Thanks, Mayrie and others for the info. And because I went to renew my books, I found that that was where I had seen "history" as part of the table. I guess that's good, because if we're proofreading a book and need to get in touch with the submitter, or want to see what comments he/she or others who had the book before us made, we can find it. Cindy --- mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > Hi Cindy, > > I was returned to my "checked out books" page after > uploading a book > to the administration queue automatically. I didn't > go there purposefully. > I did find out by reading the new scanning and > proofreading manual (the old > volunteer manual) that this is what I should expect > to happen. > > Mayrie > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > Behalf Of Cindy Rosenthal > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 9:08 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: check-out list > > Were you guys automatically returned to your > checked-out book page or did you go there > yourselves? > > Cindy > > --- EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well, it's great that someone who is successful at > > sending a book to the > > Admin Queue will know that they were successful if > > they get returned to the > > "my checked out books" page. But if I were running > > an organization whose > > existence and growth depended in large measure on > > volunteers, I'd make sure > > that they knew I appreciated their time and > energy. > > > > But then, I'm another nobody. > > > > Evan > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mayrie ReNae" <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> > > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 10:38 AM > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: check-out list > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I wonder if some of our confusion might be > > alleviated by reading the > > > new scanning and proofreading instructions. I > > admittedly haven't read all > > > of those instructions, but I did find help for > > some things that weren't > > > obvious to me by reading the instructions for > some > > specific issues. For > > > instance, when uploading a book to the > > administration queue for approval, > > > I > > > didn't see a "thank you" page and wondered > whether > > I'd been successful. > > > When I read that section of the proofreading > > instructions, I found out > > > that > > > I should expect to be returned to my "checked > out > > books" page upon having > > > achieved a successful upload. That relieved my > > mind. I wonder if there > > > are > > > other things that are clarified in the > > instructions that we don't know > > > about > > > because we haven't read the entire set of > > instructions? > > > > > > > > > Mayrie > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Monica Willyard > > > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 7:06 AM > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: check-out list > > > > > > I agree that it's not obvious. I kind of wish > > they'd explain how it works > > > in > > > the help files. I only know about it because > > someone explained it to me. I > > > thought I was the dense one though and thought > > everyone else knew about > > > it. > > > > > > Monica Willyard > > > "The best way to predict the future is to create > > it." -- Peter Drucker > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On > > Behalf Of Laura Ann > > > Sent: Sunday, January 18, 2009 9:32 AM > > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: check-out list > > > > > > Well, I see now that it does sort. > > > It isn't at first obvious but see if you click > on > > the link it will > > > then change from descending to ascending. > > > and you have to click on the links. > > > it threw me since other sites I have seen had > > combo boxed to choose > > > how to browse and sort. > > > Thanks for sharing > > > At 08:14 AM 1/18/2009, you wrote: > > >>I actually like the new list, and I'm not > sighted. > > (smile) I can sort by > > >>quality which is a huge plus, by title > > alphabetically, and I can also sort > > >>books by their submission date. I found the old > > way of books being put on > > >>top if someone released them to be illogical. It > > made them look like new > > >>submissions when they weren't. I want to see > > actual newly submitted books > > > or > > >>the oldest submissions on top, depending on how > > I'm trying to work. The > > > sort > > >>on the quality column is a great feature too. > The > > quality sort feature > > >>actually sorts books by their ranking done by > the > > Bookshare spellcheck > > >>tool > > >>as opposed to the subjective quality ratings of > > the past. Sorting by > > > quality > > >>helps me work more effectively because I prefer > to > > make sure all excellent > > >>books are processed first. Sometimes I only have > 4 > > to 6 hours a week to > > >>devote to volunteering, and I want to find a > book > > I can proofread in that > > >>approximate amount of time. That knocks out raw > > scans and poorly scanned > > >>books during these times. I like being able to > > easily focus and find a > > >>book > > >>I can proofread without scrolling through a long > > list of stuff I won't > > >>have > > >>time to work on. > > >> > > >>Monica Willyard > > >>"The best way to predict the future is to create > > it." -- Peter Drucker > > >> > > >> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the > > subject line. 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