[bksvol-discuss] Re: priorities and time line for accomplishing them
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 07 Mar 2008 15:51:34 -0600
Lisa Friendly used to be very visible on this list and would answer
individual questions. Now that things are "getting hot", we do not hear
from her on this list, even though she is supposed to be the moderator. I
am not angry, just stating a fact.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2008 3:02 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: priorities and time line for accomplishing
them
Hi, Elizabeth. You're right that the issues with the stripper have been an
ongoing frustration for years. I honestly don't know what the Bookshare
timeline for fixing them is. I know that we've been told in the chat room
that the stripper is going to be overhauled. I suspect but do not know for
certain that Bookshare is still working out the timeline for themselves. The
requirements and scope of the grant they got have probably changed their
priorities and definitely added some curve balls in their plans.
Jim and Lisa have said that they had to switch gears to set up the free
student accounts and have been working to put the support structure for that
in place. I think you can find that in Jim's presentation from the Friends
Of Bookshare room. They have also been focusing on the international scope
of Bookshare, a program that they had begun before the grant came through.
To me, that's a big project all by itself. Part of fullfilling the terms of
the grant is to make publisher quality books a priority now because that
quality is important to students and teachers. In the end, we'll benefit
from it too, and I like that. Maybe one day we'll get publisher quality
cookbooks and other books that are a bear to scan.
I know that people would like a more concrete timeline. I would like that
too. People on the Bookshare lists are passionate about Bookshare, and
that's a good thing.
I am encouraged by the addition of several new staff members in several
departments including engineering, customer support, marketing, and
collection development. Though it isn't a direct answer to our questions, it
is a sign to me that Bookshare is serious about moving forward and is
committing the time and resources to getting things working well.
Monica Willyard
E. wrote:
Monica I read your note about Jake working with bookshare with interest. I
am glad you found that out. I never would have know without your note.
Now my comments on the rest of your message regarding time lines.
First I agree that these kind of coding changes often take weeks or months
to implement rather than days when fixing a web site.
However, my previous concerns regard issues which have been around for
longer than you have been with bookshare and longer than I have either. They
involve the page headers and footers issue, page numbers and the stripper.
Such issues have been giving volunteers trouble for over six years. They
existed before I began volunteering.
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