[bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
- From: "Julie & Miss Mercy" <mercy421@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 11:51:09 -0500
You know, this might sound strange to some, but I often do the same thin
with a book I submit. When I'm reading through a book I scanned, I'm not
really paying attention to the plot of the book, or at least not as much as
I would be if I read it for pleasure. I'm reading with an ear out for
scanning errors, not the story, so I often go back and reread books I submit
once they're edited. take care.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 7:26 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
For the most part I read a book throughout, but (ahem) not all.
If the submitter is someone I've come to know, and feel fairly certain they
do an excellent job, I will do a rank spelling first then spot check for
words like "die" and see if it makes sense. If everything is ok I may submit
the book without reading the entire book. However, for scannors with whom
I'm not familiar, I will read the entire book.
When I am validating, it isn't like I was reading for pleasure. I am acutely
aware of possible problems and often don't really get the sense of the book.
I often go back and re-read a book I've validated for pleasure once it's in
the collection.
Just my two and a half cents worth.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 4:46 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
> The more picky you are the better you will be at validating. It is fine if
> it takes a long long time. I sometimes take a month on a book. We all have
> lives outside of bookshare.
>
> Remembering that you read the book once and make it perfect for many
> others to read it helps.
>
> This seems particularly true with the children's books you mention. Many
> folks in that age group may be learning braille and developing an interest
> in reading. You truly serve them by making books directed at young people
> so perfect.
>
> E.
>
> At 04:44 PM 11/10/2008, you wrote:
>>I'm a new voluteer and the first thing I would have liked to know was how
>>much time it takes to validate a book. I couldn't decide if I was too
>>picky because it would take up to 4 hours to do Hanna Montana! I've gotten
>>a little faster now. Especially when the manual only says to make sure all
>>the pages are there.
>>
>>I think one thing this discussion has shown me is you can't be too picky
>>(or is that obsessive?)
>>
>>When I became a new voluteer I asked for a mentor. Maybe as new people
>>sign up we could have a list of people on a greeting committee to help
>>them through the first few books. I know it doesn't take long to catch on.
>>
>>The other Cindy R.
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>>From: lavendar@xxxxxxxxx
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
>>Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:38:15 -0500
>>
>>
>>Actually, Monica, you make a good point about reading the entire book
>>through. the manual doesn't say that you must do this as a validater. I
>>must say, that the times that I did just even skim through the book, and
>>sort of "zoned out" while "reading", I missed some critical
>>things..so..yeah, reading each and every book you validate all the way
>>through is a good place to start!
>>
>>Caitlyn
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica Willyard
>>Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:13 PM
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
>>
>>Caitlyn, I love your idea. (smile) That's a great way to help improve the
>>quality of our books. I think we have a lot of highly-skilled validaters
>>around here who could lend a hand. I will just ask for one thing to be
>>included, and it seems almost unnecessarily obvious. It's the one thing
>>that a person can do to build a great foundation. Please, please read the
>>book all the way through. You can do a lot with a spellchecker and
>>removing headers, but reading the book itself is the way you can catch
>>scannos like the word car for cat or die for the. It's also how you can be
>>certain that all pages are present since scanners don't always handle page
>>numbers well. There are literally thousands of books in the collection
>>that were scanned pretty well but that needed someone to read through and
>>remove scannos. I know Bookshare doesn't require people to read a book and
>>that the validation process was different five years ago. Where we are now
>>in 2008 is a new landscape for volunteers. Since validaters get the same
>>amount of credit submitters do, I think it's fair for validaters to read
>>the book just as submitters are required to scan the whole book.
>>
>>
>>
>>Ok, I've said my piece. I'm going back to my scanner now. (smile) Now
>>where did I put my coffee cup?
>>
>>
>>
>>Monica Willyard
>>
>>
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