Hi E.,
Since it is a part of Allison's job, would it not seem more reasonable to
send them to her? Just my thoughts.
Sue S.
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From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2008 8:26 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Synopses Clarification
First Pavi said to send such info to her and now you say send it to
you. Who ought to get book descriptions?
E.
At 08:04 PM 11/6/2008, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I've seen some of the synopses-related questions that have recently been
>posted to the list and thought I'd try and clarify.
>
>Yes, I do most of the work related to Bookshare synopses. Often I also
>manage other book data like series titles, categorization, and
>copyrights.
>
>If anyone has a question about these areas, he or she may write me at
>allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Also, if you have a synopses that you've written
>and
>would like it to be uploaded to the site, I can do that too. Simply
>email
>me the title, author, and your synopsis, and I'll get it on the site as
>soon as I can. This can also be done if you notice other missing data
>such
>as a subtitle or series name that you'd like to see on the site.
>
>Cindy has emailed me several synopses and such over the past few months
>and
>I think that's gone quite well.
>
>As for publisher quality imports, I'm working on that data as well. As
>Pavi
>explained in her post, the import software we use does not automatically
>bring in all the book data so one of us has to upload each book's info
>individually. At the moment, I am the primary person who does this and
>I
>work on it each day that we import new books. My goal is to have all
>the
>data up within 24 hours of book import. This hasn't always been the
>case,
>but recently other staff and I have come up with a system which should
>help
>this process along. Originally, I had to write all the synopses
>personally,
>but thankfully we now have a site from which I can copy book summaries.
>That has been a tremendous help! Not all books have synopses available
>on
>the site, and often I have to modify a synopses so it fits in the short
>synopses field, but overall it has helped me get this book data on the
>site
>much faster than before.
>
>I am still happy to have feedback on the publisher quality books
>however.
>If you have thoughts or suggestions you'd like to share I'd be glad to
>know.
>I don't get to read this list on most days, so if you have something you
>consider really important please email it to me at
>allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Thanks for all your enthusiasm about getting synopses up on the
>Bookshare
>site.
>
>Happy reading!
>
>Allison Hilliker
>Collection Development Associate
>WWW.Bookshare.Org
>E-mail allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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