[bksvol-discuss] Re: Marissa's list
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 10:22:43 -0700 (PDT)
That is quite a chore, but a valuable asset to the
collection for students and parents. I'm not exactly
sure what kind of books you mean, but if they are
medical dictionaries like Dorland's, as a parent and
tv-watcher I've used the books I have, both
dictionaries and encyclopedia-types, often through the
years.
Cindy
--- Rose Combs <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I may actually get there, but I still have a few
> scanned medical word
> books to upload, eventually. I need to convert them
> to RTF first and
> get all the pertinent info in one place.
>
>
>
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Julie Morales
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 5:12 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Marissa's list
>
>
> Hi, Rose. I think this is true for all of us. There
> are plenty of books
> up
> there, but some of them would probably put me to
> sleep before I even
> discovered whether there was anything needing
> fixing, let alone actually
>
> getting around to fixing it, and as you've said,
> some of them are in
> formats
> I can't work with. That's the big reason why .rtf is
> preferable. I can't
>
> think of too many people who can't access that,
> although, of course,
> there
> may be some. Then, there are those that are in such
> poor quality that
> you
> almost know you'd end up downloading and promptly
> rejecting, and some of
> us
> hate to do that. I know I do...but don't hesitate to
> do it if I really
> must.
> Take care.
> Julie Morales
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rose Combs" <rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 10:17 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Marissa's list
>
>
> Yes, but then again, last time I looked, nearly four
> weeks ago I saw
> books on the step one page that have been there
> since forever that never
> get touched. Of course, a few of them I would not
> ever consider
> validating because the subject matter is just not up
> my alley, and a few
> are in the open book format so I cannot touch them,
> but I know there are
> some books that have been there for a very long
> time.
>
> I have not checked recently due to obtaining a new
> computer trying to
> get it set up to my liking and a scanner issue that
> I finally resolved.
>
>
>
>
> Rose Combs
> rosecombs@xxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Mike Pietruk
> Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 4:35 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Marissa's list
>
>
> Cindy
>
> I often wondered why the list never indicated
> whether a book was out for
>
> validating or awaiting the final administrator
> approval.
> My hunch was that, due to the administrative backlog
> that at times had
> hundreds of books queued, it might have been
> somewhat embarrassing.
> Better, from a pr standpoint, to blend the two.
> The ultimate goal, as I see it, is to have a book
> uploaded today,
> someone
> validating it almost immediately, and then having it
> in the collection
> by
> day's end.
>
> This week, I saw this nearly happen with a book or
> 2. I picked up
> something up Sunday evening after it had been
> uploaded earlier in the
> day,
> and by Tuesday it was part of the collection.
> A book which I had submitted about 10 or so days ago
> became part of the
> collection by week's end.
> That is Bookshare working at its finest -- people
> scanning, volunteers
> validating quickly, and administrative approvals in
> a timely manner.
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