[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1 Page
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:02:08 -0700 (PDT)
It's available in BRF too. Here's the tiny URL to get
you right to it. Or yo can put the title into the
title space in Advanced Search.
Cindy
--- estin <estin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> i need it in brf
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Amy Goldring Tajalli"
> <agoldringtajalli@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 18:15:35 -0400
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1
> Page
>
> >: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee is available
> from Bookshare
> on Daisy. It is great so enjoy it. Even if you
> have seen the
> movie you won't be disappointed and vice versa.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Carrie Karnos
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 5:17 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1
> Page
>
>
> > It's in the Bookshare collection, but I suggest
> you make
> mockingbird one word instead of two.
>
> > Carrie
>
> > estin <estin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Does any one know whare I can get to kill a
> mocking bird
>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>From: juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" >Date: Sun, 20
> Aug 2006
> 15:12:58 -0400 (EDT)
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1
> Page
>
> >>I also sent Kerry some "doosies" for her as I
> couldn't conquere
> > them and I
> >>hoped, smile that Kerri would take them on.
>
> >>Actually the Better IEP book is mine and I am so
> glad that she is
> > attacking
> >>it along with the White House book.
>
> >>Smile.
>
> >>I usually prevalidate my scans and usually submit
> things people
> > have
> >>expressed an interest in in the past or something
> that is lacking
> > on the
> >>sight. Am working on animal and craft books right
> now.
>
> >>And Boating and Sailing as this is an interest of
> mine.
>
>
> >>Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
> >>and Judson, guiding golden
> >>juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
> >>Graduate Alumni Association Board
> >>www.guidedogs.com
>
> >>Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> >> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> >> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
> >>Carolyn Alexander
>
> >>----- Original Message -----
> >>From: "Lora" >To: >Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2006
> 11:52 PM
> >>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books on the Step 1 Page
>
>
> >>I know that Jake and others have mentioned that
> they would like
> > to see the
> >>Step 1 page cleared out. It was suggested that
> some of the books
> > submitted
> >>weren't popular, because of the time they lingered
> on the Step 1
> > page, and
> >>it was implied that because of this, despite
> numerous such
> > submissions, the
> >>books weren't all that useful.
>
> >>First of all, I would prefer never to see the Step
> 1 page cleared
> > out. To
> >>me, this would suggest that we're not submitting
> enough books to
> > keep the
> >>validators busy. I hope that Bookshare never
> experiences this
> > fate, as the
> >>majority of the books I now read come from
> Bookshare. NLS, RFB
> > and other
> >>such sources are distant seconds. Keep submitting
> books, and
> > hopefully
> >>we'll develop a rhythm, a steady flow that always
> has books
> > rolling off the
> >>step 1 page, while others roll on. There are some
> instances when
> > completing
> >>everything on your plate is good, but I'm not
> convinced that this
> > is such an
> >>instance.
>
> >>I don't know where Carrie gets all of her books,
> but at least a
> > few of them
> >>have come from me. They're very specific, books
> for business
> > analysts, and
> >>it's likely that very few people would want to
> read them. I snag
> > them when
> >>they come up, and often hold on to them for quite
> some time,
> > until I have
> >>time to make sure they're in really good shape.
> If other users
> > then submit
> >>very special interest books, and expect others to
> validate them
> > instead of
> >>realizing that since they're of such narrow
> interest they'll have
> > to do it
> >>themselves, then it's possible that many books
> Carrie scans would
> > linger on
> >>the Step 1 page. I don't know how many books this
> applies to, so
> > please
> >>understand I'm not quoting a statistic, just
> pointing out a
> > possible
> >>scenario.
>
> >>And sometimes books linger for other reasons. I
> have a Laurell
> > K. Hamilton,
> >>Anita Blake book, sitting on my hard drive. It
> will probably
> > only take a
> >>few hours to validate, as the scan is excellent,
> but I've not
> > been in a
> >>rush. Why? Because I approved Guilty Pleasures,
> the first book
> > in that
> >>series, positively ages ago, and it's still in the
> admin queue.
> > Perhaps
> >>it's my own bias, but I figure, why rush it?
> People will want to
> > read the
> >>books in order, so I'll do this one once the first
> book goes up.
>
> >>As to clearing out step 1, a suggestion, then,
> would be to
> > occasionally
> >>validate books you're not interested in. I've
> validated a
> > western romance,
> >>a few textbooks, and some Hooked On Phonics Books,
> none of which
> > are of any
> >>interest to me. And trust me, the western romance
> is at the very
> > bottom of
> >>the heap of things I want to read.
>
> >>And if the books linger, so be it. After all,
> maybe one day
> > someone will be
> >>looking for a book, and discover it hiding on the
> Step 1 page.
>
> >>Only my two cents. Everyone's Bookshare
> experience, and
> > philosophy, will
> >>differ.
>
> >>Lora
>
>
>
>
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