Srry--ignore my last post; I thought the comment was about the checkout list, no the wish list. Unfortunately, due to the aches and pains that come with age, i.e., arthritis, I can no longer scan. I wish I could. We doneed more young, uninjured (so many of our excellent volunteers are physically unable to scan because of painful injuries. Cindy --- On Wed, 6/22/11, Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Checkout List > To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2011, 9:16 AM > Hi Tracy, > > Here's a little more insight into the Wish List process. > > Items don't just get thrown out after they have been on the > list for three > months. They get a second look in-house and sometimes get > added depending > on priorities for building library content and the > availability of budget. > Books get taken down after that time in order to keep the > list from > getting too large to use and also because the list > functions somewhat like > a popularity poll. If a book languishes for 3 months with > no takers then > we consider that an informal "no" vote by volunteer > proofers as to whether > they would like to have it in the collection > > Scott Rains > > On 6/22/11 7:55 AM, "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:. > > >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? > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Melissa Smith > >>>>> To unsubscribe from this list send a > blank Email to > >>>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself > in the subject line. To get a > >>>>> list > >>>>> of available commands, put the word > 'help' by itself in the subject > >>>>> line. > >>>>> > >>>> To unsubscribe from this > list send a blank Email to > >>>> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >>>> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in > the subject line. 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