Very good points. G.Cindy --- Allison Hilliker <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > If one does follow Donna's suggestion of submitting > excellent copies of fair > quality books on the step one page, I have one > request. Please submit your > excellent copy to the step one page before rejecting > the fair quality scan. > I say this because I know of scanners who reject > books because they say they > will submit a better scan, and then they don't do > it. > > Just my thoughts, > > Allison > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Donna Smith" <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 8:22 AM > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] An alternative to > validating fair quality > submissions > > > > Hi all. > > > > > > > > I apologize in advance if this suggestion ruffles > feathers, but it is made > > in the spirit of getting excellent quality books > into the collection. > > > > > > > > I am one of the volunteers who believes that > "validating" a book shouldn't > > involve rewriting it because the scan is poor. > There are some books which > > have strange formatting or difficult tables and > charts or other things > > that > > typically don't scan well and the only way to get > such books into the > > collection is in fact for a very patient validator > to go through the whole > > book and fix problematic errors that a rescan > won't fix. > > > > > > > > However, there are a lot of books on the step one > download page that are > > just straightforward text, fiction or nonfiction, > that should scan with no > > problems, but are rated as fair. In my opinion, > it is a waste of > > volunteer > > time and effort to have a validator make these > scans passable. > > > > > > > > So here's my alternative. If I, or any other > scanner, obtains a copy of a > > book that is currently awaiting validation and > rated fair, would it be > > appropriate for us to download the fair copy, > reject it, and then upload a > > better scan of the same book? > > > > > > > > Thoughts? Ideas? No rotten tomatoes please! > > > > > > > > Donna > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-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. > > WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available at http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads ____________________________________________________________________________________ Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/newsearch/category.php?category=shopping To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-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.