[bksvol-discuss] Re: Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
- From: "mickey" <micka@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 21:45:44 -0400
Hi, Monica.
Only one problem I can see with your good suggestion. The default is poor when
a book is submitted. I've taken some books rated poor which were really
excellent to good scans. I've taken several books rated poor, to see if I can
either fix them or reject them.
But 200 books or fewer is a good goal.
Mickey Prahin
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----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: Bookshare Volunteers
Sent: Monday, August 27, 2007 9:24 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Bookshare Housekeeping Suggestion
Fellow volunteers, I would like to offer a suggestion for your
consideration. In the past, we have occasionally discussed needing to tackle
the books that linger on step 1. I personally felt bad about people having
submitted books that weren't being processed. However, I have come to believe
that my efforts were misguided and focused in the wrong direction. I believe
there may be a better, more effective way to focus our attention as a group.
When I looked last night, there were 405 books awaiting validation on the step
1 page. By looking at the Books In Process list, it is easy to see which books
are rated as excellent. I'd like to propose a deliberate shift of our focus so
we can process books rated excellent first. The people submitting excellent
scans have taken time to proofread their work, and they shouldn't have to wait
for approval while we eek out a decent read from a raw scan rated fair. Once
we process many of the excellent books, we could turn to working on the books
rated good to see if they can be improved. What do I think we should do with
the older books rated fair or good on step 1? For now, I vote that we leave
them there like we might leave paperwork in a drawer until we have time to read
it. They'll sink to the bottom of the download list and will be easier to find
later. Careful submitters would be rewarded by responsive approval times.
Those who consistently produce raw, illegible scans may enquire about what
happened to their books and could be diplomatically directed to the list or
chat room for some tailored help in improving scan quality.
What do you all think? Could we work together and get some really nice scans
processed over the next couple of months? Do you see any wholes in my
thinking? As it stands now, I am not going to touch a book that is rated good
or fair until we have gotten or step 1 page down to 200 books awaiting
attention. I'm willing to re-evaluate this decision if any of you see a
serious flaw with this.
Monica Willyard
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