[bksvol-discuss] Re: hold for means just that
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:49:52 -0700 (PDT)
Good point!!
Cindy
--- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> When you count all the books that say "hold for",
> and the books that are
> either in ark or kes format, there is a lot of good
> reading that those of us
> who just have Word cannot handle. Oh, and I forgot,
> there are some WYN
> books as well.
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 3:22 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hold for means just
> that
>
>
> Well, I agree with the points that both of you have
> made. But if the person
> the book is being held for is not on this list,
> which might be possible, the
> person wishing to take the book would not know how
> to contact them.
>
> And I do agree with Jackie that there should be some
> time limit on a hold.
> Problem is that just means administrators would have
> one more thing to
> program or keep track of.
>
> Cat Lover Lori
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 1:10 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: hold for means just
> that
>
>
> > Jackie,
> >
> > You are welcome, and you are entitled to express
> you
> > views--and they are worth something!!
> >
> > The problem of HOld Fors sitting on step one
> didn't
> > exist as much before there was five-book limit.
> People
> > downloaded the books and kept them off the step
> one
> > page.
> >
> > Usually it's books people want to validate but
> havne't
> > had time to get to them. Sometimes people do
> forget
> > they're there. SOmetimes the books are not in good
> > shape because the submitter hasn't had time or
> > inclination to prevalidate but the person the book
> is
> > being held for is willing to do the work involved.
> But
> > if someone else took the book and saw the shape
> it's
> > in he/she might reject it.
> >
> > Often, if someone else wants to do the book,
> he/she
> > can ask on the list if the person it's being held
> for
> > wants it continue to be held or if he/she can
> take
> > it. Usually the answer will be yes, because that
> will
> > get it into the collection faster and anyone can
> read
> > it--unless the book as problems. smile
> >
> > So if there's a book you'd like to do that's being
> > held for someone else, feel free to ask here if
> you
> > can take it. smile
> >
> > Cindy
> > --- Jackie McBride <abletec@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> U know, yall, I'm just a newby so a) I don't
> wanna
> >> tick any1 off; & b)
> >> therefore this observation doesn't count--but
> there
> >> have been books up
> >> there on step 1 for months that say hold for
> >> so-&-so. I won't take
> >> them, & I think others feel likewise, because
> first
> >> I believe & I
> >> think others do also that doing so bespeaks a
> lack
> >> of integrity &,
> >> 2nd, well, folks get bent out of shape when a
> book
> >> held for them gets
> >> taken. So, there they sit, & somehow that
> doesn't
> >> seem quite right to
> >> me. But, like I said, I'm just a newby & what do
> I
> >> know? Still, it
> >> seems to me from an admin point of view that this
> >> hold for tag should
> >> be stripped from a title if not taken in a
> >> reasonable period, say 5
> >> days to a week. Probably could be built in2 a
> >> crawler or bott or
> >> whatever u wanna call it. Obviously there might
> be
> >> exceptions to why
> >> a book should be held longer, e.g., it's in a
> >> foreign language & there
> >> are only a few validators who read that or it
> >> requires some sort of
> >> specialized knowledge possessed by 1 or only a
> few
> >> validators--but the
> >> books whereof I speak do not seem to fall in a
> >> category like that.
> >> Just a thought, my dad used to say I didn't get
> paid
> >> to think, & yeah,
> >> he's probably right--it's likely worth exactly
> what
> >> yall paid for it,
> >> but, o, well.
> >>
> >> On 9/26/07, Grandma Cindy
> <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> wrote:
> >> > I wonder if everybody knows to put Hold For in
> >> front
> >> > of the title. A newbie put it in the Comments
> >> section
> >> > for a book to be held for me. Since she told me
> it
> >> was
> >> > up, I got it, and told her to put it in front
> of
> >> the
> >> > title next time. If it's not in front of the
> >> title,
> >> > someone could download the book without even
> >> seeing
> >> > the Hold For.
> >> >
> >> > But maybe I'm being generous. My husband says I
> >> always
> >> > look at the best explanation for what people
> do.
> >> He's
> >> > more suspicious and gets annoyed with ne
> >> sometimes.
> >> > smile
> >> >
> >> > Cindy
> >> >
> >> > --- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > > Julie when somebody took my "hold for" book I
> >> was
> >> > > told to contact
> >> > > Claire. Perhaps whoever took your hold knows
> >> that
> >> > > Claire is on
> >> > > vacation and is taking advantage of the
> >> opportunity.
> >> > >
> >> > > E.
> >> > >
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