Amen to this! I am on an extremely limited income. If I wish to purchase a book, sometimes I have to wait several months in order to afford even a used copy. I am not going to buy a book for the collection, mail it to a volunteer to scan it for me and then have someone else do my book because I have something else to do first. SORRY!
-----Original Message----- From: Sandi Ryan
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 12:57 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue Madeleine, This is the very worst rule I've ever seen proposed, and it's not proposed, it's just stated! Why on earth would you limit the number of books that can be held for a particular volunteer? I am not a proofreader, I'm a scanner. When I put a hold on a particular book for a particular person, it's because we have arranged beforehand to work on that book, or perhaps even a series of books. Usually, one of us has either purchased or borrowed the book(s) at our own expense, and we have figured out that we will do books together because we both like them. Often we mail the books back and forth--at our own expense, to accomplish this. If there are not enough scanners putting books into the Bookshare collection, recruit some more. I work as quickly as possible to keep three or four proofers busy, and have started putting books in the cue that are not holds. But it is ridiculously unfair and unreasonable to expect people who have worked together to purchase or borrow books to just merrily hand them off to someone else. I would be personally majorly offended if you were to "randomly" select a book I'd put a hold on for a new volunteer to proof. No one is placing holds on books to keep new volunteers from working. We are placing holds on books for particular reasons. If you'd bothered to ask why this happens, you'd have found this out without a flood of negative e-mails. I enjoy volunteering for Bookshare, and want to continue. But arbitrary rules that undermine the good work of existing volunteers in favor of placating new volunteers are not reasonable or acceptable. When I began volunteering for Bookshare, I thought I'd proof books. But early on, I learned that the need for scanners was huge. I became a scanner, and have not looked back. The new volunteers need to realize that they, too, have this choice. And they can learn, from this list, who scans, and ask a scanner to submit a book for them if they are truly interested in increasing the number of books in the collection. There are plenty of books out there yet to be scanned. I urge you to reconsider this new rule. As a scanner, I am working with "old" and "new" volunteers to increase the size of the Bookshare collection. But we are not kindergarteners here. Everyone must take responsibility for finding his or her own work. That is how this system has succeeded thus far. Changing it in this way will hamper the work of your best volunteers! There has to be a better way! Sandi----- Original Message ----- From: "Madeleine Linares" <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Alisa Moore" <alisam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Mayrie Renae" <mayrier@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, July 24, 2012 6:26 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
Hi Volunteers,We are really excited because we have seen an increase in new volunteers! Due to feedback from them, we are reducing the number of holds a volunteer can have in the checkout queue at one time. Each volunteer may now have a maximum of three holds at a time. We are reducing the number of allowable holds for two reasons: First and foremost is to share the wealth! We want new volunteers to be able to choose from a number of books that might interest them to keep them engaged while they're still learning the ropes. Secondly, we hope that reducing the number of holds and freeing up books in the checkout queue will reduce "poaching."Volunteers will have until Aug. 15 to finish up the holds already existing for them, and after Aug. 15 I will be checking the Check Out Queue daily and removing extra holds at random.Thank you all for understanding and, as always, for your hard work! Best, The Bookshare Volunteer Dept. To 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 of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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