Susan and Others, Thanks for all the excellent input on the subject of page numbers. Based on all the feedback I've put together a revised draft of the policy and included it below. Please let me know if there are any further refinements we can make. Thanks! Pavi In order to better ensure that readers are able to navigate books with ease and that students working on assignments can keep up with class reading, Bookshare has formed a new policy for page numbers. All text books, educational books, non-fiction and best sellers submitted to Bookshare are required to have page numbers on at least 90% of their pages in order to be accepted. Page numbers will not be required for books that do not have page numbers in the original text (this is sometimes the case for children's books). For books in other categories, we will make exceptions to this rule on a case by case basis as necessary. Note: When editing with KES often times proofreaders will inadvertently strip out page numbers along with headers. Please ensure that page numbers are left intact. What if the page numbers in a book don't scan? If page numbers don't scan, the first thing to do is try adjusting your scanner settings. If this doesn't work, where possible please number the pages manually. If you are using Microsoft word, you can do this by using the insert page numbers tool. If you run into trouble or are unable to number the pages for some reason, please include a note for Bookshare administration in the comments section regarding this when submitting or checking in the book. From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lori Castner Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 12:04 PM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Possible Solution For Page Numbers in Books Susan, Thanks for sharing these ideas. I hope staff will give them consideration! Cat Lover Lori ----- Original Message ----- From: Susan <mailto:slumpkin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 11:48 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Possible Solution For Page Numbers in Books Hi Bookshare Staff, As many of us do not have sighted assistance readily available, and all books (when scanned do not recognize every page number), I offer the following suggestions for your consideration: 1. If more than 10% of the page numbers in a book are not recognized by the scanner, please do not automatically reject it from being admitted into the Bookshare collection. 2. If the scanner can not recognize page numbers, please allow the submitter or proofreader to indicate so in the comments section when completing the submission form. Thanks. Susan