[bksvol-discuss] Re: where are the new books?
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 03:33:37 -0600
Scott,
Yes, that is very strange. Tell us your secret! <<smile>>
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Scott Blanks" <scottsjb@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 8:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: where are the new books?
Thanks Mike and others for that clarification. However, I'm still surprised
at the lag time. I have submitted and validated 12 books, and the longest
I've had to wait between validating and receiving approval is 10 days, and
that was only once.
Strange indeed,
Scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: where are the new books?
> Scott
>
> We're not talking about the lag time between approval and a book appearing
> on the site.
> Rather, we're talking about the lag time between the book's validation by
> a volunteer and the administrator's approval.
> In some instances, this is taking months; and that is what some folks are
> less than pleased with.
> The source of this bottleneck is that more and more books are being
> prepared for BookShare without an apparent increase of resources at
> BookShare's end to handle this increased workload.
> Hopefully, the head honchos at BeneTech, BookShare's overseer, are aware
> of this problem and are quietly figuring out how to deal with it.
> With limited resources available to BookShare, this is probably not an
> easy matter to permanently fix unless
> somehow volunteers can be brought into the final approval process.
> It is a kind of a pleasant problem because it indicates just how
> successful BookShare is and how dedicated volunteers are in supplying the
> service with ever increasing amounts of material.
>
>
>
Other related posts:
