[bksvol-discuss] Re: Did You Know?
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:27:19 -0700 (PDT)
Good post, Monica--not just for newbies but a reminder
for the rest of us.
Cindy
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Good morning everyone. It occurred to me this
> morning that we have
> many new volunteers who have joined us over the past
> year. There are
> a couple of things that many people here may not
> know about that
> could make Bookshare life easier. First of all, on
> Jakes web site,
> there are 2 handy pages containing book lists that
> can make our job
> here much easier. To find them, from his home page,
> choose the link
> that says Bookshare Expansion Initiative. The first
> of these
> lists is the reject list where people can let
> others know about
> books they reject and the reason for doing so. This
> lets other
> people know what's going on and often inspires
> someone else to do a
> new scan of the book. Second, there is a rescan
> list where readers
> can let everyone know about books that are already
> in the Bookshare
> collection that have some significant problems.
> Many of these are
> books that are rated as good or fair. If we don't
> know which books
> need a better scan, we have to assume that a book in
> the collection
> is readable and focus our attention elsewhere.
>
> The other cool feature on Jake's site is a place
> where we can add
> books to categories to make them easier to find.
> For example, Laura
> Ann has worked to create a category for Christian
> fiction. Since
> books about all religion, fiction and nonfiction,
> are lumped together
> on the Bookshare site, her category makes it much
> easier to find
> Christian fiction when you don't want to wade
> through Bookshare's
> hodgepodge. Categories can be about anything, a way
> of grouping
> books together. I see other categories for things
> like cat fiction
> and one for holistic and natural health books. If
> volunteers
> register on Jake's site, which is free, they can
> create and edit
> categories and help make books easier to locate when
> someone is in
> the mood for a good read about a certain topic.
> You'll find the link
> to browse the categories on the Bookshare Expansion
> Initiative page.
>
> I think it's awesome that Jake has made such a
> resource for us. If
> we use it well, we can make the Bookshare collection
> shine like a
> jewel gleaming in light. If you don't have the
> address, it's
> http://www.jbrownell.com
>
> Happy reading.
>
>
> "Don't let yesterday use up too much of today!" Will
> Rogers
> Monica Willyard, rhyami@xxxxxxxxx
> Add rhyami to your Skype if you'd like to chat.
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