Balancing your efforts can certainly mean focusing gaps in the collection as a whole and gaps in the books we have by certain authors when downloading a book for validation (if that's your style, it's also something we try to do with in-house production). But by "balance" in this case, I meant finding the equilibrium between the amount of time you spend validating and the quality of your final validated product. I think Jesse posted the standards pretty recently on this list. If you want me to re-post them I can, just say the word. All the best, Marissa -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:18 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Your new list monitor and a rallying call for validations Hello Mericia. What do you mean by Balance, does this mean gaps in the collection or what? smile. And welcome aboard. Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc. Graduate Advisory Council www.guidedogs.com The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs. -- Vance Havner