[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on animals anyone want to validate
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2005 11:43:19 -0500
Cool Estan.
I will submit them as I scan them and leave them to the "wolves" so to
speak, smile.
If any are beyond your abilities, don't feel bad rejecting and I will get to
them when I can.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: "estin" <estin@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 5:20 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books on animals anyone want to validate
I will do any of edm for you.
> ----- Original Message -----
>From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2005 23:29:03 -0500
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Books on animals anyone want to validate
>Hi you all, your prolific scanner here with a question.
>I came across this fabulous series, was one my public library purchased
>unseen and has turned out to be quite fantastic.
>There are fifty volumes in it, and it covers all Animals of the World,
>birds, mammals, fish, insects, reptiles and amphibians, and I believe
>Invertebrates too.
>anyway. I have the first thirteen volumes scanned and they have sat on my
>BN as it needs some reformatting and labeling of pictures and protection of
>chapter headings.
>The books are set up like this.
>General article about a family group
>example "Weasels"
>Then individual articles about members of that family like.
>long tailed weasel, striped skunk, river otter, Giant river otter... ect.
>Each individual article has a block at the beginning that lists
>Common Name:
>Scientific Name
>Family
>Order
>Size in height and weight
>Habits
>habitat
>Voice
>Key Features
>Distribution
>Statis
>Then there is an blurb about the animal.
>The first ten volumes are.
>Small Carnivores (I am almost done editing this one)
>Large Carnivores
>Sea mammals
>Primates
>Large Herbivores
>Horned Ruminant Animals
>Insectivores
>Rodents 1
>Rodents 2
>Marsupials.
>And then we go into birds.
>Which I have
>Sea Birds
>Shore Birds
>Water Birds
>I think it would be a very valuable resource for BS. has a lot of great
>info. I read my little brother the article on the "Fossa" which is the
>"enemy" in the movie Madagascar. We found quite a lot about this 44 LB
>critter that looks like a cat. A lot of the stuff in the movie is
>inaccurate by the way, smile.
>Anyway. Is anyone willing to edit the other volumes. I can submit them as
>they are, obviously I tried to get the best scans.
>Normally my work so far has involved.
>1. Blocking the "info block" together.
>2. labeling pictures with "caption:"
>3. Getting rid of blank space.
>4. Protecting article headings
> and spelling and removing Junk chars as I go along. Which so far there
>aren't a lot of them.
>Anyway let me know, and if so which ones, and I would be glad to submit
>them.
>I don't need the credit, and obviously they will wait till I get around to
>them, in between other more pressing stuff on the BN, so... you can take
>your time. They are very recent most published in 2003 and 2004. With
>some
>being published this year. I am planning to pick up three or four more of
>the bird volumes and maybe an insect or fish one when I go tomorrow.
>All of them are about 149 pages, and there are Indexes and a "family" chart
>that I have given up on organizing which cuts down on the page matter. I
>think it is a great series, gives very detailed descriptions of the
>animals,
>lists animals from around the world, and is generally a good resource. Is
>designed for middle school but older readers can enjoy them too, and I
>found
>the language to be at a seventh grade level for almost adult language.
>My goal is to scan as many of them as I can while I am home, and then edit
>them as I have time. want to get the entire series up on BS someday. But
>of course could go a lot faster with help, smile.
>Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
>and Judson, guiding golden
>juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
>Graduate Alumni Association Board
>www.guidedogs.com
>Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
> Puppies are the joy at one end.
> Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
>Carolyn Alexander
> 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.
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.
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.
Other related posts:
