Some books get up there right away, so what is the > difference > in books? > Especially those of like Robert's when his > books have > been tried and true for a long time. > Eventually > volunteers are gonna quit submitting books, because > they aren't getting > anywhere. Some books stay up there for a long time. > It's grand > for kids books grand for grants, but I think > they are forgetting > the submitters especially those hard working > ones like Bob who > turns in a quality scan each and every time not like his > wife who turns no > quality scans LOL. > I understand me, but Bob that is different. > His > should go right away. > Gwen > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: robert tweedy > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 11:58 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main > concern these > days? > > > That's fine as long as our books > get into the system on a > timey matter. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Denise Thompson > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:50 PM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main > concern these > days? > > > I think BKS's concern is to do books that fit > their grant money. > educational which seems to be most books for kids and > teens in addition to > text books, of course. Adult books don't seem to > be educational- > especially those that have some romance in them. > Since they have > out-sourcers and do their grant books with them as > well as in house, I > feel like I need to continue to scan adult books for > the rest of us who > aren't students and who don't want to read > kids books and teen books. > > Denise > > > > > At 09:32 AM 11/30/2009, you wrote: > > > I've noticed a strong emphasis on > children's books as well. This is > wonderful, so long as it isn't at the expense > of books for us adults, > too. > > > Melissa > > > > robert tweedy wrote: > > > I am just wondering about bookshare policy of > submitted books. > Taking a look at the cue, it looks like > children's books which is okay > but what about books that are just for > pleasure. > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank > Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in > the subject line. 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