Broad grin, Dave! I started volunteering in 2004, and at first did what was recommended. I saw some of my scanning submissions, and realized I couldn't be proud of them. After all, my name goes out on a poorly-done job, and my ego can't deal with that. <grin>
So, since that epiphany, twice have I found a book totally boring,, did what was required, and gotten caught with some lulu that would have been caught, had I been careful.
And yes, Dave, senior moments abound. <laugh>And now, back to my regularly-scheduled proofreading that helps pay the bills.
Mickey----- Original Message ----- From: <talmage@xxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 11:11 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Hold fors
Mickey, I think you're having a senior moment here!If you remember back, when Bookshare was in its initial beta phase, and trying to build its collection, with a great many books all we could look at was the front matter, a page or 2 at the beginning of the book, and another page or so at the end.My, how things have changed, and yes, for the better. Dave At 10:51 AM 3/4/2009, you wrote:Sure. But I'll do almost anything. After all, someone needs it or it wouldn't be there.Originally, we validators were to check the number of pages every ten pages, to make sure none were omitted, to check for copyright information, to run a quick spellcheck. Some of us were not secure with this, and read the books. This has evolved into the norm, thank goodness. But at first, we were expected only to spotcheck.. I think that's where the problem comes in.I'll be happy to do anything except fantassy. I know that many other people love that, so I stay away. I won't do math without the book. Otherwise, anything goes, because there's a need for everything.MickeyTo unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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