[bookshare-discuss] Re: question on proofreading
- From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
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- Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:12:27 EST
I would recommend, first and foremost, reading the volunteer manual. After
signing up to volunteer I read the manual and proofed my first book before
subscribing to the volunteer list. I subscribed when I needed help with
uploading the book I had just proofread. I do recommend subscribing to the
volunteer list, though, after reading the manual Then you can ask specific
questions. The advantage to reading the manual first is that you will be able
to
ask intelligent questions.
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[bookshare-discuss] Re: question on proofreading
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Yohandy, go for it! I've been proofreading for two years now. It's a great
feeling every time a new book I've proofread gets added to the
collection.The
first thing to do is sign up to be a volunteer.Then you need to join the
volunteer discussion list, which is the place where other volunteers will help
you out with any questions you have. I think bookshare automatically adds
you to the list when you volunteer, but if they don't, you sign up bysending
a blank Email tobks-vol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx the word
'unsubscribe' by itself in the Subject lineThen you need to read the volunteer
manual,
which can be incredibly intimidating even though proofreading really isn't!
So don't let it scare you because it isn't really hard, or tough to do.The
only books you can proofread are ones that other volunteers have scanned
and have submitted. There is a checkout list, and right now there are about
250
books to choose from on it. Books get added every day, and the list seems
to stay steady at about 250-300 books ready for proofreading. However, if
there
are books you'd like to see in the collection and are willing to proofread,
you can ask other volunteers who scan, through the discussion list, if
they'd
team up with you and do those together. In those cases, if they can't find
the book in their locally library, you'd usually buy it and send it to them
to scan I do this all the time myself, and buy used books as cheaply as
possible through the internet to do so.You have two weeks to proofread a book,
but if that isn't enough time you can renew it as many times as you
need.Here's the bookshare overview page on
volunteering:http://www.bookshare.org/about/volunteerOverviewHere's
the link to the page where you sign up to volunteer. Before using this
link, make sure you are signed in as a member first:
http://www.bookshare.org/volunteerSignupAnd
here's the volunteer manual - but again, don't let it scare you. There's
lots of other volunteers out ere who will help you out with any questions.
smile.https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Scanning+and+Proofreading+ManualJu
dy
s.Yohandy wrote:> Hello,> I'm a bookshare member, and I'd like to become
a proofreading volunteer > as well. How do I go about doing this? Also what
is required of someone > when they proofread books? I'll obviously be new
to this, and I don't > want to make any mistakes or mess things up. are there
specific books we > must proofread, or can we choose from a list? how about
submission > deadlines? I read quite a lot and I really want to
help
out the > community. thanks for any help!> > > > Check out this awesome
file sharing service. Please use my referral link > if you plan to sign up.>
http://www.storage.to/affiliate/JxBfDEsV>
> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to >
bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself
in the
Subject
line. To get a > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself
in the subject > line.> > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email
to bookshare-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Put the word 'unsubscribe' by
itself in the Subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the
word
'help' by itself in the subject line.
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