[bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the collection that are really only good
- From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2008 18:12:38 -0600
Yes, I do. I want to see what the author wrote.
It's not our task to correct the content of published materials; our only
task is to make sure that our scanning and OCR process did not introduce
errors of its own.
Evan stated all of my concerns very succinctly, so I won't dwell too much on
the point, but I definitely fear a slippery slope.
There are books published by the left and the right that hold highly suspect
facts. In the hands of a validator who leaned the other way, attempts to
correct "facts" could yield very strange and unpredictable results, and
would certainly alter the author's intent.
But even correcting simple, honest facts should be taboo. After all, the
title of the song may have been that when the songwriter was drafting the
lyrics, or it may have been what his friends called it ... Or it was just
plain wrong. In any event, it's the author's mistake to make.
Finally, if I'm citing that book in a paper of any kind, I want the text to
be exact; otherwise, my citation could be called into question.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Curtis Delzer
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You want to see such facts as Truman was elected in 1960? <grin> It is that
kind of error, blatant!
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From: "Lora" <loravara@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 6:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the
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Oh no, no, no. We should never correct facts like that. As was said by
someone else, it violates the author and publisher copyright. And we should
have the same experience as the sighted public in our reading.
More to the point, and please understand that I mean no offense, I want to
read what the author said, not what anyone thinks he or she should have
said.
In fact, I'd love to see Bookshare make a policy regarding this, if they
haven't already. We should not change content, only correct the errors that
were introduced by the scanning process.
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Curtis Delzer
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:09 PM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the
collection that are really only good
Well, if it is an obvious error, if we are absolutely sure of the correct
title, (as in my case with the Roy Orbison book which I should submit for
review, then I will do it. If I am not sure, I will not even begin to get
the idea I should change it. All Roy Orbison fans should know the correct
title of that song referred too in that book, but if you were not a fan or
didn't know the titles of his songs, then you might think that "breaking up
is hard to do," is correct, when in fact, it is not. So, since I know, I
changed it to "breaking up is breaking my heart," the correct title. It is
like saying, in this case that president Truman was elected in 1960, when in
fact, it was not. :)
:) <grin>
Authors are human, they do not know all the facts or they can, even in book
form, make mistakes. We are not "authors" as such, but if you have a fact,
it is a fact after all, and whether or not it is a book, published or not,
if that fact is continually allowed to flourish via your hands as "editors"
as such, then you are responsible if you do not change it to the correct
facts, if your ground is as certain as the rock that is the essence of this
planet. <grin>
Curtis Delzer
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From: "eric troup" <yakkoman@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, April 18, 2008 11:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Books rated excellent recently added to the
collection that are really only good
Agreed. And if it's even a little unclear, I believe you have to give
the author/editor the benefit of the doubt. It's a slippery slope as
is.
On 18 Apr 2008, at 03:43, Cindy Ray wrote:
> Well, we were admonished to fish the kinds of errors mentioned when I
> was studying the braille transcription program at NLS. However, you do
> have to be sure the change should be made. Most of the time you can
> tell.
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