[bksvol-discuss] Re: Checkout List
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:23:00 -0400
I don't remember when it came up. Last winter? Last fall?
Carrie was definitely involved.
Tracy
> I do not remember that discussion. Who said what and when? I would think
> that if a book has been on the checkout list for a long time there might
> be
> a reason such that it is a difficult proof and has been released multiple
> times until someone finally rejected it.
>
>
> _ _ _
>
> "The time to speak the truth has come.... The government of the United
> States cannot be on the side of peasants because it is an ally of the
> landowners. It cannot be on the side of workers anywhere in the world
> because it is an ally of the monopolies. It cannot be on the side of
> colonies because it is an ally of the colonizing powers." - Fidel Castro
> 1960
>
>
> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81
>
>
> The Militant:
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> Pathfinder Press:
> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
> Granma International:
> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:55 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Checkout List
>
>
> The Bookshare staff discussed it on the list a while back. I squeaked,
> since I get most of my stuff from the older end of the list.
> I saw some of those old books get approved, but I'm pretty sure others
> were just deleted.
> But there are still a few languishing, waiting for someone to rescue them.
> Tracy
>
>> I sincerely hope that old books that had been languishing on the list
>> weren't summarily deleted on a whim, that would make me very sad.
>> Julia
>>
>> On 22/06/2011 10:17 AM, Tracy Carcione wrote:
>>> I think a lot of old books were deleted from the list, as well as a lot
>>> of
>>> the zz's.
>>>
>>>> That is the figure I get too. I remember once before that it was that
>>>> low
>>>> and even fell below a hundred. That was when we had two jiffy proofers
>>>> who
>>>> were grabbing books from the checkout list and uploading them at a
>>>> rapid
>>>> fire pace, sometimes as quick as a couple of minutes. I was kind of
>>>> wondering if we have a jiffy proofer again and I thought about looking
>>>> at
>>>> the books awaiting approval list to see if any of them were uploaded
>>>> as
>>>> soon
>>>> as they were checked out, but I didn't get around to it. It does occur
>>>> to
>>>> me
>>>> that we have gotten an influx of a lot of new volunteers lately and
>>>> that
>>>> may
>>>> be the explanation for the low number of books waiting for proofing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _ _ _
>>>>
>>>> "The time to speak the truth has come.... The government of the United
>>>> States cannot be on the side of peasants because it is an ally of the
>>>> landowners. It cannot be on the side of workers anywhere in the world
>>>> because it is an ally of the monopolies. It cannot be on the side of
>>>> colonies because it is an ally of the colonizing powers." - Fidel
>>>> Castro
>>>> 1960
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Follow me on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rogerbailey81
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> The Militant:
>>>> http://www.themilitant.com
>>>> Pathfinder Press:
>>>> http://www.pathfinderpress.com
>>>> Granma International:
>>>> http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Melissa Smith"<mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
>>>> To: "Bookshare Volunteer List"<bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2011 7:09 PM
>>>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Checkout List
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> My ISP made some upgrades, and we now have high-speed internet. So, I
>>>>> decided to go to the checkout list and see if I could get the 2nd
>>>>> page
>>>>> to
>>>>> load when I have it set to 100. Well, I was shocked to see only 109
>>>>> books
>>>>> available in the checkout list. I don't remember the list ever being
>>>>> below
>>>>> 275. Are there really just 109 books available to proof, or is my
>>>>> computer
>>>>> playing games with me?
>>>>>
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