[bksvol-discuss] Re: for jamie
- From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2007 20:32:36 -0400
Dear Jill, Cindy, Jamie and Everyone,
I was getting fidgety, too, about a couple of my uploads but we can relax.
The staff really appreciates our attention in producing improved bee ess
owes as well as brand new books for the collection. We volunteers are just
ahead of them right now. Go Us!
Redistributing Gustavo's enormous job really is a work in progress and an
added responsibility for the staff who are pitching in to keep up with the
approval process. Our books are safe in the queue and I'm confident the
staff will process them as fast as they can.
You're probably wondering if I'm blasting you with a gust of hot air with no
basis in fact. Today I contacted Bookshare because I was concerned about a
BSO I uploaded which hadn't been approved. It's only been in the admin
approval queue for a few days but I wanted the staff to know the book really
needed to be rescanned and validated more carefully. I also mentioned that
another of my books in the queue wasn't a duplicate in case it was delayed
because they thought it was already in the collection. One book in the
collection has the same title and the name of another is the same minus one
word. My book is totally different with a different author.
I was amazed to receive a kind e-mail in a matter of minutes thanking me for
the clarification and telling me not to worry about delays in the approvals
of my submissions. The staff is working hard to process books as fast as
they can.
My own conclusion is that it is taking real commitment for the staff to take
on all of the work Gustavo did. I don't think they've hired someone
specifically to do his job, and when they do, it will take time for that
person to grasp the full scope of his many tasks. He was with Bookshare from
the start and though he was funny and laid back, he was really a passionate
advocate of Bookshare's goals. Remember, even when he was on the job, it
took a year for some books to make their way through the system. With that
in mind, approvals are coming at quite a brisk pace. It will take time to
hire and train Gustavo's replacement and meanwhile we have the assurance our
books are in safe keeping and will be processed in a matter of time.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Yates" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 7:45 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: for jamie
Thanks, Jill. I think that with the last Marissa's
list there were over 80 books awaiting administrator
approval. So probably things are just moving a little
slowly right now.
I know it's easy for me not to worry since I need
neither the books on Bookshare nor the credits for
Bookshare, but I haven't had a rejection of the BSO
so I think it's too early to worry.
Jamie in Michigan
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