[bksvol-discuss] Re: Murder Shoots The Bull
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2006 16:35:27 -0700 (PDT)
I agree, Rik. It would be great if there were a
Comments section that travels with the book file so
that validators could explain why they are releasing
the book. HOpefully tht's something that can be fixed
without too much trouble. I think Gerald and Jake have
suggested it to the PTB (Powers that be)
Cindy
--- Rik James <d28rik@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, Monica.
> This is great, how you tell us about the book and
> what you think it needs.
> And as I understand what you said, perhaps someone
> who likes mysteries and
> will read it all through and make the corrections
> may choose to download and
> validate, or if not you will get it next week.
>
> Question for all.
> So Monica tells us on the list, that she is
> releasing this particular book
> now, and why. Now, is there any way other than
> having just read Monica's
> message that a person will know any of this history
> of what is going on or
> has gone on other than it will now say RETURNNEW in
> the Comment section of
> the file on the Step 1 page?
>
>
> I think it is great we have this newsgroup to
> discuss and even seem to have
> great partnering actions to validate.
>
> I find however that I just can't keep all these
> emails and all of these
> books straight. It is a busy discussion group, and
> there are many many books
> up there. I go to the step 1 page, I look for a
> book, but I don't know its
> history, or if it has been returned new either for
> this or that reason.
>
> I commend you folks who spend such an inordinate
> time validating. I love
> that we are committed to making the Bookshare
> collection full of HIGH
> QUALITY books with few minimal scanning errors. And
> I want to help, but I
> hate the feeling of taking a book down that perhaps
> has had work done by
> another and maybe they even told the group what the
> case was or their
> impression or reason for returning it, etc. It just
> feels like such a
> duplication of effort somehow.
>
> Could there perhaps be a suggestion for ANOTHER
> possible category for a
> COMMENT associated with a book that is returned to
> the Step 1 page? Or a
> place where comments like what Monica said can be
> seen there, so while
> considering its download you can have the benefit of
> her time spent and
> assessment comment displayed there?
>
> Comments categories pasted below from the jake's
> page volunteer tips page.
>
> Thanks.
> Rik
>
>
> URL followed by the page content.
> http://www.jbrownell.com/bks/tip.asp?id=30
>
> Here is a list of the known Comment History
> "Actions" that you might see on
> a book's Step 1 Download page.
>
> SUBMIT: Submitting a book, every book should have
> this as its first action.
>
> EDIT: A volunteer has checked the book out for
> editing.
>
> RETURNNEW: Places the original, submitted, copy of a
> book on the Step 1
> Download for Validation page. This action can occur
> when a volunteer
> releases a book, a book expires, or an administrator
> is seeking
> clarification on an issue.
>
> VALID: Validation: Places a book in the
> administrative approval pool.
>
> INVALID: Rejection: Places a book in the
> administrative rejection pool.
>
> DONEDONE: Occurs after a valid action and is when
> the BookShare processing
> tools analyze the book.
>
> PUBLISH: Places a book into the live BookShare
> collection. This action can
> only be performed by an administrator. You may see
> these actions in pairs,
> presumably one for DAISY and one for BRF.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Monica Willyard
> Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 9:24 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Murder Shoots The Bull
>
> I have just released Murder Shoots The Bull because
> it needs more
> fixing up than I can give it till next week. It has
> stray I and 1
> characters mingled through the text, and a
> spellchecker won't catch
> those. My mom has gone out of town, so I'm working
> in my dad's
> office through Sunday. I like the plot of this
> mystery and will pick
> it up again if no one else has taken it. It really
> needs someone who
> likes mysteries to read it through.
>
>
> Monica Willyard
>
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