[bksvol-discuss] How long to validate a book?
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 18:00:43 -0800 (PST)
I think it depends on the speed at which one reads; how many errors there are
to correct as one goes along; how many short stretch or bathroom breaks one has
to take; as Laura Ann says, how much concentration a book takes, which depends
on how well it is written and how much dialect or proper names there are; and
whether or not one tends to doze off, as I have done at times with some books.
Then I stop, of course. grin. Oh--and whether, whether, especially with
children's books but not exclusively,, one is describing illustrations--my
least favorite job. smile And so I will take this opportunity to again thank
those sighted volunteers who have joined us and are willing to do that. big
thank-you smile
Cindy the elder
--- On Mon, 11/10/08, Laura Ann <agapetouchmassage@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Laura Ann <agapetouchmassage@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt validater?
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, November 10, 2008, 5:32 PM
> I know it sometimes takes me a lot longer to validate
> depending on the legnth of the book.
> and the content....I can read fiction much faster than non
> fiction LOL.
>
> Laura Ann
> At 03:44 PM 11/10/2008, you wrote:
> > I'm a new voluteer and the first thing I would
> have liked to know was how much time it takes to validate a
> book. I couldn't decide if I was too picky because it
> would take up to 4 hours to do Hanna Montana! I've
> gotten a little faster now. Especially when the manual only
> says to make sure all the pages are there.
> >
> > I think one thing this discussion has shown me is you
> can't be too picky (or is that obsessive?)
> >
> > When I became a new voluteer I asked for a mentor.
> Maybe as new people sign up we could have a list of people
> on a greeting committee to help them through the first few
> books. I know it doesn't take long to catch on.
> >
> > The other Cindy R.
> >
> >
> >
> > ----------
> >
> > From: lavendar@xxxxxxxxx
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt
> validater?
> > Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 14:38:15 -0500
> >
> >
> > Actually, Monica, you make a good point about reading
> the entire book through. the manual doesn't say that
> you must do this as a validater. I must say, that the times
> that I did just even skim through the book, and sort of
> "zoned out" while "reading", I missed
> some critical things..so..yeah, reading each and every book
> you validate all the way through is a good place to start!
> >
> > Caitlyn
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
> Monica Willyard
> > Sent: Monday, November 10, 2008 12:13 PM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: How to be a black belt
> validater?
> >
> > Caitlyn, I love your idea. (smile) That's a great
> way to help improve the quality of our books. I think we
> have a lot of highly-skilled validaters around here who
> could lend a hand. I will just ask for one thing to be
> included, and it seems almost unnecessarily obvious.
> It's the one thing that a person can do to build a great
> foundation. Please, please read the book all the way
> through. You can do a lot with a spellchecker and removing
> headers, but reading the book itself is the way you can
> catch scannos like the word car for cat or die for the.
> It's also how you can be certain that all pages are
> present since scanners don't always handle page numbers
> well. There are literally thousands of books in the
> collection that were scanned pretty well but that needed
> someone to read through and remove scannos. I know Bookshare
> doesn't require people to read a book and that the
> validation process was different five years ago. Where we
> are now in 2008 is a new landscape for volunteers. Since
> validaters get the same amount of credit submitters do, I
> think it's fair for validaters to read the book just as
> submitters are required to scan the whole book.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok, I've said my piece. I'm going back to my
> scanner now. (smile) Now where did I put my coffee cup?
> >
> >
> >
> > Monica Willyard
> >
> >
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