Hi Larry,
No, I don’t think there’s going to be any change in policy. I just think Cindy
had a misunderstanding, but I’m pretty sure Judy has cleared it up.
Evan
From: llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2018 6:33 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the check out cue.
Hey folks. I hope we’re not getting around to changing the hold-for policy.
Most of my scanning is hold-for going to proofers I’ve had a relationship with
for years.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of Judy s.
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2018 7:09 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: the check out cue.
Hi Cindy, you must have misspoke when you wrote this, because it's never OK to
take a book with a hold on it for someone else without PRIOR permission already
agreed on that you can do this for a specific book in special cases. It's never
been OK to poach a book in all the years that I've been volunteering for
Bookshare (over a decade.)
It's my understanding that it's been that way since the beginning of Bookshare.
Poaching books is and always has been unacceptable.
The automated Bookshare computer systems that handle the checkout list will not
prevent anyone who is an approved volunteer from downloading a book from the
checkout queue that has a hold for someone else, but that doesn't mean it's
ever OK to do it.
FWIW.
Judy s.
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On 8/12/18, Cindy Rosenthal mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx wrote: ;
That being the case I disagree with the person who said one can take a bookwith
a hold on it but shouldn't; I think it's o.k. to take such a book butthe
person should post on the list that they have taken the book and theperson who
put on the hold should ask that it be released so he/she can getit back; I
speak from experience, i.e. as one who sometimes hasn'trenewed in time and so
has had my book revert to the queue; but I know tocheck the queue and if the
book isn't there I ask if anyone has it toplease release it soI can get it
back Cindy On Sat, Aug 11, 2018 at 11:14 AM, Roger Loran
Baileymailto:rogerbailey81@aol.comwrote: I think that is supposed to be the ;
case, but I also think that whoever ison the staff who is supposed to attend to
that matter tends to forget. On 8/11/2018 3:22 AM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote: I
thought staff released holds that stayed on the checkout queue for acertain
number of weeks without being picked up; is that no longer thecase?Cindy On
Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 12:10 PM, Deborah Murray <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote: Hi Melissa, There are actually only four books with holds right
now—three are beingheld for a specific proofer and one is being held for staff.
The only way to release a book is to write to staff and ask for the holdto be
removed. Mostly, they won’t remove a hold unless you’re the onewhoput the hold
on in the first place. Sometimes staff removes holds that have languished for
weeks and theproofer hasn’t picked it up. Of course you “can” download a book
with a hold—there is nothingphysically preventing you from doing that. The real
issue is “should”youdownload a book with a hold, and the anser is “NO”. There
is a reasonforthe holds and the hold needs to be honored. Deborah *From:*
bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Melissa R ;
Green*Sent:* Friday, August 10, 2018 12:18 PM*To:*
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] the check out cue.
Hi. I was looking at the check out cue. There are lots of books on hold
forpeople, and it goes back a long way. I am wondering if there is a
waytorelease the holds or to get an updated list. I ask because I was
abletodownload a book that was on hold for someone else. When I realized
this,Iput it back into the cue, and the date was somewhere in December
orJanuary. Just thought that I would bring this up. Best,Melissa R. Green
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