[bksvol-discuss] Re: Creating a Process for Creating Guidelines
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:54:20 -0700 (PDT)
IMO, the newest volunteers are the ones who perhaps can best identify where
guidelines are needed or where the manual needs clarification. The only time I
have questions are when there are changes, such as with the pagination, e.g.,
how to number blank pages which I've been doing right along but in two
different ways, i.e., originally the way bookshare now wants them and more
recently with just the page number (with blank line before and after it. S I'm
not stepping forward grin
Cindy
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--- On Tue, 6/9/09, Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Creating a Process for Creating Guidelines
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: carrie.k@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Tuesday, June 9, 2009, 1:26 PM
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> Hi All,
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> As you know the recent guidelines that
> went out on Page
> Numbering have generated some understandable concern and
> confusion among the
> volunteers. Some of you have written in to staff with
> detailed emails
> articulating those areas of concern and where the
> guidelines appear more
> inconvenient than helpful. Others have expressed their
> opinions on the list. Carrie
> and I have had several discussions recently on how best to
> address these
> concerns and modify the guidelines so that they serve as a
> tool and not a
> hindrance. As hands-on volunteers all of your input is
> valuable and we want the
> guidelines to reflect the best practices and collective
> wisdom of the volunteer
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> Regarding page numbers Carrie will
> send out a note shortly to
> clarify some of the areas of confusion and concern and
> explain how the guidelines
> for this will be implemented. Bottom line is that we do
> understand the wide
> variety of challenges volunteers face with including page
> numbers in books, and
> we’re glad to have had your feedback. We intend
> hereon for this guideline
> to be implemented with a large degree of flexibility
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> rewriting the guidelines to clearly reflect the difference
> between page number
> requirements for educational books and other
> submissions.
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> Moving forward though, for us one of
> the overarching questions
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> effective way for Bookshare
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> Identify volunteer areas that need
> guidelines
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> Draft guidelines and have them reviewed by a
> small pool
> of volunteers(in a sort of beta phase)
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> Finalize and share these guidelines among the
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> volunteer community
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> Ideally, Carrie and I feel that
> volunteers should have a leading
> and more transparent role to play in steps 1 and 2 above.
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> Here is a suggested approach, that it
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> your input on:
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> Form a self-selected team of “Bookshare
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> Shapers” (we can think of a better name down the
> line- smile). The
> Guideline Shapers are Bookshare volunteers who step forward
> to help identify,
> draft and sound out missing guidelines. Even if something
> is brought to staff
> attention regarding a missing guideline, we would turn it
> over initially to
> this group with our suggestions if any.
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> The Guideline Shapers would decide on areas
> that need
> guidelines, work on an initial draft of these guidelines
> and then send them
> over to Carrie/me for review from the Bookshare staff
> perspective. The
> Guideline Shapers would go over any edits from us and come
> up with a revised
> guideline. They would then solicit feedback on the
> guideline from the volunteer
> list before making any final tweaks to it.
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> Once the guideline has been finalized, I will
> incorporate it in the Volunteer Manual, and ensure that it
> is announced on the
> volunteer blog as well as on the volunteer discussion list.
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> separate section of the manual for Updates to the Manual so
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> people to keep up with the changes).
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> Participation from the volunteer
> community while shaping policy,
> we feel is key and we think this approach could be a really
> invigorating way of
> facilitating the creation of useful guidelines from the
> inside-out. Of course
> we would be more than glad to help with the logistics of
> setting up a group
> alias and other etcs for Guideline Shapers, and to provide
> assistance wherever
> we can. We would love your feedback on this approach
> as well as to know if
> any of you are interested in being part of such a team.
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> Warm regards,
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> Pavi & Carrie
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> Pavi
> Mehta
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> Volunteer
> Coordinator, Bookshare
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