[bksvol-discuss] Re: backlog of books on the step 1 page
- From: "Lisa Leonardi" <lml5280@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 13:14:05 -0600
Does anyone know of any programs that strip headers that we can have access
to? I know that bookshare has one but I'm curious if there are any
available for people's personal use.
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From: "robert tweedy" <rtweedy2@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 12:43 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: backlog of books on the step 1 page
> I for myself strip the headers as I go. I've notice though if we keep the
> headers at the top of the page though, there is a lot of extra junk that
> needs to be deletted.
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> From: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 11:12 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: backlog of books on the step 1 page
>
>
> >I too think it would be a very good idea to have the automated quality
> > checker run on books when they are first submitted. We wouldn't get
> > quite as many mislabled books that way, and validators would know
> > whether they should really tackal a submitted book without submitter
> > comments.
> >
> > I also wondered if the automated content checker could at some time tell
> > us how many words it finds in each category, E.G. how many violent
> > words, how many sexual words, and how many profane words. Of course it
> > would be wrong some of the time, but that would give people a little
> > more information. It would be nice if that rating could go on the book
> > information page, so adults could make value judgements for themselves
> > about what they want to read.
> >
> > I'm also giving my vote for the removal of the over zealous page header
> > stripper. The biggest quality improvement bookshare could make would be
> > to get rid of it and keep the navigation tools that books naturally come
> > with when they have page numbers and chapter titles and numbers. I see
> > no point in having page breaks when that stuff is not retained, and if I
> > ever need a text book again I am far more likely to scan it for myself
> > rather than use a copy that is already on bookshare until that problem
> > is solved. The way a book can be used if it is scanned properly and not
> > damaged by conversion and stripping is amazing, and I've become spoiled
> > with that. As it is we might as well strip the table of contents of
> > books before they are put in the collection.
> >
> >
> > Sarah Van Oosterwijck
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