[bksvol-discuss] Re: A Question please and thank you.
- From: Rik James <rixmix2009@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:48:27 -0600
I also nowadays will use my Find feature to find a text string, more than an
using an Index in a book.
But that being said...
Sometimes an index is an invaluable tool. Not always, but sometimes. And when
it is a part of the book and our version of the book in the Bookshare
collections does not have it, we have short changed our many friends and fellow
members. For that some time when it may be invaluable, I say we should always
try and go ahead and scan it, right where it is, there at the end of the book.
Just my opinion.
It is also neat in an index, to know how many times a name or event is
referenced.
I will say, in addition, however, this. That when I scan a book with an index,
often I find it very useful to change my scanning settings from what I was
using. Say to change the column settings or change to scan in 1 page mode
versus 2 page. Things like that. And often I will go and look each page over
rather carefully, just to see that it was a decent scan. If it was not, I will
re-scan it. I find that often there is a tendencies for errors. I also find
that I would prefer to do the ranked spelling corrections on the book BEFORE I
scan the Index. That way, I will have high likelihood that all the corrections
in the main text of the book has already been dealt with.
I hope those comments are useful.
Thanks.
Rik James
From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 9:10 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Question please and thank you.
That is what I was thinking. The only time I have ever used an index was when I
was writing a paper for school and I needed to look for some specific
information without intending to actually read the book. When these books are
transformed into electronic files almost every device used to read them has a
word or phrase search function that seems to make the index superfluous. Also,
the index is located at the end of the book making it necessary to navigate to
the index and then navigate back through the book if one is to use it. It seems
to me that if the index really has a use in electronic books it should be at
the beginning, but then if that was the case it would be very annoying to those
who do not intend to use it. I note that RFB&D which has a policy of recording
entire books apparently does not consider the index to be part of the book
because even though every footnote and picture credit is included the index is
always excluded.
"The end may
justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
" Leon Trotsky
The Militant: http://www.themilitant.com Pathfinder Press:
http://www.pathfinderpress.com
Granma International: http://granma.cu/ingles/index.html
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I don't proofread indices because I think a person can do a search for the word
they want and then will see or hear the page. I do see their value. As a
sighted person I do use the index of a nonfiction book and am annoyed when one
isn't there.
Cindy
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--- On Tue, 9/1/09, Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A Question please and thank you.
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2009, 12:24 PM
Indexing is very often important to people with physical and learning
disabilities. Others have said, though, that it is optional at this time.
Valerie
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On 09 01, 2009, at 11:54 AM,
Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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I think it is generally advised to keep scanning until there is no further
print to scan, but, personally, I doubt the necessity of index and advertising.
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