Thank you very much for that kind explanation. I have released The Thirty-Six Hour Day back to step 1. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire O'Brien" <ClaireO@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 4:34 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need guidance on validating 36 hour day Hi Jamie,The idea of putting "Hold For" in the title is born out of cooperation between volunteers. For example, if I am very interested in validating "Catcher in the Rye" but I don't have access to a scanner or a library, I could ask Carrie to scan it for me. She could get the book, scan it, and then submit it to step 1, with "Hold For Claire" in the title, so that I have the opportunity to validate it. This way other volunteers know that I've arranged with Carrie to validate this book, so they should leave it for me to pick up.
Claire -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jamie Pauls Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 2:11 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need guidance on validating 36 hour day With the new policy of alerting validators 48 hours before a book is released back to step 1, why should anyone need to have a book held on step 1? What happens if someone forgets to come back and pick the book back up again? Won't it just languish on step 1 forever? Perhaps I'm missing something, but that just doesn't seem quite right. I have wanted to read The Thirty-Six Hour Day for years and was excited to find it on step 1. I will certainly release it if Lena wants it back, but this looks like a bit of a complication where validating is concerned. Please explain.----- Original Message ----- From: "Claire O'Brien" <ClaireO@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:48 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Need guidance on validating 36 hour day Hi Jamie, Books listed on Step 1 will have "HOLD FOR..." in the title of the book (much like when a book is intended to replace a copy, BSO is entered in the title), so it is immediately obvious which books are intended for a certain validator. For example, I just checked the current Step 1 page, and if you look towards the bottom there is one title with HOLD FOR MONICA in the preceding the rest of the title. It sounds like in your situation, HOLD FOR was intended to be placed in the title, but perhaps was forgotten. I've BCC'd Lena on this message, so if that book was in fact intended for her, she will let you or I know, and we can proceed from there. Claire -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Jamie Pauls Sent: Wed 8/1/2007 12:28 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Need guidance on validating 36 hour day The other day, I read with interest the thread on validators snapping up books that were designated as being on hold by other validators. I was puzzled by this because I'd never run across the situation before. Today, irronically, I downloaded the book The 36-hour Day. I saw no indication that the book was on hold until I unzipped the file. The title has the words On_Hold_For_Lena in it. How do I know that the book is on hold before I download it? Should I go ahead and work on it a while or release it back to step one. Help please. Jamie Pauls MT-BC MSN: jamiepauls@xxxxxxxxxxx Skype: jamie.pauls To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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