[bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit of a complaint

  • From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:52:30 -0400

Dear Jill, and Booksharian Friends,

Jill, the issue really becomes obvious when you go back to basics as you did. I never thought to look at Bookshare's original explanation of their mission. The key words are Scanned and Read. It presumes scanners have read their submissions. Though validators used not to receive as much credit, reading the book is one way of putting the end product first and making sure that what appears in the collection is a book we can all read and be proud of.

Some of our volunteers offer raw scans and I think that's fine since they are honest about it up front. Knowing its a raw scan in advance, it's the validator's choice whether or not to do the extra work.

I can think of some instances where offering a raw scan can be a favor to a validator who wants a book right away, but doesn't know the art of scanning or doesn't have the equipment and software to scan books.

I admire those of you who make your points so clearly and succinctly.

Always with love,

Lissi


----- Original Message ----- From: "siss52" <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 1:26 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit of a complaint



hear hear!!!!!

Sue S.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Jill O'Connell" <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 10:57 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: A bit of a complaint


I would like to expand on what Cindy Lou is complaining about. If you
remember, Bookshare's philosophy from the beginning was why not share a book
with others that you have scanned and read. If people followed that
philosophy, some of the books we see would never have been submitted because
the submitter couldn't have read and enjoyed them. Why anyone thinks they
are doing us a favor by submitting raw scans I can't imagine. If they don'
care enough about the book to read it, why do they think we would?
----- Original Message ----- From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 4:41 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] A bit of a complaint


The book I am validating was submitted by someone who did make himself
known, and he talked about something to do with a PDF file and
importing it to Freedom Import Printer and then to OB, I can't
remember exactly how it read, but it ends up a fast scan. This person
suggests that we use this method. I would say that there is nothing
wrong with the method in itself, but these are truly raw scans that no
one has bothered to look at while scanning at all. There are lots of
errors in them that would be similar to those found if one actually
scanned the book. Validators are making $2 less than scanners;
therefore, people who scan ought to check their scans in some kind of
at least cursory fashion to make sure some of the stuff in them is
fixed, I think. At least I know it would be much appreciated.


Cindy Lou--Think Pink

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