[bksvol-discuss] Have your scanning and proofing choices changed, with the influx of publisher quality books?
- From: "Judy s." <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:08:24 -0500
Wow. I just checked the list of new books that have been added to
the collection in the last 4 weeks, and it includes over 9,500
titles. Congratulations, Bookshare! That is absolutely amazing.
In the last year I've changed my own personal strategy in terms
of what books I work on, migrating to getting into the collection
treasured books long out of print or from presses that aren't
signing on to Bookshare. That way I feel I can continue to
contribute, but in areas that aren't going to overlap with
publishers' contributions. I'm definitely curious if other
volunteers are doing the same!
So--what are you concentrating on scanning or proofreading, and
has what you're working on changed with the influx of new
publishers coming on board? Are there hints you can share with
how you're making your choices, that the rest of us volunteers
can use so we don't end up duplicating effort with the PQ books
that are coming into the collection?
I've already had several books that I worked on replaced by
"publisher quality" books. I thought I would mind, but then
realized that I'm feeling pretty philosophical about it. I do
regret that (in my opinion) some of the publishers quality books
aren't as good as the ones they're replacing that were done by
volunteers, mainly because of the missing image descriptions in
the PQ books that volunteers worked so hard to get into their
contributions of those titles. So I hope Bookshare finds some
sort of way to have this addressed in the future. I know that
the staff are aware of this issue, from what's been said here.
Overall, though, as a Bookshare member, I'm actually just feeling
like a little kid in a really big candy shop. smile.
Judy s.
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