[bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer
- From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:28:03 -0500
When do new volunteers get to move on and when do they get feedback. I know a
person who is chomping at the bit, is a good proofreader for Iowa Dept. for the
Blind, and wants feedback on a book.
Cindy
On Jun 20, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Scott Rains wrote:
> Hi Jen,
>
> From your comment it sounds like you are talking about scanning and
> submitting a book. That is exactly the right way to start as a scanner. We
> don't have training books for that.
>
> We do have a set of specially prepared books for our proofreading
> volunteer applicants to work with first. They get sent back to Bookshare
> to be corrected. That way volunteers can get experience in a controlled
> environment. We use books that are Level Two Difficulty in Bookshare's
> rating. In two weeks we plan to add a new training book at Level Three
> Difficulty.
>
> At a certain point proofreading volunteers move from the training books to
> the Checkout List. Here is where scanners can play an especially important
> role in helping newcomers.
>
> Most often people scan what looks interesting to them. If we could get a
> few volunteers to occasionally scans some books just because they are
> Level 2 then we would always have a fresh supply of new books available
> for our newest proofreaders.
>
> Any takers?
>
> Scott Rains
>
> Levels of Complexity for Scanning or Proofreading a Book
>
> Levels are assigned to all books, to determine their overall difficulty in
> proofing. 1 is the easiest type of book to proof, and 6 is the hardest.
> The time it takes to proof a book depends on its level and its length.
>
> Level 1: The book has only text, chapter numbers, and page numbers, in a
> standard font.
> Level 2: The book has running headers or footers, in a standard font, on
> at least half the pages.
> Level 3: The book has page numbers or running headers in a non-standard
> font, footnotes, superscripts, captions, charts, or more than a few words
> in a foreign language, poems, or pictures.
> Level 3.5: The book has pictures that need to be described. This is mostly
> used for childrens¹ picture books.
> Level 4: The book has many words in a foreign language, many pictures,
> many charts, or insets.
> Level 5: The book has many areas of separate text on eachpage, formulas,
> text that forces scans with differing brightness (like different colors),
> or heavily formatted text.
> Level 6: The book has text in a non-standard font (which forces the book
> to be retyped), text at a non-horizontal angle, or massively formatted
> text.
>
>
>
>
> On 6/20/11 1:31 PM, "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Training book? I just borrowed a book from the library and started.
>>
>> Jen
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Beverly Cory" <beverlycory@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:20 PM
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer
>>
>>
>>> Good question, Rolph. I am also a new volunteer, and I submitted my
>>> training book in March.
>>>
>>> The instruction letter said "Since we assign books to new volunteers,
>>> please check out only your assigned book." I took this to mean that I
>>> was to wait for an assignment.
>>>
>>> When I saw in a recent email to this list that they get about 160 new
>>> volunteer applications a month, I thought it might be a long wait.
>>>
>>> Perhaps someone from Benetech will respond to your question.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rolph Recto wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, I'm a new volunteer here. I just submitted my proof of the
>>>> training
>>>> book a couple days ago and now I'm wondering what to do next. Do I
>>>> have
>>>> to wait for feedback before I can start?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Rolph Recto
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