[bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 15:04:26 -0700 (PDT)
Chela, I'm glad to see you're still around (and not just because of your kind
words); I seem to remember that you proofed the Spanish edition of Island of
the Blue Dolphins, and the Spanish pages of a (what is the "Bus" series of
educational books? It was a pleasure working with you and getting to know you.
--- On Sun, 7/29/12, Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Sunday, July 29, 2012, 8:03 AM
> I wholeheartedly agree with Ann here
> regarding specialty member volunteers and while I haven't
> commented on this subject, I've been reading through
> multiple threads from various list responding where
> necessary and it is necessary for me to respond now.
> I may be trilingual: English, Spanish and Portuguese from
> Brazil, but I too have to share a gold nugget with you. I
> remember I scanned a book, Kind Of Blue: The Making Of The
> Miles Davis Masterpiece by Ashley Kahn and Jimmy Cobb. There
> were major pagination issues and thank God for sighted
> people like Cindy, who helped me a lot with that book. If it
> weren't for her, that book no matter how many times I were
> to submit it without sighted assistance, it would have been
> declined. It is a team effort! Sorry if my English doesn't
> sound fully correct, still haven't had any coffee yet and am
> getting ready for church, but thought I'd comment here,
> since I've been kind of quiet lately and I didn't want to
> worry anyone for fear you might think I've disappeared or
> something...volunteer-wise, that is.
>
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> On 7/29/2012 7:48 AM, Ann Parsons wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Well, I did sort of mean expert in the
> sense that these volunteers have been volunteering for a
> while, and they have specialized skills because they are
> sighted and because of the length of their service.
> Perhaps expert isn't a good word, hmmm, maybe specialist, or
> skilled or advanced or something to indicate that these
> particular individuals have a skill set that is different
> from the norm. No reason why new volunteers couldn't
> attain advanced or specialized status. I would
> consider people like Chela specialized because they're
> bi-lingual. There are people who take on projects like
> text books with side-bars and footnotes and so on whom I'd
> consider specialists or advanced. I didn't mean this
> status to be a closed group at all. I meant it to be a
> status attainable by any volunteer who had the skill set
> necessary to qualify. Just being sighted
> wouldn't necessarily grant someone advanced status.
> they'd have to show competency beforebeing admitted to such
> a group.
> >
> > This is the kind of skill set that should be publicized
> to scanners who scan difficult material or material in other
> languages. I remember releasing a book so that one of
> our Spanish readers could look at it. Half the book
> was in English and the other half was in Spanish. It
> needed a proofer with specialized skills in order to
> make sure that there were no scanos in the Spanish.
> Me, I don't speak much Spanish and I don't read it.
> So, I needed specialized help.
> >
> > Ann P.
> >
> > Original message:
> >> Laura, I think the word "expert" was not really the
> word that was intended. I think the person really meant
> experienced in the kind of proofing book share requires,
> which is not quite the same as editing or proofing for a
> publishers. I, too, worked previously as a proofreader and
> as a copy editor, but for bookshare we can't correct errors
> that are not in the print book, and there are "navigational"
> aids" and certain other things we have to do mke books
> acceptable to the bookshare membership. Forgive the "slip of
> the tongue," so to speak.
> >
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