[bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long?
- From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 13:48:26 -0400 (EDT)
Thanks Roger. You articulated that much better than I did.
I too do not care about the whys and wherefores. But, as someone else
said, the intended validator could experience unforseen long-term crises,
or even die, and we would never know.
Tracy
>
> I am not interested in the particular reason a particular book is being
> held
> and I am not interested in the particular reason a particular book is
> being
> held for a particularly long time. That is between the particular
> submitter
> and the particular validator. That which concerns me is that a book with a
> "hold for" status might languish in that status for whatever reason,
> perhaps the
> inability of the validater to validate it, for an indefinite time while
> someone else could do the validation. That which I am suggesting is that,
> perhaps,
> a separate "hold for" list could be established in which each book would
> have an expiration date after which it would automatically move to step 1
> unless
> the person for whom it is being held renewed its "hold for" status. I am
> also not suggesting that the renewal period be as short as a week as it
> is on
> step 2. I am thinking in terms of a half year or a year. Also, since a
> book in
> "hold for" status is really, for the period during which it is on hold,
> is of
> interest only to the person for whom it is being held then, perhaps, a
> book
> marked "hold for" by the submitter could automatically go into the step 2
> list of the person for whom it is being held with a longer expiration
> period. In
> a message dated 9/11/2008 12:37:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> Instead of dealing with the hold books as a whole, please try dealing
> with each book individually.
>
> There are different reasons associated with each book. So the answer
> you get about a particular book will involve what is going on with
> that particular book. Just ask about any particular book and you can
> learn about it.
>
> E.
>
>
> At 12:32 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:
>>What I meant is that perhaps the "hold for" books on step 1 could
>>have an expiration date with the option to renew their "hold for"
>>status on step 1. The suggestion is because, really, it occurs to me
>>that a validator for whom a book is being held could die and none of
>>us would ever know about it. In that case, just how many years would
>>a book remain on step 1 marked "hold for?" In a message dated
>>9/11/2008 1:42:18 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> writes:
>>Roger I renew a "hold for" the same way I renew any other book on
>>step 2. So there is the option you requested already.
>>
>>E.
>>
>>To repeat yesterday's message, if a volunteer finds a book with "hold
>>for" and wants to know about it and the volunteer whose name appears
>>on it, just write to the list and ask. We are usually polite to each
>>other on this list. We can work things out.
>>
>>It just upsets folks when somebody grabs a "hold for" book without
>>asking first.
>>
>>I give a lot of time to volunteering. During the past six years I
>>have validated hundred and hundreds of books. However, I actually
>>have a life outside of bookshare, there is a 5 book queue and there
>>are reasons for "hold for" which others have already described.
>>
>>E.
>>
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