[bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
- From: "My Nickels Worth" <lavendar@xxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 11 Nov 2008 14:08:30 -0500
Judy,
I like this suggestion, too. This would be a great help. I, too,like it
when the submitter puts the number of pages in the comments section so we
can know how long a given book is. Saves us a little time having to go look
it up on a book web site, too.
Caitlyn
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
Good point, Cindy R.! One thing I'd like to see: having the
scanner state how many pages are in the book when it gets
uploaded to step one for validation.
I need that information to to figure out how much time a book may
take to validate. Several of our scanners do this already, and it
really really helps me decide if I have the time to tackle a
book. If it's something I'm not thrilled about, but around 150
pages, I'll grab it. A book that I'm really interested in I'll
take even if it's 500 pages or more, but knowing the number of
pages helps me estimate how much time it will take me to read
through it.
I don't think either that you can be too obsessive or picky when
validating because it makes such a huge difference to the reader.
Why should we as readers have to feel satisfied with a second
rate reading experience? smile.
Judy s.
Cindy Reece 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
>
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> [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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