[bksvol-discuss] Re: book synopses and volunteer poll
- From: Debby Franson <the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:02:25 -0500
Hi Lissi and everyone!
It was either Monday or Tuesday that I filled out the survey with
absolutely no problems with Windows XP, Window-Eyes 7.11 and IE 8.
I'm thankful that Bookshare cares about what we volunteers think and
experience. We have a wonderful opportunity to share with them what works
well and what could be improved. I think they need our feedback and care
about it, so we should help them help us.
Debby
At 10:42 PM 4/21/2010, Estelnalissi wrote
Dear Jill and Booksharian Friends,
Jill, I agree with your observation that synopses are sadly neglected,
underwritten and uninformative. In the survey I suggested that another
task volunteers could take on to assist Bookshare is to replace inadequate
synopses with thoughtfully written ones. This includes short synopses
which consist of the first 50 words of the dust jacket information which
often don't give an overall summation of the book and even cut off in
midsentence. The volunteer might not need to read the entire book, but
should spot read and do enough research to write from knowledge, not
copying Amazon or other reviews which isn't allowed anyway.
I made several other suggestions and raved about the many things I love
about Bookshare, too.
It was disappointing to hear that fewer than ten per cent of volunteers on
this list filled out the survey. The problems I had with it, which were
just like those Lori Castner noticed, have been corrected. With Windows XP
and JAWS 10, the survey was easy to read and fill out.
A few months ago I missed a survey because I procrastinated. I've been
kicking myself ever since. Now there's a new survey and I hopped to it to
make my experiences and ideas known. I hope more of you will take this
opportunity to communicate your impressions of what works and isn't
working so well from your perspective as volunteers. This is our chance to
talk to the staff. I'm so glad they are asking and are listening. Let's
not waste this chance.
Always with love,
Lissi
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 1:48 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Currently scanning
Has anyone seen Charms for the Easy Life by Kaye Gibbons in the
collection? I entered this in the search box the other day and it took me
to other books by this author but not the one I had sought. I read this
book in braille a few years ago but may have obtained it from Web
Braille. While I am on this subject, I think most of the comments that
are showing up about the books are abysmal. They are obviously pieced
from original synopses or something, often including an advertising about
the book or author, marginally helpful in my opinion.
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