[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1 Page
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 18:41:30 -0700 (PDT)
Sorry I forgot to put it in.
http://tinyurl.com/py3j3
Cindy
--- estin <estin@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> what link
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx
> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >Date: Mon, 21 Aug 2006 01:02:08 -0700 (PDT)
> >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on the Step 1
> Page
>
> >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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