Dear Booksharian Friends,
Grand Cindy mentioned that about 50 of us get her
daily posts of new books.
I imagine all of you know how to get to the new
books list from the
Bookshare site, but we always have new members
joining who may not have
heard how Grand Cindy spoils us by sending us a list
of the new books every
day right in to our in box. She usually sends them
later in the evening
because sometimes staff adds new books after work
hours and she doesn't want
to overlook any new additions. Many of us think it's
a treat to be going
through our e-mail knowing we'll be finding a post
that says, "New Books
Added!. Sometimes we stop right then and download
the keepers or we file her
posts to a new books folder where we can later
browse through deleting and
saving titles or getting ideas for books we want to
scan or validate next.
Cindy does this as a convenience to us. She will do
it for any member, not
just for volunteers. She also does it for people not
on the lists who just
can't cope with the volume of our lists. We are a
caring, talkative bunch as
we continually prove with our vast volume of chat!
So just ask Grand Cindy. Send her your e-mail
address on or off list and I'd
bet by tonight or tomorrow, you'll be added.
Grand Cindy, what do you think of the suggestion of
putting the links for
the wish lists and Jake's site at the top of your
posts of the new books.
I've appreciated the fact you Include them so many
times, because reading
the list of new books often by association, prompts
me to be curious about
something I want to know and it's so quick to use
your links to get right to
the information I've gotten curious about. Keeping
them where they are works
for me just as well because I know they are there
and get to them in a
flash.
Jake's site is on the Friends of Bookshare page,
another treasure trove of
useful links. For a while it wasn't responding, but
it's fixed now. Jakes
Site and Friends of Bookshare are both on my
favorites, and still having
them on Cindy's new books lists has saved me time.
Grand Cindy, your spoiling feels warm and fuzzy.
Sending a nice treat to 50
people is a significant act of generosity.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 1:17 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Jake's List
>I do add it to the bottom of the list of new books
> that I send out nightly, along with the Wish List
> URLs, but I suspect many people don't read beyond
the
> list of books, and only 50 people get the list
anyway.
> I don't know if people not on one of these email
lists
> even know about Jake's site.
>
> G.Cindy
>
>
> --- Evan Reese <mentat1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> There is a list of books that need a rescan on
>> Jake's site:
>> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/rescan.asp
>> but I imagine that it is radically out of date by
>> now.
>>
>> It may be that many people - especially newer
ones -
>> do not know about it,
>> since Jake's site does not seem to be widely
>> published these days on the
>> mailing lists for some unknown reason, but
there's
>> no point in Bookshare
>> instituting something that is already set up.
It's
>> very easy to register and
>> then you can log on and make changes to update
the
>> series lists that are
>> there, as well as the reject list and the rescan
>> list. I have added to the
>> reject list myself, although not to the others;
but
>> it was extremely easy,
>> so I imagine that working with the other lists
would
>> be similarly easy.
>>
>> Evan
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Barbara
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:25 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How does one
request
>> a rescan?
>>
>>
>> Maybe, Bookshare could have a "rescan list"
like
>> it presently has a "wish
>> list."
>>
>> Barbara
>>
>> Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Woops, I think I got the 3000 from the
bookshare
>> display of the book
>> (you
>> know, where you can download the book etc.).
>> What's a few thousand pages
>> here and there.
>>
>> If I can help in anyway, let me know.
>>
>> I'm sure I contributed to the 257 messages.
>>
>> However, I woke up this morning to 59 unread
>> messages on this list. I
>> read
>> them quickly, but sure hope I didn't miss
>> anything important.
>>
>> Bob
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Gary Petraccaro"
>> To:
>> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2007 11:08 AM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How does one
>> request a rescan?
>>
>>
>> > 3000 pages my butt. It's only 1516.
>> > I have it and I'll Eventually get around to
>> it. It's already scanned.
>> I
>> > just haven't taken the time to correct. I
>> stopped when someone else
>> > uploaded it first. This is a long way of
>> saying that accepting a
>> > substandard book is not a kindness or a
plus.
>> Btw, 259 messages on
>> this
>> > list? Is there that much BS related
traffic?
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Bob"
>> > To: "bookshare volunteer discussion"
>> > Sent: Friday, November 23, 2007 9:14 AM
>> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] How does one
request
>> a rescan?
>> >
>> >
>> >>I have found a book in the library that, in
my
>> opinion, should be
>> >>re-scanned. My apologies in advance to the
>> person or persons
>> responsible
>> >>for putting it in the library in the first
>> place. My criticism is of
>> the
>> >>final product, not your efforts.
>> >>
>> >> The book is "the rise and fall of the
third
>> Reich" by William Shirer.
>> >>
>> >> I realize that this would be a tough
>> undertaking as it is over 3000
>> pages
>> >> long. However, the copy that is in the
>> library is rated good with
>> some
>> >> errors, and, in my opinion, that's a
>> kindness. There are repeated and
>> >> missing pages and scanning errors
throughout.
>> >>
>> >> This book is regarded as a definitive work
on
>> the life of Adolf
>> Hitler
>> >> and the rise and fall of Nazi Germany, and
>> any library could be proud
>> of
>> >> having it in their collection.
>> >>
>> >> If I were a scanner, I'd take this project
on
>> but I'm not. However, I
>> >> would gladly enjoy validating someone
else's
>> effort.
>> >>
>> >> I guess I could contact staff directly to
>> find out what I need to do
>> to
>> >> make this suggestion, but you folks know
>> everything there is to know
>> >> about how things work around here, so I'm
>> asking your advice.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks.
>> >> Bob
>> >> "Never doubt that a small group of
>> thoughtful,
>> >> committed citizens can change the world.
>> Indeed, it is
>> >> the only thing that ever has."--Margaret
Mead
>> >>
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