[bksvol-discuss] Re: Pictures on unnumbered pages
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 17:57:26 -0600
Carrie;
My impression was that these pages (the picture page and blank page) would NOT
alter current numbering. In other words, it was like this:
p 6 text
picture page
blank page
p 7 text
Kind of like picture inserts.
Valerie
On Jan 22, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Carrie Karnos wrote:
> No please, don't omit unnumbered pages! It throws the page numbering off.
> Please keep the blank pages, put a page number on them, and either [blank
> page] or a description of the image. Here's a section from the Volunteer
> manual:
> Do Not Remove Blank Pages If Page Numbering Will Be Affected
>
> Blank pages are often found in the following places in books:
>
> After the Table of Contents
> After the Dedication
> After the Acknowledgments
> After pages which identify a section of the book as Part I, Part II, etc.
> Between chapters
> Before the Glossary
> Before the Index
> Before the appendices
> Blank pages should only be removed if doing so does not affect a book's page
> numbering. For example, it is sometimes obvious that a blank page is page 85
> because the page before it is numbered 84 and the page after it is numbered
> 86. In this instance, the blank page should not be removed, and it may be
> helpful to add the page number to the page to help prevent it from
> accidentally being lost when converting the file to a different format,
> accidentally being removed by a volunteer during proofreading, mis-numbered
> by the tool which processes page numbers for DAISY books, or by the tool
> responsible for identifying original page numbers in BRF books.
>
> Note that books often begin numbering pages with the first page of the main
> content, but page numbering can also begin with the first page of a book.
> When numbering begins with the first page of the book, then blank pages
> should be included in the front of the book to preserve page numbering.
>
> Some books will have photos, advertisements, or other material in the middle
> of the book. Remove these pages only if they do not disrupt the page numbers.
> Many times the pages on each side of the material will be sequential (for
> example, page 112, six pages, page 113). In this case, please remove the
> pages from the scan to preserve page numbering.
>
>
> Thanks! Carrie
>
> From: Kathy Hester <kathyruth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Fri, January 22, 2010 1:19:48 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Pictures on unnumbered pages
>
> Since the pages wouldn't affect the consecutive numbering, couldn't they
> just be omitted? If you prefer to put them in, you could just put them in
> at the end of the book with a small note saying that they were on unnumbered
> pages, and gather all the captions together on one page, not mentioning the
> blank pages, so that the book wouldn't have so many pages added to what its
> numbering suggests. I would think that would be permissible since the pages
> are not numbered.
>
> Good luck with it.
>
> Kathy
>
>
> > "The LORD bless you and keep you;
> > the LORD make His face shine upon you
> > and be gracious to you;
> > the LORD turn His face toward you
> > and give you peace."
> > Numbers 6:24-26
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Melissa Smith" <mdsmith25@xxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 22, 2010 12:43 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Pictures on unnumbered pages
>
>
> I'm currently working on a book from the 1930's. There are pictures
> scattered through out the book, but the pages that they appear on are
> not numbered. Also, the facing page is blank and unnumbered. For
> example, page 6 with text, unnumbered page with picture, unnumbered
> blank page, page 7 with text. I have 2 questions. First, would you
> eliminate the blank pages or label them as blank? Can the unnumbered
> picture pages be left where they are, or should they be moved to the end
> of the book? I will be doing some other books from this period, and it
> appears that this is often how pictures were handled at that time.
> Thanks,
>
>
> Melissa
>
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