I understand the new feature. My question was whether submitter comments are retained; it would let them know which of my books I described pictures in. That is, for books already in the collection. Valerie, who is WAY behind on email while Nichole recuperates! Please pray for and follow Nichole's recovery: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples On Nov 18, 2010, at 4:08 PM, Scott Rains wrote: > Valerie, > > This new featureis just a check bx. T the software it will be eith a "yes" or > a "no" on whether that particular book contains described images. Tha'ts > different than submitter comments > > Scott Rains > Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department > ________________________________________ > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Valerie Maples > [vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 2:02 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Feature in Bookshare Catalog > > Do they retain submitter comments? If so, I always make a note of picture > descriptions and whether full or limited (like pages with no text). > > Valerie > > Please pray for and follow Nichole's recovery: > > http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/nicholemaples > > On Nov 18, 2010, at 12:33 PM, Scott Rains wrote: > > Shelley, > > Yes, please list any books that you have added image descriptions to or if > you remember books with descriptions that you didn't do list those also. The > problem with this task is circular: We can't find books in the collection > with descriptions because we don't have the checkbox data yet to search on. > > Scott Rains > Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department > ________________________________________ > From: > bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > [bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes > [guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:17 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New Feature in Bookshare Catalog > > Hi Scott this is an exciting feature. > > Do you want old ones with descriptions? > > As some people described several of the kids books I did a while ago, smile, > I could get the list to you. > > Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT > and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog > > The artist brings something into the world that didn't exist before, and he > does it without destroying something else. -John Updike, writer (1932-2009) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Sent: Wednesday, November 17, 2010 6:27 PM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] New Feature in Bookshare Catalog > > > Volunteers, > > One of Bookshare's engineers just met with Carrie & I to let us know that > as early as next week you will be able to indicate if you have included > image descriptions when you submit a book. It will be a separate > engineering step later for that information to be visible to members as > they search so right now we are just focusing on making sure we have a > complete list of our books with image descriptions. > > Between now and November 29 please email me the titles of any books that > you have submitted with image descriptions. That way we can be certain we > mark them correctly in the collection. Once you see the checkbox asking if > a book has image descriptions feel free to use it. > > Scott Rains > Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department > ________________________________________ > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > put 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. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<mailto:bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > put 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. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put 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. >