[bksvol-discuss] Re: who do you think you are
- From: Mayrie ReNae <mrenae@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:27:50 -0700
Hi Bob,
Since you remember seeing headers, you'll doubtless remember
whether you removed them. If you didn't, ,, that is good to
know. Generally, those of us who actually do much more than the
validation requires try to remove headers as we validate, leaving
page numbers on the pages. The stripper is supposed to remove
headers, but only if they are "exactly" uniform. In my experience,
most are not that uniform. When I say "exactly" uniform, I mean that
the header not only has the same text in it throughout the book, but
also that the number of spaces between words in the header never
changes. I don't find that books have that uniformity in
headers. It is not a requirement for validation that you remove
headers. It is preferable. I consider it a kindness when I do
it. I figure that most people are like I am, and would rather not
read the title of the book, or the author's name at the top of each
page. Also, and even more annoying, very often, headers don't scan
clearly. So, not only is the reader having to either read or hear
that repetitive stuff at the top of each page, it might also very
well be gobletygook because the headers didn't scan clearly. I find
that it is much less work to remove headers altogether than it would
be to correct the dang things so that they are all "exactly uniform."
Was all of that ten times more than you wanted to know? Are
you thinking that we are a bunch of deranged perfectionists? Guess
what! SOME OF US ARE!!! Maniacal laugh! We're practicing for a new
literary horror movie soon to be released only to a library near
you. It will be called "Revenge Of The Mad Beheader."
Peace,
Mayrie
At 12:48 PM 10/17/2007, you wrote:
I don't know. I just validated that book last weekend and got a
response back yesterday saying it had gone onto the system.
Frankly, I don't remember whether it had all of its headings, but I
do remember there were some.
You are right. It is a good read.
If I did something wrong in downloading the book and validating it,
please let me know. This newby status won't last forever, then I
will be held responsible for my mistakes. <lol>
Bob
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2007 12:07 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] who do you think you are
I was validating this book when Clair contacted me to let me know
that it had just been approved for the collection. We assume it had
appeared twice on step 1. My concern is: This brand new addition to
the collection has all of its headers; I was particularly aware of
this because I had been removing them while validating. Do you all
think we are wrong now in assuming that the stripper removes them?
If so, this is all the more reason why they should be manually
removed. Please Bookshare staff, answer this for us. By the way,
this book of short stories is Alice Munro at her best in my opinion.
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