[bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
- From: "Sandi Ryan" <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 17:04:35 -0500
Hi Netta,
I, too thought the brief training and handouts we received were priceless. The
thing is, you can ask all kinds of questions on this list, and there are lots
of people who can answer them--staff and volunteers--but who wants to spend
their day doing e-mails when they could be reading?
Having said that--the volunteers on this list are also priceless! For every
question I've ever had, there has been at least one answer! Once it was that I
needed new scanning software--and that was the right answer, too!
Sandi
----- Original Message -----
From: Dornetta
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:04 PM
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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