I agree with Tomoko, but, on the other hand, in the last few years the
Bookshare has never sent me a notice that says my book is expiring.
So it's been up to me to remember to renew my checked out books.
For what it's worth, there are two things I'm doing so that I don't "lose" a
book I've been working on.
First, it seems that the "my checked out books" page has changed so that the
link that lets you renew a book is always there. That's made it easier to renew
a book before it expires.
Second, I've gotten in the habit of asking Bookshare to put a hold for me on a
book title after I've checked it out if I think it will take me over 2 weeks to
proofread it. That way if I miss renewing it, or the system glitches and won't
let me renew, it has a hold for me on it when it gets automatically kicked back
to the checkout a book page.
Judy
On February 4, 2020 5:45:33 PM CST, Alyssa <lyssassong@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Sometimes there is no alert before the book expires. I have had this
happen on more than one occasion unfortunately. There has also been the
occasional glitch where a checked out book could not be renewed.
-Alyssa
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] The policy should be respected.
If you are a new proofreading volunteer, do you know this? I tell you
about one of Bookshare policy. Since a book you check out for
proofreading, the book is automatically released two weeks later,
because your keeping time expires. Then, somebody can check out this
book. Therefore, if you want to keep the book, you have to renew the
book before the expire day comes. This is a Bookshare policy.
Recently, I had checked out a book; then, someone, a very long time
proofreader, E-mailed me said something like, “I already proofread 80
pages, I want to continue.” Even though the book was released because
of “time expired”. Surprising!
I think The policy should be respected.
