Good ideas. Maybe Marissa will bring them up at their meetings. Cindy --- Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Cindy > > What this discussion tells me is that the current > system, once a book is > initially submitted, has some flaws that need > addressing. > > A lot of these could be handled with a bit of > automation. > For one, once a book is downloaded for validation, > an automated email > should go to the original submitter telling him/her > who has it with their > email address should they decide to contact that > individual. > The validator ought to receive an email giving them > the info on the > submission page such as who submitted the book, the > comments, etc as these > sometimes can prove invaluable. > Similar notices should go out when a validated book > is returned, renewed, > whatever. > Moreover, perhaps some of the volunteer time in Palo > Alto could be > directed not only to scanning but to validating > because a book on the Step > 1 is just as much a potential addition to the > collection as one being > scanned. > > As I said initially, once the programming code were > incorporated into the > Bookshare software, all of those notifications would > be automated > requiring no administrative time or effort. > And it might even save administrative time as I can > only imagine how many > msgs a week may be directed to support asking what > happened to this or > that. > We see some of these kinds of msgs on the lists; and > I'd gather that only > a small percentage of volunteers actually post on > lists. > > Also such notices would serve as a nudge to > validators to finish their > work as they are no longer working anonymously. > Also, as an example, if you had one of my books for > 3 months, and if it > concerned me, I could then ask you if you > requiring my help with something, whatever. > > I appreciate it when a validator tells me they're > working on something of > mine, if they have a question on something, etc. > Our mutual goal is to get a book ready for final > approval that is in the > best shape possible. > And the validation system serves as a check in > helping the submitter in > the event they overlooked something obvious. > > > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? All your favorites on one personal page ? Try My Yahoo! http://my.yahoo.com