[bksvol-discuss] "Disappearing Books"
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 11:21:03 -0700
Bookshare volunteers,
Approximately 6800 Random House books in e-pub format will be flowing through
Bookshare's production pipeline over the next several weeks.
During that time changes will be limited to 100 books/day. This allows us to
test our tools for auto-publishing straight to the collection and diverting
low-quality submissions from publishers (yes, they do exist!) to our review
and repair processes.
I know this can be discouraging especially if you see your submission replaced
by something else. It may be comforting to keep in mind the impact your
submission has had on members up to the point it was replaced. It is also
important to remind ourselves that while publishers can shower us with the
thousands of titles that are in their catalog only our volunteers fill our
collection with the in-demand, hard-to-find titles that they know appeal to our
members.
With that in mind I invite volunteers to sign up for the Series Captains
Project. Here's the list of series and captains so far. Below is a description
of the project:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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Volunteers,
Several people have asked for gaps to be filled in the series in Bookshare's
collection. One way to do that quickly and accurately is to allow a
volunteer to take on the role of Series Captain. A Series Captain takes
ownership of filling the gaps in a specific series of books.
The process looks something like this:
Pick a series to oversee.
You may recruit sub-captains or a new volunteer as a mentee. All mentees
must have successfully completed at least one full book scan before they
can join this new campaign.
Research the collection to see if there any titles missing in that series
and which titles in the collection are of less than excellent quality.
Check the Master list to ensure there is no duplication of effort.
Scan the book and upload it yourself now or submit the title to our Wish
List.
This process allows us to systematically improve the quality of our
collection. It allows those with a passion for a particular series to have
ongoing responsibility for it. We expect Series Captains will also feel a
sense of pride in a job well done.
There are several series that have traditionally been followed very closely
by particular volunteers; we would hope those people would become Captains
of those series. We have reached out to a few of those people already. If
you are following a series or would like to become a Series Captain, please
let Nancy Feldman ( nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx ) or Scott Rains (
scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx ) know!
An early version of the Series Captains List is on the wiki here:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List
If this is not a good format, let us know. It's just the first iteration and
can be changed.
Thanks always for being a dynamic and momentous force that makes Bookshare
the incredible library it is. We couldn't do it without you!
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