[bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold for how long?
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 14:30:16 EDT
What if the person who experiences the crisis does not post very often or
not at all to the list anyway? In a message dated 9/11/2008 1:56:35 P.M.
Eastern
Daylight Time, thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
If I experience such a crisis, you will notice I have not posted to
this list for a month or so. If that happens, anybody is welcome to
write to me and ask about any books which have "hold for e" in the title.
E.
At 01:48 PM 9/11/2008, you wrote:
>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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