[bksvol-discuss] bottlenecks in submitting and validating
- From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 09:38:07 -0400
we need smoother communication between submitters, validators and paid staff.
We have several bottlenecks in this process.
It is possible that these might be remedied by changes to either the
bookshare site or
the site which includes "no book left behind".
Bottleneck 1. the endless renewal of a book for validating by the same
individual. I do not know what is going on here exactly. Either you are
working on a book or you are not. I can understand some books taking a
very long time, sometimes a month or two. I have had this
example. Shurely a 90 day limit on a renewal by the same individual would
work. It could be waived by administrative approval.
I realize that I am actually making for for an administrator here but the
point is these are rare situations. You would release the book after your
90 days no matter what. You would have to apply to get it back. This is
deliberately harsh to stop abuse of th renewal process. Whatever is going
on, I doubt it is contributing to ultimately getting the book into the main
collection.
bottleneck 2. loss of knowledge of a book and its needs during the
validation process. I take a copy of a book to validate. I learn its
quirks. For one reason or another I release it. My knowledge is lost to
the next validator. There could be a comments field which I could fill out
(optionally) when I release a book. The knowledge would possibly be useful
to future validators. If bookshare itself is not interested in doing this
(or cannot do so financially), perhaps it could be part of the "no book
left behind" program. I am going for increased efficiency of the
validation process here not who puts it on whose site. The point is to
have a running commentary about a specific book available for a validator.
Perhaps bookshare could put a link to the alternate web site on the release
page where you could check and be sent to that site after releasing the
book. They the releaser could make a comment on the "no book left behind"
site.
bottleneck 3. quality of input. The better the original scan the faster
the validation work.
If you have an older version of k1000, the upgrade to version 10 will cost
you around a hundred dollars. The tools you will get increase your power
as a submitter or validator by creating a better product.
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