[bksvol-discuss] wish list synopses
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 16:07:49 -0800 (PST)
No, there are no synopses on the wish list, but in the case of fiction, I've
put the genre if the requester told me or I could ascertain it myself--unless
the author, like Mercedes Lackey of Louisa May Alcott is known for a certain
genre. I have indicated nonfiction, at this point by having te books in a
separate section. The nonfiction titles are pretty self-explanatory, or I've
put the genre
When I do receive a request, especially when it includes a synopsis, I forward
it to the volunteer list.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Mon, 11/2/09, Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Wrote just now to Pavi
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, November 2, 2009, 1:14 PM
> Let me make something clear.
> I did not urge Kim to spend money on wish list books just to
> make people happy per se. It was simply that she mentioned
> making people happy as a strong reason for buying books and
> sending them to Bookshare and I suggested that if she was
> going to spend the money anyway she could be better assured
> that it would make someone happy if she selected books from
> the wish list to buy. It occurred to me that she might not
> have thought of that. As for myself, I don't have much
> money to spend on books, but even so, I have bought some for
> Bookshare myself. In my case, though, given that limited
> budget, I have bought some books to scan myself and if I am
> going to put all the effort into them that scanning entails
> my prime criteria for selecting them is to make me happy. I
> have put a number of titles on the wish list that are a bit
> too expensive for me and are not available in my local
> library, but I have no intention of asking anyone else to
> spend money on them for me. I simply figure that if they are
> on the wish list they might stand a better chance to make it
> into the collection by whatever means than if they are not
> there. One of them, in fact, I have my eye on as a possible
> scan for myself. I just might fulfill one of my own wishes.
> If, on the other hand, my motivation was to just make other
> people happy by either spending my money or time on books I
> do think I would look more closely at the wish list for
> making a selection. Even so, though, I would, of course,
> look for books on the wish list that I was interested in too
> and give those priority. I think any of us would do that.
> Whatever the case, though, I just wanted to make it clear to
> anyone who might have misunderstood that I am not trying to
> tell anyone how to spend their money.
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> Kim, I think you make people happy by choosing books that
> make you happy. I know Roger's desire is to be helpful
> and let you know about the wish list. What
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> he says makes sense. I think our community is so large and
> diverse that there are bound to be many members who like the
> things you put into the collection.
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> Yes, we have a large and active wish list. That doesn't
> mean you necessarily want to read or pay for what someone
> else is wishing for. By purchasing books
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> you want to read, you are actively taking steps to fill
> your own wish list requests. You're not adding books to
> the ever-expanding wish list; you're taking
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> a tangible step toward getting them into the collection. So
> the net result seems to be the same. (smile)
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> I think my email may sound somewhat stern. I don't
> intend that and think I should explain why I'm saying
> these things. The nature of our wish list is that
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> there are some people who have requested over 100 books at
> a time while being unwilling to help get them into the
> collection, whether through volunteering
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> to proofread or by providing the books to be scanned.
> I'm not referring to people who physically can't
> volunteer or to people who request books and who
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> help with the proofreading. In theory, I do want those
> hundreds of books to be added to Bookshare, no matter who
> requested them, because I want everyone
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> to be able to access any book they wish. Still the reality
> is that the burden of buying, locating, and/or scanning
> these books falls on our shoulders.
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> This also means that if we spend our time and money on
> these books, we can't spend our time and money working
> on books that are important to us. So I feel
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> frustrated when someone says that a volunteer should spend
> money working on the wish list books instead of buying her
> own to make people happy.
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> When I get books from Amazon or Paperback Swap, I tend to
> get 2 books for me and 1 book from the Bookshare wish list.
> Even then, I primarily use my credits
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> on books I'm willing to read so I can prepare my scan
> well. I'll take books somewhat outside my interests if
> the request is clearly for a student or an
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> adult needing a book for their employment.
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> I used to try to be totally fair, doing a book for me and
> then a book for someone else, whether I liked it or not.
> I've taken on books in the past that
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> didn't interest me at all, and I found that
> proofreading them was rather like pulling out my eyelashes
> strand by strand. I felt drained and burned out
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> pretty quickly. Now I focus on what I do well and trust
> that others with interests in other areas will do likewise.
> Sue and Jill taught me to do this,
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> and I am so grateful that they taught me how to keep from
> overwhelming myself.
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> Monica Willyard
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> "The best way to predict the future is to create
> it." -- Peter Drucker
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