That sounds like the best solution is no solution at all. BookShare exists to have books entered into the collection. That's all it needs be bothered with. We should take some account of the hold for status, but not unduely so.
The limit on amount and time takes care of this quite nicely.----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:14 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long?
It's the submitter who puts the Hold for on a book, and I suspect that the submitter never looks at it again to see if it is still there, unless he or she is anxious for it. The best solution is to go back to allowing either unlimited downloads or raising the limit from 5 to 10. Then the validator for whom the book is being held can download it and keep renewing it--or ask another person to do it for him/her as I did for for you when your computer was broken. Fortunately, I had space in my download pile, and fortunately, you were back able to work again so I could release that and download another book I'm to do for someone else. smileCindy --- On Thu, 9/11/08, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long? To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thursday, September 11, 2008, 10:44 AM 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. 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