[bksvol-discuss] Re: Page Stripping Update
- From: Tracy Carcione <carcione@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 10:01:08 -0400
Thanks so much for the update, and for its completeness.
Tracy
At 12:08 PM 4/6/05 -0700, you wrote:
>Hello Everyone,
>
>
>
>So we had our first round of discussion Monday on modifying the header
>stripper and putting page numbers into the text body of the books we
>produce, as opposed to our current book processing. There are a couple
>of issues that we need to address both internally and within the broader
>context of the Bookshare.org community before we can make a final
>decision regarding the header stripper. One of the key issues is with
>regards to feedback and input.
>
>
>
>All of the feedback we've received from the volunteer list has been
>extremely informative and vital to the stripper and page number
>discussion. However, we recognize that the volunteer community and
>indeed the active volunteer list members are only a small sampling of
>those who use Bookshare.org. Before we make a book processing decision
>that impacts everyone, we'd like to take a broader survey of our users.
>I will be working with Operations to create a survey to that effect over
>the next several weeks.
>
>
>
>After we run the survey, we'll process the information and put together
>a series of steps as to how to move forward. In the meantime, thanks for
>your patience and thanks for bringing this to our attention. I hope this
>is the first step in taking this conversation off the list and into some
>sort of coherent policy change or statement.
>
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>Marissa
>
> _____
>
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><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Hello Everyone, </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>So we had our first round of discussion Monday on modifying
>the header stripper and putting page numbers into the text body of the books we
>produce, as opposed to our current book processing. There are a couple of
>issues that we need to address both internally and within the broader context
>of the Bookshare.org community before we can make a final decision regarding
>the header stripper. One of the key issues is with regards to feedback and
input.</span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>All of the feedback we’ve received from the volunteer
>list has been extremely informative and vital to the stripper and page number
>discussion. However, we recognize that the volunteer community and indeed the
>active volunteer list members are only a small sampling of those who use
>Bookshare.org. Before we make a book processing decision that impacts everyone,
>we’d like to take a broader survey of our users. I will be working with
>Operations to create a survey to that effect over the next several weeks.
</span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>After we run the survey, we’ll process the information
>and put together a series of steps as to how to move forward. In the
meantime, thanks
>for your patience and thanks for bringing this to our attention. I hope this is
>the first step in taking this conversation off the list and into some sort
of coherent
>policy change or statement. </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'> </span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Thanks,</span></font></p>
>
><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
>font-family:Arial'>Marissa </span></font></p>
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