[bksvol-discuss] Re: comprehensive books-in-process list needed
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: Geneva Vander Poel <genevav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 22:07:27 -0700 (PDT)
Sure, I'll continue compiling adding newly added titles to the being-scanned
list, and having that combined with the outsourced list will be a great help
to the volunteer scanners,--but I think , from reading the posts, that
consolidating the ready to download for proofing, out being proofed, and
awaiting approval or rejection will be an even bigger help to all volunteers
and other members. Once someone has scanned or proofed a book and submitted or
uploaded it, or requested that a book be added to the collection, there are too
many lists too many lists for them to check to see what's happened to it Maybe
somehow the engineers can find the old Books in Process list and us it to
generate an up-to-date list (maybe Jake remembers that list.I think it was
before Carrie's time
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, 3/29/10, Geneva Vander Poel <genevav@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Geneva Vander Poel <genevav@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: RE: [bksvol-discuss] comprehensive books-in-process list needed
> To: "Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Monday, March 29, 2010, 3:19 PM
> Hi, Cindy,
>
> Yes, we've seen the thread on the volunteer list. We
> are going to try and incorporate your Being Scanned List
> with our Publisher and Outsourcer List, and we are working
> as quickly as possible, but it may be a while still before
> it is complete. We are working with our engineers to
> address the problem of searching multiple locations on our
> website; we'd like an automated fix rather than a manual
> list that someone would need to maintain. We
> understand the frustration and are trying to find a
> sustainable solution as soon as possible.
>
> Once we have integrated the Being Scanned List and the
> Publisher and Outsourcer List, would you like to continue
> compiling the newly added titles? If not, we can take
> over this part, just let me know what you would prefer to
> do.
>
> Geneva
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Cindy [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
>
> Sent: Sunday, March 28, 2010 6:31 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Geneva Vander Poel
> Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] comprehensive
> books-in-process list needed
>
>
> Hi, Geneva. I'm not sure if you have time to read the
> volunteer email list so, I'm sending this sample of recent
> posts.
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/28/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: URL for outsourcers list
> (was Re: Re: Purchased to scan or proof)
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:18 PM
> > Hi Judy and everyone!
> >
> > I'm sighing too. I know I don't always think of
> all
> > the lists when searching them for the status of a book
> title
> > before I buy one. So far, I haven't been burned.
>
> > Yay!
> >
> > Debby
> >
> > At 02:29 PM 3/22/2010, Judy s. wrote
> > > This whole deal of us volunteers running around
> like
> > chickens with our heads cut off trying to figure who
> is
> > doing what in regards to the status of any book title
> always
> > leaves me really frustrated. Sigh.
> > >
> > > Judy s.
> >
>
> Years ago there was one list, on the volunteer home page,
> titled Books in Process. It was divided into sections:
> (1. books waiting to be proofed; (20 Books out
> being proofed; (3) books awaiting approval; and (4) rejected
> books.
>
> I have been thinking of creating such a list for the
> benefit of the volunteers (any myself, because when someone
> has submits a scanned book I check to see if it is available
> for proofing, and there are sometimes as many as 4 page to
> check; also, I try to remember to check the collection and
> the lists when someone requests a book so that no scanner's
> time is wasted scanning something that has already been
> done.
>
> However, compiling such a will take some time, and
> maintaining the lists I am already maintaining takes time,
> and I would like to get back to proofing. I wondered if
> someone at bookshare--perhaps one of your volunteers or an
> intern could compile such a list rather than, at the moment,
> checking the duplicate being-scanned list I send you ;
> speaking of which, since you said your volunteer was going
> to check the collection to be sure books on the
> being-scanned list are not already in the collection I've
> only been putting added books on the list I send you, and
> not deleting ones that people have told me are in the
> collection or that I have seen myself on the New books
> list).
> Please let me know if what I suggest. If not, after
> proofing a book or two, I'll create such a list, but of
> course I wouldn't be able to post it on the volunteer home
> page. (Maybe Rick Costa would be willing to do it?
> Cindy
>
>
>
> --- On Sun, 3/28/10, Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: URL for outsourcers list
> (was Re: Re: Purchased to scan or proof)
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Date: Sunday, March 28, 2010, 4:18 PM
> > Hi Judy and everyone!
> >
> > I'm sighing too. I know I don't always think of all
> > the lists when searching them for the status of a book
> title
> > before I buy one. So far, I haven't been burned.
> > Yay!
> >
> > Debby
> >
> > At 02:29 PM 3/22/2010, Judy s. wrote
> > > This whole deal of us volunteers running around
> like
> > chickens with our heads cut off trying to figure who
> is
> > doing what in regards to the status of any book title
> always
> > leaves me really frustrated. Sigh.
> > >
> > > Judy s.
> >
> >
> > --
> > mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > --
> > Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you
> don't
> > have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless;
> it is
> > like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT
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