It sounds like the problem might be that there are too many validators & not enough people scanning. Otherwise why would we have people competing to get books to validate? Maybe that is something that can be looked at-- the comparative rates that each job is rewarded at. Just my two cents. I apologize if this is something that has been discussed before. Katie ________________________________ From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mickey Sent: Tuesday, March 03, 2009 8:48 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Hold fors Hi. I just went to get a book to validate, but I'm truly discouraged. There are so many hold for books that I have the definite feeling that only the ones nobody else wants are available. There are some people who have 10 and 12 books waiting for them. I'm sorry, I'm just discouraged. Some of those books have been there for a long time. Maybe if a book has been in the queue for two weeks, the hold should be removed? Just a thought, and probably a very unpopular one. <smile> Not trying to be destructive, only trying to get books out there. Mickey