[bksvol-discuss] Re: [bookshare-discuss] Calling All Scanners
- From: "Kerri Kosten" <wvusuperfan22@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Bookshare Volunteers" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:19:23 -0500
Hi:
This sounds great.
I have an idea for the validators. You can do them similiar to the scanners.
You can have a validator or validators who want to participate email you a list
of 10 books they have validated that are in excellent condition or something.
You can check the collection to make sure they are in excellent condition.
I wish I could parcipate in this, but unfortunately I think I will have to do
whatever you decide for the validators. I have a scanner and k1000 but I just
got it and so I only have 1 book on my harddrive which I have already
submitted. I am feverishly working on a book right now by R. A. Nelson called
Teach me and I have another here called Die for Me by Karen Rose (that is the
small paperback I am having trouble with) but I go to college and live in a
dorm. My dorm room is very small and I don't really have enough space for my
scanner so I can only scan when I am home so I am afraid I won't get much done.
I go back to school on Sunday. I am trying to get this Teach me done but I
just started it so who knows.
However I can validate anything except KES and ARK on my laptop at school so I
can validate.
I wish you luck though on this and I hope you get lots of books submitted and
it sounds like a great project.
Kerri
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: Bookshare Volunteers ; Bookshare Discuss
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 8:48 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Calling All Scanners
If you own a scanner, this message is for you! Let's liven things up a little
around here and have some fun doing it. Let's do something we haven't done
before. Read to the end of this message to find out what I mean.
Did you know we're getting mighty close to the 50,000 books mark? Can you
imagine how good it will feel to celebrate it and tell our friends that we have
50,000 books in our collection? How cool would it be if yours is book number
50,000? What if we can make that happen without turning into zombies who scan
'round the clock?
I've been talking to several Bookshare submitters and have found out that we
have something really cool in common. A lot of us scan more books than we
actually submit. This is usually because we scan books for ourselves and then
keep on scanning more books ahead of what we're actually reading. Some of us
have hard drives and memory cards full of scanned books that just need to be
cleaned up a bit before submission. It's just a matter of sitting down for a
little while to do a spell check and make sure all the pages are there. Yet
this seems like more work than just scanning while we do other things.
These books are like buried treasure, hidden in the depths of our hard
drives. If we've scanned a certain book to read, it's almost a guarantee that
someone else wants to read the book too. Unlike treasure buried in the ground,
treasure on a hard drive can be so easily lost by something as common as a
power failure.
So let's do something cool, calling it Project Treasure Chest. Let's take a
little time during these cold winter months to open our treasure chests to
clean up and submit some of the books we already have scanned. In return,
you'll get some treasure of your own. Besides knowing that other people are
enjoying your books, I want to do something to recognize each person who
submits ten excellent scans between today, January 10, and March 30 of this
year. To do that, I'm going to do two things. I'm going to make a special web
page to honor each of the Project Treasure Chest submitters. On top of that,
I'm going to offer 3 prizes out of my own pocket. On may 1, I'm going to ask a
Bookshare staff member to draw three names from a hat. Each of these three
people will receive a 20 dollar gift certificate from Amazon.
Project Treasure Chest is open to everyone who is a Bookshare volunteer. It
doesn't matter whether you're brand new or have been a volunteer for years. All
you have to do to be listed on the special web page and become eligible for the
Amazon prizes is to submit 10 books that are in excellent condition and email
me a list of your submissions. These books must be validated to verify that
they are in excellent shape since it is the only way I know of to make sure
that people don't just submit fair and incomplete books to win a prize. That is
why I'm waiting for several weeks after the cut-off date to get the books into
the Bookshare collection. These can be BSO scans of books that need it, books
you scanned for yourself, or books from the wish list. The only requirement is
that they need to be in excellent condition. Excellent doesn't mean perfect. It
does mean clear and legible text. You'll need to email me your list of titles
since it's the only way I'll know who is participating and how to get in touch
with you. My email address is rhyami@xxxxxxxxx . I'll be working to validate
your books, as will many other volunteers.
So will you join me in uncovering our buried treasures? Are you ready to
celebrate 50,000 books?
If you're a person who validates instead of scanning, don't worry. I'm going
to think of something fun for you too. Since validaters aren't listed on the
Bookshare site, it's a lot harder to see who is doing what. That's ok though.
I'm not going to leave you folks out. You're too important for that. If you'll
help me get the ball rolling here, I promise you we'll do something for
validaters soon.
Finally, if you know anyone who volunteers but is not on the Bookshare lists,
please pass this along to them. We all win when people take part.
Monica Willyard, who has a treasure chest of her own to share
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