[bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality submissions
- From: "Lori Castner" <loralee.castner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 18:23:35 -0800
Ann, I agree with every word of your post!
Cat Lover Lori
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From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 1:14 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality
submissions
Hi all,
Elene (sp) what we are working for is to have the best quality possible.
If one submits a bad scan, one that is virtually unreadable, then one does
not deserve to get credit for the submission. That, IMO, is fair. After
all, if you do a bad job at a work place, then you either get fired or you
get a repremend . If fair scans are to remain, then there sure ought to
be a horrible category, one that is not admissible. There is a very good
reason why new members are restricted to excellent books unless they
specify otherwise.
Since the technology exists to make good to excellent scans, even on a
home computer and even by someone who is totally blind, then keeping fair
scans is just not a good thing. I agree that slower growth and better
quality is a good idea.
Shoot, I have a couple of scanned books here, but I wouldn't give them to
Bookshare. I can read them because I don't care about errors in my own
scans. But I'd never submit anything but the cleanest scans I could to
Bookshare because they're for other people to read. It's like the china
you use for company is different from the china you use for yourself.
I wouldn't worry about the scanners who lose points. If they lose points
because their book is rejected, they will rescan the book, or scan another
book and do a better job, or they will give up and cry in their beer.
Actually, there is a fourth alternative. That is, to ask for help and
take a seminar in scanning techniques or find a trainer.
Ann P.
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