[bksvol-discuss] Re: The Hold discussion again.
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2010 12:50:57 -0600
So, Roger, are you saying I should not be able to proof books I have bought
just because I cannot do them in 2 weeks? That does not sound fair to me at
all. I do not check out books to read, I only scan and proof, but far prefer
proofing to see the end product and ensure it is as complete as possible,
including paragraphing, something many blind people cannot do. I have bought
many hard to find old series, and I think I have bought the right to proof my
own books. If not, my services would be better used elsewhere...
Valerie
On Mar 1, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Roger Loran Bailey wrote:
> Actually, I am coming to doubt the necessity of the hold system at all. As I
> understand it, before I came to Bookshare, there was no limit on the number
> of books that one might have checked out. That was changed because it was
> being abused. That is, someone would check out books and hold them for very
> long periods of time running into years. Okay, a limit of five was
> established, but what good does that do if the same books that used to be
> hoarded in one's checkout pile was then hoarded in the open on the public
> checkout list? The only difference I see is that they were then in the way
> when someone was looking for something to proofread and had to skim through
> pages of holds to find one. On the other hand, though, I do see some reasons
> that it might be good to hold a book for someone. Back in August of 2008 I
> had almost finished proofing a certain book into which I had put quite a bit
> of work and I had a hard drive crash and was out of commission for a while. I
> contacted Cindy and asked her to grab that book when it expired and save it
> for me, but I think she contacted Carrie to ask that a hold be put on it for
> me. That was a case in which I was glad I could get one held for me. Another
> case of a legitimate hold is the case of Carrie having to return a book to
> the checkout list for some minor correction. It is only fair that the proofer
> who had just worked on it get a chance to correct it, but all too often those
> proofers never bother to pick it up again and it just sits there with a hold
> on it. With exceptions like I just mentioned you would only find an
> occasional hold on the checkout list and then only for a little while. As
> things stand, though, it seems to me that the abuse that the limitation on
> the number of books one may have checked out was not solved, but just made
> more public.
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