[bksvol-discuss] Re: Helpful list was: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue

 Even though I've been proofing for many years (I think 10, because of faulty 
memory due to a couple of causes, I forget things I should know and ask on the 
list, and always  get the helpful answers I need without any negative or 
impatient comments.
Cindy 


--- On Thu, 7/26/12, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 12:11 PM


  
    
  
  
    You think you asked stupid questions? How about this one. When I
    first began to volunteer I was very lucky to choose a book to
    proofread that was pretty much perfect. However, when the time came
    to upload it I couldn't figure out how to do it. I could not get
    past the first page where you enter the path to it. There was a
    button to browse, but when I clicked that I got a dialog that did
    not make the least bit of sense to me. I then subscribed to this
    list to get some help. Thanks to Bob Wiley who walked me through it
    step by step I got it done. In case you haven't figured it out yet,
    that was the first time I ever uploaded anything. That was the first
    time this list ever helped me learn how to use my computer better,
    but there was more to come. I have mentioned here before that I had
    to teach myself to use a computer with absolutely no help. There
    came a point, though, that I discovered technical support lists and
    that did speed up my learning and this list was, I think, the first
    technical support list I ever subscribed to and it has considerably
    helped me to learn how to use a computer better. 

    On 7/26/2012 2:56 PM, Martha Rafter
      wrote:

    
    
      
      
      
        
          Hi Netta,
             I joined bookshare before the training program came in
            and actually thought of asking if I could go through the
            program anyway.  I’m writing to encourage you to use this
            list instead.  When I first started to proof, I’m sure I
            asked the stupidest questions in the universe.  Everyone was
            very patient and helpful to me.  Please feel free to ask as
            many questions as you need to!  That’s what this list is
            for.
          Marty
          
            
               
              
                From: Dornetta 
                Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 2:04 PM
                To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
                
                Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold
                  maximum in check out queue
              
            
             
          
          
            Sandy, 

              I feel compelled to place my 2 cents in on the training
              for proofers. As a new volunteer who is just proofing, I
              wish that there was still a "training session" for new
              proofers. The task of putting out a quality proof can be a
              challenging and overwhelming task for new proofers
              especially those with no proofing experience. I know that
              there is a "proofing manual" but that manual is VERY and I
              do mean VERY frustrating to use; not to mention that some
              of the text is unclear. Honestly, I have contemplted
              exiting as a volunteer for bookshare (thinking that maybe
              this is not a "fit"for me) and that decision is only based
              on my frustrations with proofing books and finding books
              that I am interested in reading but when I think that I am
              ready to exit as a proofing volunteer, my heart won't let
              me do it. You see, I am a reader--I read cconstantly all
              day and every day so naturally I signed on as a proofer.
              It is not that this is not a fit for me because it is but
              I have thought about contributing in some other capacity
              like purchasing books for others to scan and proof.
              Although that is a option, funds would limit how many
              books I can purchase. Anyway, I only wanted to express my
              views on such a excellent idea like training for proofers.
              This way many of the books would not get rejected or not
              added. 
            Netta 
            "Just because you are blind does not mean you lack
              vision"-Stevie Wonder

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