[bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
- From: "Larry Lumpkin" <llumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 13:14:18 -0500
Dornetta,
My wife, Susan, has been a proofer for many years and is
very good at helping people. I'm sure she'd be glad to help you if you need
it.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Dornetta
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:05 PM
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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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