[bksvol-discuss] Re: Validating large numbers of books

Good ideas. Maybe Marissa will bring them up at their
meetings.

Cindy


--- Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Cindy
> 
> What this discussion tells me is that the current
> system, once a book is 
> initially submitted, has some flaws that need
> addressing.
> 
> A lot of these could be handled with a bit of
> automation.
> For one, once a book is downloaded for validation,
> an automated email 
> should go to the original submitter telling him/her
> who has it with their 
> email address should they decide to contact that
> individual.
> The validator ought to receive an email giving them
> the info on the 
> submission page such as who submitted the book, the
> comments, etc as these 
> sometimes can prove invaluable.
> Similar notices should go out when a validated book
> is returned, renewed, 
> whatever.
> Moreover, perhaps some of the volunteer time in Palo
> Alto could be 
> directed not only to scanning but to validating
> because a book on the Step 
> 1 is just as much a potential addition to the
> collection as one being 
> scanned.
> 
> As I said initially, once the programming code were
> incorporated into the 
> Bookshare software, all of those notifications would
> be automated 
> requiring no administrative time or effort.
> And it might even save administrative time as I can
> only imagine how many 
> msgs a week may be directed to support asking what
> happened to this or 
> that.
> We see some of these kinds of msgs on the lists; and
> I'd gather that only 
> a small percentage of volunteers actually post on
> lists.
> 
> Also such notices would serve as a nudge to
> validators to finish their 
> work as they are no longer working anonymously.
> Also, as an example, if you had one of my books for
> 3 months, and if it 
> concerned me, I could then ask you if you 
> requiring my help with something, whatever.
> 
> I appreciate it when a validator tells me they're
> working on something of 
> mine, if they have a question on something, etc.
> Our mutual goal is to get a book ready for final
> approval that is in the 
> best shape possible.
> And the validation system serves as a check in
> helping the submitter in 
> the event they overlooked something obvious.
> 
> 
> 
> 



                
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