[bksvol-discuss] starting from the bottom
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Jun 2006 20:31:49 -0700 (PDT)
No if we only could get Gustavo to do that with the
administrator's queue. smile
Cindy
--- Scott Blanks <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Since this thread began a day or so back, I've been
> astounded by the fact that nobody has put forth the
> incredible idea of ... browsing the books from the
> bottom of the page up. If the older books are in
> fact at the bottom of the list, and there are some
> who would like to get those languishing submissions
> into the collection, then why not simply move to the
> bottom of the page, and start working your way up.
> Am I missing a fundamental concept or reason why
> this method would not work? If the current problem
> is that people only browse through the first few
> dozen books, or even as many as a hundred titles,
> then working from the opposite end of the list would
> seemingly begin to solve the current issue of books
> stagnating on step one.
>
> Scott
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: robert tweedy
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 6:51 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted
>
>
> Why put the old books at the bottom instead of the
> top?
> For skype contact bobwichitaks
> For msn contact info rt5117@xxxxxxx no emails.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Katie Star
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 7:07 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted
>
>
> Heya Jake,
>
>
>
> I know Carrie does a lot for the list and I have
> validated a couple of her scans. Both excellentJ
>
>
>
> I agree with what you are saying Jake. IF we
> could get the list down to 200 to 250 it would make
> browsing and selecting books to validate easier. Now
> the newest books or the books that are put back on
> step one are at the top. The first 100 get browsed
> and selected while those at the bottom of the list
> linger.
>
>
>
> But the nice thing is we keep growing the
> collection and the admin queue is well under 100
> these daysJ
>
>
>
> I read/validated a book called the Little Ice
> Age a while back and this morning on the bus had a
> wonderful discussion with a former storm chaser and
> meteorologist.
>
>
>
>
>
> Katie Hill
>
> Miracles happen not in opposition to Nature, but
> in opposition to
>
> what we know of Nature.
>
> -St. Augustine
>
>
>
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> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Jake Brownell
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 3:52 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: just submitted
>
>
>
> AHH! Yikes, we want to shrink it though. *grin*
>
>
>
> It might be best to hold off on the bulk
> scanning until we can get this list down to a
> better, more manageable number like 250, rather than
> the 430 it is now.
>
>
>
> That would have the added benefit of us working
> on older books that have been around for a while,
> and, if that is done, then the turn around time for
> books overall should improve.
>
>
>
> Thoughts? Other ideas?
>
>
>
> Jake
>
> PS. In no way does this message want to say we
> don't appreciate all you do for us Carrie!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> From: Carrie Karnos
>
> To: Bookshare Vol Group
>
> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2006 4:25 PM
>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] just submitted
>
>
>
> I managed to squeeze a few more books into the
> download queue. They are:
>
> Wheels of Life: A User's Guide to the Chakras
> System by Anodea Judith
> Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
> You, Your Child and Drugs by the Child Study
> Association
> Baal by Robert R. McCammon
> The Revolution of Hope: Toward a Humanized
> Technology by Erich Fromm
> Inside, Outside by Herman Wouk
> Psychic Discoveries Behind the Iron Curtain by
> Sheila Ostrander
> The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen by
> Jacques P�pin
> Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather
> Topper: A Ribald Adventure by Thorne Smith
>
> A few days ago I submitted:
> Zoya by Barbara Taylor Bradford
> The Vital Spark: 101 Outstanding Lives by
> Lowell Thomas
> Legs by William Kennedy
>
> As usual, a wide variety of books. Carrie
>
>
>
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