Overworked. Holding a book is a convention. Nothing more. Anyone can take a hold for book and having taken a hold for book, the length of evaluation is no different than any other book.
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 1:44 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long?
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 submitterand 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 theinability of the validater to validate it, for an indefinite time whilesomeone 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 wouldhave an expiration date after which it would automatically move to step 1 unlessthe person for whom it is being held renewed its "hold for" status. I amalso 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 bookmarked "hold for" by the submitter could automatically go into the step 2list of the person for whom it is being held with a longer expiration period. Ina 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 dated9/11/2008 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. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subjectline.---------- Psssst...Have you heard the news? <http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014>There's a new fashion blog, plus the latest fall trends and hair styles atStyleList.com.__________ NOD32 3435 (20080911) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. <http://www.eset.com>http://www.eset.comTo 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 ofavailable commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.**************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new fashion blog,plus the latest fall trends and hair styles at StyleList.com. (http://www.stylelist.com/trends?ncid=aolsty00050000000014)
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