[bksvol-discuss] Re: Collection has grown

  • From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 05:55:16 -0600

I think the staff is doing the best they can. It could be that there are a lot of new members now and the new books will go faster. I got an aproval myself last night.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 10:39 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Collection has grown


I got approvals for several tonight too, and three yesterday so they must be
working overtime.


Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
www.guidedogs.com

The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.

-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula and James Muysenberg" <outofsightlife@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 11:12 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Collection has grown


I know it's frustrating, but my guess is that the staff is doing what
they can with the resources they have. Someone must be putting in some work
this weekend, because I got a notice this evening that a book, which has
been awaiting approval for two months, has now been accepted. I want to say
a big thank-you to whoever is doing all that extra work!

Paula

----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Baechler" <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 8:52 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Collection has grown


Hi Shelley. I'm really sorry to dampen your enthusiasm, but it isn't
really the scanners, submitters and validators. Really the credit belongs
to the staff for finally clearing out their backlog. Some of those books
were on the step 1 page since May 2004 or longer. I did some of the
really
old ones. Really, it isn't that 1,000 titles all got added at once, it's
that they have been sitting in the queue for months. If they were more
consistent and did a few at a time, we would still be at the same number
but we would have got there gradually instead of all at once. Sorry, but
that's the reality. How many submitters are frustrated that their books
are finally now moving through the system? I know I've been frustrated as
a validator when the Christmas book I approved a few days before Christmas
and put in the comments that it is a holiday book didn't show up until
last 
month.  As Cindy said, just in time for Christmas.  Yeah right.  I
understand their concentration on Spanish books, but I hope that doesn't
take away too much of their time since there are still many English
speakers out there.

At 10:19 AM 3/20/2005 -0500, you wrote:
>I was looking at the counter and wow, look how many are up there.  Can
you 
>believe that in less than three months, we have put up over 1000 titles?
>
>That is astounding when you think of it.  That 25,000 really isn't that
far 
>off, not really, smile.
>
>Great job everyone who scans, validates, and reads and keeps our system
>growing.









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