[bksvol-discuss] Re: Correction: On Rejecting, Releasing, and Retaining

  • From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:52:29 -0700

Jamie - thanks for pointing that out. 

Carrie and I somehow missed that obvious fact when going over this
together (smile).

 

If you replace the word Reject with Upload the directions will hold
good.

I've included the amended version below:

 

As some of you have mentioned, when volunteers release a book it would
be ideal to have a comments field where you can include reasons for the
release that would be useful to the future validator.

I will put in a request for this feature to be included in the new site,
but in the interim it would be helpful if the following procedures could
be followed:

 

1.      In the event that you have started validating a title but are
unable to complete it due to an issue with the scan itself: Upload the
title with a note to Carrie in the comments section. Mention the
issue(s) at hand and make a request that the book be returned with your
edits retained. Carrie will send the edited file to the download list,
and the comments regarding the issues will be visible to all logged in
volunteers on the title history page.

2.      In the event that you have started validating a title and are
unable to complete it due to personal reasons (lack of time etc):
Instead of releasing the title Upload it with a request to Carrie in the
comments section that the book be returned but your edits retained.
Carrie will send the edited file to the download list. And someone else
can pick it up where you left off. (Please note that if you choose
simply to release the book instead of uploading it, your edits will not
be retained).

 

Just so you know -- in practice Carrie typically retains edits on titles
she returns unless there is an obvious reason not to (but it won't hurt
to make an explicit request if you want your edits retained).

 

Apologies for any confusion caused by the earlier mail, and thanks again
for so swiftly pointing out the mistake.

 

All good things,

 

Pavi Mehta

Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare

 

Benetech 

480 S. California Ave., Suite 201

Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA

Phone:  +1 650 644-3459

 

pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

www.benetech.org

 

The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity 

A Nonprofit Organization

 

 

 

From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jamie Yates,
CPhT
Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2008 3:41 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: On Rejecting, Releasing, and Retaining

 

When you reject a title, at present, you do not upload a file, so there
is no way to retain any work a validator has done on a rejection.

Jamie in Michigan 
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