Then I suggest contacting Pavi and asking her to find out what is going on, and ask her to have the "hold for" removed from the book if the volunteer can't validate the book. smile.
Judy s. Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx wrote:
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. > >> > >>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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