[bksvol-discuss] Re: Courtesy
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 13:05:20 -0700 (PDT)
Bob and Pavi if there's any way I can help, let me know. I would think that a
simple Word list (or rtf) would be the solution. You could send it to me as an
attachment and I could paste it in a section titled Being scanned by
Outsourcers. in the list of books being scanned. It would no doubt lengthen
the list, but I think the volunteers would prefer that to having their work be
wasted. If anyone feels it's too long to be part of the email I post on the
volunteer email list I'm willing to send the list as an attachment to any
individual who wants it.
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Wed, 8/26/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Courtesy
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2009, 6:35 AM
Hi Kim.
As chairperson of the vat, I can assure you that
bookshare, especially Pavi, is aware of this problem and it is receiving the
highest possible priority. Pavi and I have a weekly telephone conversation that
lasts about an hour in length. For the last three or four weeks the problem of
bolunteers and outsourcers scanning each others books is the first topic we
discuss, and will continue to be so.
Unfortunately, saying that this is a high priority
item doesn't solve the problem. We have tried posting the list of books being
scanned by outsourcers as excel spreadsheets, and it crashed most of our
computers. (Not a good solution.) We think we have worked out a solution, and
the problem is now how to get the list updated in a timely manner.
Pavi is on vacation until August 31, but after that
we'll continue working towards a meaningful solution.
Please hang in there until then.. I really believe
we are close to a solution.
Thanks,
Bob
“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of us
will live on in the future we make,”
Senator Edward M. Kenedy
----- Original Message -----
From:
Kim
Friedman
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, August 26, 2009 7:21
AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
Courtesy
What gets me is I feel for you guys. I'm wondering is
Bookshare staff on the ball about this. It doesn't do to alienate volunteers
who are doing their very best to insure excellent quality books being added
to
the collection only to have their work undercut by others. Isn't Pavi or
Carrie advocating for your work? Why isn't there some communications to these
outsourcers informing them that they should do something else as other folks,
namely you lot, are scanning and proofreading the following titles? I really
think the volunteers need a staunch ombudsman or arbitrator to make sure that
what you scan and proofread isn't swept from out of your hands unless you
give
it over. I think this is not only a matter of courtesy but a need for
communication and co-ordination among all the participants -- Bookshare
staff,
the volunteers, and the outsourcers. I really think Staff should not allow
resentments to grow making the volunteers discouraged or feel undervalued.
It's very nice they talk the talk, but they have to walk the walk, I.e., do
some serious actions to make sure volunteers know that the staff is for them
and not sabotaging them. I may not understand the history here, and maybe I'm
off base, but something must be done somehow. Regards,
Kim.
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Christina
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 7:03 PM
To:
bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re:
Courtesy
Hi. I agree with
Elizabeth's message.. (Sadly it's on my other computer so I can't quote
it here.)
I would deeply appreciate it if the outsourcers
and all volunteers would check the books-being-scanned list before processing
a book. I just had another book, which is being edited, put into the
collection by another submitter and proofer team.
If someone wants to scan a book that the list
says I'll be doing, I honestly don't mind. It just means I'll go onto
the next book. What really frustrates me is when book after book that
I've already scanned gets added to the collection by someone else. I
understand mistakes happen but when I spend hours of my time working on
books,
only to have someone else beat me to it... I get very annoyed and
discouraged.
I'm still happy volunteering for Bookshare and I
don't intend to quit; I just hate having my time and efforts completely
wasted.
Christina
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