[bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long?

 
What if the person who experiences the crisis does not post very often or  
not at all to the list anyway? In a message dated 9/11/2008 1:56:35 P.M. 
Eastern 
 Daylight Time, thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

If I  experience such a crisis, you will notice I have not posted to 
this list  for a month or so. If that happens, anybody is welcome to 
write to me and  ask about any books which have "hold for e" in the title.

E.

At  01:48 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:
>Thanks Roger.  You articulated that  much better than I did.
>I too do not care about the whys and  wherefores.  But, as someone else
>said, the intended validator  could experience unforseen long-term crises,
>or even die, and we would  never know.
>Tracy
>
>
> >
> > I am not  interested in the particular reason a particular book is being
> >  held
> > and I am not interested in the particular reason a  particular book is
> > being
> > held for a particularly  long time. That is between the particular
> > submitter
> >  and the particular validator. That which concerns me is that a book with 
 a
> > "hold  for" status might languish in that status for  whatever reason,
> > perhaps the
> > inability of the  validater to validate it, for an indefinite time while
> >  someone  else could do the validation. That which I am suggesting is  
that,
> > perhaps,
> > a  separate "hold for" list  could be established in which each book would
> > have an   expiration date after which it would automatically move to step 
1
> >  unless
> > the  person for whom it is being held renewed its  "hold for" status. I am
> > also not  suggesting that the  renewal period be as short as a week as it
> > is on
> >  step 2. I  am thinking in terms of a half year or a year. Also, since  a
> > book in
> > "hold for"  status is really, for the  period during which it is on hold,
> > is of
> > interest  only  to the person for whom it is being held then, perhaps, a
>  > book
> > marked "hold for"  by the submitter could  automatically go into the step 
2
> > list of the person for   whom it is being held with a longer expiration
> > period. In
>  > a message dated  9/11/2008 12:37:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight  Time,
> > thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx  writes:
> >
>  > Instead  of dealing with the hold books as a whole, please try  dealing
> > with each  book individually.
> >
>  > There are different reasons associated with each  book. So the  answer
> > you get about a particular book will involve what is   going on with
> > that particular book. Just ask about any particular  book and  you can
> > learn about it.
> >
> >  E.
> >
> >
> > At 12:32 PM 9/11/2008, you   wrote:
> >>What I meant is that perhaps the "hold for" books on  step 1  could
> >>have an expiration date with the option to  renew their "hold  for"
> >>status on step 1. The suggestion  is because, really, it occurs to  me
> >>that a validator for  whom a book is being held could die and none  of
> >>us would  ever know about it. In that case, just how many years  would
>  >>a book remain on step 1 marked "hold for?" In a message dated
>  >>9/11/2008 1:42:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> writes:
> >>Roger I renew a  "hold for" the same way I renew any other book  on
> >>step  2. So there is the option you requested  already.
>  >>
> >>E.
> >>
> >>To repeat  yesterday's message, if a  volunteer finds a book with "hold
>  >>for" and wants to know about it and  the volunteer whose name  appears
> >>on it, just write to the list and ask.  We are  usually polite to each
> >>other on this list. We can work  things  out.
> >>
> >>It just upsets folks when  somebody grabs a "hold for" book  without
> >>asking  first.
> >>
> >>I give a lot of time to   volunteering. During the past six years I
> >>have validated  hundred and  hundreds of books. However, I actually
> >>have  a life outside of  bookshare, there is a 5 book queue and there
>  >>are reasons for "hold for"  which others have already  described.
> >>
> >>E.
> >>
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