[bksvol-discuss] Re: Holds
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2012 21:50:10 -0700 (PDT)
Many thanks to those of you have my interests at heart. When a book (usually
one with a problem or one that seems difficult, or has language or subject
matter a lot of people don't like but I'm willing (I'll take anything) has a
hold for me I take it ASAP and keep it in my pile. If the person needs it
quickly I'll do it before others sin my pile (my apologies to Larry and to John
I. John, I'm working on Choices now and, though there are more pages to go than
I realized, it should be finished soon; and then, Larry, it's back to
Hitler.smile
--- On Wed, 7/25/12, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Holds
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Wednesday, July 25, 2012, 11:22 AM
> Let me repeat that I said that the
> impression of a clique was only an impression, not a fact.
> It was the impression I got as a new volunteer and I would
> expect that it is an impression that other new volunteers
> might get. If some volunteers are designated expert and
> given certain privileges, though, then it would become a
> codified fact. As for a separate list for holds, that has
> been discussed before and it probably could be done, but it
> would be a job for engineering and I don't know how long it
> would take nor how difficult it would be. I would think,
> though, that it would be a lot more difficult than just
> limiting holds.
> On 7/25/2012 1:55 PM, Susan Lumpkin wrote:
> > Just a suggestion which may or may not be possible.
> Could books having holds
> > on them be separated from the books having no hold? To
> bring up another
> > point, I feel sad that several people have stated the
> hold issue seems to
> > form cliques. In my humble opinion, this is not true
> though it may seem so.
> > While volunteering for Bookshare, Larry and I have both
> formed friendships
> > as well as learning how to be good scanners and
> proofers and we don't want
> > just anyone to do the books Larry scans. I also want to
> proof books which I
> > know will be scanned well and either some people don't
> take great care in
> > the books they scan or some books just don't scan well.
> We both want the
> > books we either scan or proof to be of the best quality
> possible. We have
> > helped new volunteers with either proofing or scanning
> in the past and still
> > are willing to do so. We have been volunteering with
> Bookshare for 9 years
> > but are not sure whether we will continue to do so as
> it seems the older
> > volunteers are no longer valued.
> >
> > Happy scanning and proofing everyone!
> >
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