[bksvol-discuss] Re: Is There a Bookshare Newsletter? wasrevisiting Hold For
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:46:30 -0800 (PST)
Yes, I'm curious and would like to know the answers to
some of those questions, particularly nos. 4,5,6 and
7.
Also, I believe the newsletter goes out to all members
and volunteers, so I'd like it to include news about
the Wish List, about improving quality and thus BSO
and its significance, and about respecting Hold Fors.
That's all I can thnk of at the moment--oh, and if
there are still positions to be filled, a section on
that, too, or the URL to go to to look at
requirements, etc.
G.Cindy
nk.net> wrote:
> Dear Booksharian Friends,
>
> It will be fun seeing what will be in a new
> newsletter. It will be our first
> update since Jim Fruchterman put us in the loop last
> November. That was a
> memorable evening thanks to Jim's interest in
> keeping Booksharians appraised
> of Bookshare's goals and activities and Friends of
> Bookshare's initiative in
> providing responsibly monitored chat rooms with top
> level guests and
> engaging programs and activities.
>
> The staff already knows I'm curious about how many
> books were in the
> collection at the end of December 31, 2007. In some
> contexts I really enjoy
> knowing how many there were or are of this and that.
>
> Here are some other number questions I'd like to see
> answered in a
> newsletter or in a post to these lists.
>
> 1. How many new books were added in 2007?
> 2. How many BSOs were approved in 2007?
> 3. May we have an update on the fascinating
> breakdown of how many books are
> in each category displayed on the home page of The
> Friends of Bookshare
> site?
> 4. How many people currently subscribe to the
> volunteer list? the Discuss
> list?
> 5. How many volunteers are currently registered with
> Bookshare?
> 6. How many volunteers were active in 2007,
> submitting or validating at
> least 1 book which was approved?
> 7.What was the total membership at Bookshare at the
> end of 2007?
> 8. How many new members signed up in 2007?
> 9. How many people had earned their full membership
> when they joined or
> renewed their membership in Bookshare through
> volunteering?
> 10. How many books in the collection were downloaded
> by members in 2007?
> 11. What percentage of the total collection is rated
> excellent, good and
> fair?
>
> I don't need to know the answers to any of the above
> questions. I'm not
> investigating or trying to make any point. I just
> enjoy those kinds of
> statistics. If I never learn the answers to any of
> my numbers questions,
> I'll happily continue volunteering as I'm doing, but
> I'd keep wondering.
> Does anyone else like knowing this kind of
> information?
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 1:53 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is There a Bookshare
> Newsletter? wasrevisiting
> Hold For
>
>
> >
> > Hi Allison,
> >
> > Who is working on creating a newsletter? You say
> "we". Are you on the
> > advisory committee or what? Just wondering.
> <smile>
> > Sue S.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 12:34 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is There a Bookshare
> Newsletter?
> > wasrevisiting
> > Hold For
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > We're working on creating a brand new newsletter.
> >
> > Best,
> > Allison
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Lori Castner"
> <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:41 AM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Is There a Bookshare
> Newsletter?
> > wasrevisiting
> > Hold For
> >
> >
> >> Hi, is there a regularly distributed bookshare
> newsletter? We do not
> >> receive one.
> >>
> >> Cat Lover Lori
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2008 5:02 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: revisiting Hold For
> >>
> >>
> >>>I think when the next newsletter that goes out to
> >>> everyone that there should be a paragraph about
> >>> respecting Holds--why they're there and to
> respect
> >>> them.
> >>>
> >>> Maybe Claire will tell you who the validator
> was.
> >>>
> >>> G.Cindy
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> --- solsticesinger <solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, all.
> >>>>
> >>>> I feel like a broken record, because I'm about
> to
> >>>> revisit a topic we've
> >>>> talked into the ground, and then some.
> >>>>
> >>>> There were four books with "hold for Shannon
> Dyer"
> >>>> on step one. Suddenly,
> >>>> there was only one. So, I went searching for
> the
> >>>> missing three, and where
> >>>> did I find them? In the admin queue, one of
> them
> >>>> with the "hold for" still
> >>>> in the title.
> >>>>
> >>>> Before checking the books in processing page, I
> >>>> contacted Nat Barrett, the
> >>>> submitter, to see if, for some reason, she
> might
> >>>> have taken them back. She
> >>>> said that she hadn't, and expressed displeasure
> that
> >>>> someone would blatantly
> >>>> ignore a hold for.
> >>>>
> >>>> I really do not understand the need certain
> >>>> validators have to take books
> >>>> that are specifically held for another person.
> I
> >>>> don't take books with other
> >>>> people's names on them, so, why do people take
> books
> >>>> that are being held for
> >>>> me? There are plenty of validation choices out
> >>>> there, without taking what is
> >>>> being held for someone else.
> >>>>
> >>>> Does anyone hear me, or, am I preaching to the
> >>>> choir? Lol.
> >>>>
> >>>> Shannon
> >>>> We are wise, not because we are women, but
> because
> >>>> we seek wisdom.
> >>>>
> >>>>
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> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The
> Bookshare Collection)is
> >>> available at
> >>>
>
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
> >>> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
> >>>
>
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
> >>>
> >>> www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful
> threads
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available
at
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads
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