[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 23:00:02 -0500
Hi Linda,
When you validate books and upload them, you see options for rejecting
books, and in those options, one is a checkbox that says, "book is of poor
quality." That is probably what Cindy was referring to.
Regards.
Sue S.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
Hi, Cindy. Whenever I have submitted books, the default rating is fair. I
have never seen a poor rating as an option.
Linda Adams
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 8:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
> Thanks, Jill.
>
> Monica's idea is to take books from the download list
> that are rated Excellent, then Good, etc., and the
> Fair books we were talking about are on the download
> list. I was thinking that maybe some of the Fair books
> were rated that ways by the automatic rater as
> default, and really were better than fair, but MIckey
> says the default is Poor, so my theory that the Fair
> books aren't really Fair but were mistakenly rated is
> wrong.
>
> Cindy
>
> --- Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Cindy, The submitter has the ability to change the
>> rating before submitting
>> so doesn't have to reject the book at all.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 6:40 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping
>> Suggestion
>>
>>
>> >I think that's an excellent idea!! And maybe the
>> > submitters of Fair books will, as you say, wonder
>> why
>> > their books aren't being validated and will check
>> to
>> > see if the rating is accurate. My understanding is
>> > that Fair is a default rating and if the submitter
>> > doesn't change it... THe submitter can check and
>> if
>> > the rating is wrong because he/she has
>> prevalidated,
>> > he/she can reject and resubmit.
>> >
>> > Cindy
>> >
>> >
>> > --- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> >> Fellow volunteers, I would like to offer a
>> >> suggestion for your
>> >> consideration. In the past, we have occasionally
>> >> discussed needing to
>> >> tackle the books that linger on step 1. I
>> >> personally felt bad about
>> >> people having submitted books that weren't being
>> >> processed. However, I
>> >> have come to believe that my efforts were
>> misguided
>> >> and focused in the
>> >> wrong direction. I believe there may be a
>> better,
>> >> more effective way
>> >> to focus our attention as a group. When I looked
>> >> last night, there were
>> >> 405 books awaiting validation on the step 1 page.
>> >> By looking at the
>> >> Books In Process list, it is easy to see which
>> books
>> >> are rated as
>> >> excellent. I'd like to propose a deliberate
>> shift
>> >> of our focus so we
>> >> can process books rated excellent first. The
>> people
>> >> submitting
>> >> excellent scans have taken time to proofread
>> their
>> >> work, and they
>> >> shouldn't have to wait for approval while we eek
>> out
>> >> a decent read from
>> >> a raw scan rated fair. Once we process many of
>> the
>> >> excellent books, we
>> >> could turn to working on the books rated good to
>> see
>> >> if they can be
>> >> improved. What do I think we should do with the
>> >> older books rated fair
>> >> or good on step 1? For now, I vote that we leave
>> >> them there like we
>> >> might leave paperwork in a drawer until we have
>> time
>> >> to read it.
>> >> They'll sink to the bottom of the download list
>> and
>> >> will be easier to
>> >> find later. Careful submitters would be rewarded
>> by
>> >> responsive approval
>> >> times. Those who consistently produce raw,
>> >> illegible scans may enquire
>> >> about what happened to their books and could be
>> >> diplomatically directed
>> >> to the list or chat room for some tailored help
>> in
>> >> improving scan quality.
>> >>
>> >> What do you all think? Could we work together
>> and
>> >> get some really nice
>> >> scans processed over the next couple of months?
>> Do
>> >> you see any wholes
>> >> in my thinking? As it stands now, I am not going
>> to
>> >> touch a book that
>> >> is rated good or fair until we have gotten or
>> step 1
>> >> page down to 200
>> >> books awaiting attention. I'm willing to
>> >> re-evaluate this decision if
>> >> any of you see a serious flaw with this.
>> >>
>> >> Monica Willyard
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
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