[bksvol-discuss] Re: Frustration over missed opportunities for perfection
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:30:30 -0700 (PDT)
I suspect that those either were submitted and/or validated before the quality
requirement improved or were done by people not on this list. It seems to me
from what I'm hearing that everyone now on this list is reading and doing a
careful job--or at least, if not, submitters who don't have the time or
inclination to read a particular book ask for someone who does to validate.
Maybe all volunteers should be required to be on this list.
Or, there supposedly is to be a newsletter coming out. Hopefully that will
emphasize that quality now is paramount. Plus, as E pointed out to me long ago,
validators should not be loathe to reject books that they feel are too much
trouble to validate to the Excellent standard--remembering that now you get the
same $2.50 as submitters, so one ought to be more willing to perfect books than
before, when it was only 50 cents.
G.Cindy
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--- On Thu, 5/29/08, Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Frustration over missed opportunities for
> perfection
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 4:05 PM
> I don't think '"we're doing the best we
> can" when the book obviously isn['t
> being read by the submitter or the validator. I'm
> talking about the frequent
> scanning errors in books rated excellent that wouldn't
> be there if the book
> had been read as it was being scanned or validated. Jill
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna Smith"
> <donnafsmith59@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 2:11 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Frustration over missed
> opportunities for
> perfection
>
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > First, thanks to Maria and others for providing such
> great detailed
> > information about how to make scans/validations
> better. I am aware of
> > Jake's web site, but often get overwhelmed by all
> that is possible to
> > do to clean up a book and so don't make it through
> all the tips listed
> > there. This one about smart quotes is one that I have
> never addressed
> > at all in all my years of scanning.
> >
> > Second, (and the real point of this message), is to
> plead with
> > volunteers to remember why it is that we do all this.
> We want to make
> > available print information to people who can't
> use the print
> > versions. We're trying to put books in the hands
> of those who want to
> > read them. We are volunteers, not paid staff, and we
> freely give of
> > our time and effort to make this happen. While most
> of us do the best
> > job we can do and are looking to improve on that job
> at every
> > opportunity, what we put up is better than not having
> the access in
> > the beginning.
> >
> > I know that there is a lot of discussion on this list
> about rejecting
> > fair quality books and I'm not trying to reopen
> that discussion. I'm
> > just trying to say that a book that contains smart
> quotes and doesn't
> > translate perfectly with Daisy is (1) okay, and (2)
> not our fault but
> > the fault of the translator. For those of us who want
> to make this
> > next leap about how to make our already good
> scans/validations even
> > better by replacing smart quotes to make Daisy happy,
> then great! But
> > there is no reason at all to feel bad because of other
> books we have
> > sent through without doing this.
> > Perfectionism is good and we tend to really reinforce
> it on this list,
> > but if it begins to take away our volunteers, then we
> begin to defeat
> > our purpose. At least four of you who responded to
> this thread
> > trying to get more information about how to make a
> better book in the
> > end, Sue, Christina, E and Tracy, have all validated
> books I've
> > scanned and you are all superb validators. If we lose
> any of you,
> > BookShare will suffer as will all the folks who depend
> on BookShare
> > for reading material. So take a moment and pat
> yourselves on the
> > back, take a deep breath, save Maria's messages in
> a file for later,
> > and when you're ready, read them again and add in
> the new technique as
> > you can.
> >
> > Here's to doing the best we can without demanding
> more of ourselves
> > than anyone should expect!
> >
> > Donna
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