[bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:49:46 -0700 (PDT)
Dear Laura;
To emphasize what Sandi is saying, any book is a great book! It is not a
popularity contest, if so, I am sure many people would groan over the number of
baby board books I put up for early/emergent readers. Even though there is no
need for my daughter to have those books, she has a passion to be sure that
there are many, many books for beginning readers so that they can develop their
reading skills and become devoted readers. As a result we scan a very, very
wide
range of books for children, teens, and preserving historical series.
Diversity is the name of the game and you never know that by submitting
something new, you might help someone else find something they didn't even know
they would enjoy until then.
Have a great day!
Valerie
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From: Sandi Ryan <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thu, July 26, 2012 5:13:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
Hi Laura,
If you want to read a book and it's not in the collection, chances are a blind
or print-disabled reader wants to read that book, too. My goal, and the goal
of many of us, is to put as many books into the collection as possible. And
frankly, some of the books on the wishlist are very new and would cost anyone
buying them to scan quite a bit of money. That's why I go for older
books--just as good, but affordable on a volunteer's salary!
I did not indicate in any way that new proofers aren't as good as more
experienced ones, so you weren't responding to my e-mail. I just wanted to
let
you know that none of the scanners I know are limiting their work to proofers
they've always worked with.
I'm glad you're aboard, and if there are books you'd like to read that aren't
in the Bookshare collection, send me a few titles with author and ISBN, and
we'll see what we can do. Or buy the book, ship it to me, and I'll scan and
correct it and mail it back to you. I don't think you should feel you have no
right to suggest titles. After all, at this point, more books are available
to
sighted people--you may want just the one I'd love to read!
Sandi
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----- Original Message -----
>From: Laura Shannon
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 12:30 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in check out queue
>
>Hi Sandi,
>
>Thanks for the information. I did not mean to imply that anyone was
>unwilling
>to expand, only that scanners are more comfortable with those that they
>know.
>I'm not sure that it was even your post that seemed to imply that new
>volunteers would not produce as quality of work as older volunteers. I only
>know there was a post that seemed to lean in that direction.
>
>I would actually not have any issue in checking the lists and suggesting
>books except that I am not visually impaired and it makes me feel odd to
>offer suggestions of my own personal taste. If I was a member as well as a
>volunteer, then I would not have any problem with doing so. I would prefer
>scanners to work on the Wish Lists of those who have an actual need for
>certain books and then have the opportunity to find them on the check out list
>
>for proofing.
>
>Of course I can only speak for my own situation in regard to actually
>locating titles for scanning and how I feel about it. I just do not feel
>that
>I should be taking up a scanner's time with my personal preferences given I
>am not visually impaired and a member.
>
>Regards,
>
>Laura
>
>
>
>
>On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 12:49 PM, Sandi Ryan <sjryan2@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>Hi Laura and All,
>>
>>One of your comments leads me to respond to you. You said that people
>>who
>>start volunteering together continue to work together. This is simply
>>not
>>true. I started to volunteer a year ago, and like you, I have years of
>>editing and proofing and scanning experience, but I was new to
>>Bookshare.
>>At the time new volunteers were announced to the list, so we knew who
>>was
>>new, and I could have worked with any of them. At the time there were
>>fewer than 100 books on the checkout list, and some of them seemed
>>daunting
>>to me as a first proofing task. Also, at the time there was a training
>>program for proofers, and one was not allowed to proofread a real book
>>until one had completed a test book, it had been read by staff, and your
>>proofing was approved. Back then, that process took three or four
>>months,
>>and by the time I was approved, two proofers I did not know then had
>>encouraged me to scan, and had provided me books to scan for them. They
>>provided great pointers for improving my work, they had work to do, and
>>I
>>got my feet wet.
>>
>>I still work with these two proofers. They have become friends, and I
>>know
>>they will deal with some issues of scanning that others might miss.
>>
>>
>>But this year I have also worked with three other proofers who wanted
>>certain books to proof, and I offered to scan them. This is not an
>>exclusive clique. The two proofers I mentioned first do not work
>>together
>>and have some differing views about books and quality. But I can work
>>with
>>both of them because they are wonderful people. The other three I've
>>worked with are also wonderful, and they've done an excellent job of
>>proofing my work. I am supposed to be working with a new proofer, but
>>have
>>not received her books yet.
>>
>>I think your belief that we find and stick with one or two people and
>>are
>>not willing to expand is incorrect. I know it is in my case. But what
>>keeps me working with these proofers, as I said two months ago when I
>>recommended each volunteer have a profile (thanks for bringing that up
>>again, Ann, though you didn't like the idea when I suggested it), is
>>that
>>they are eager to proof, they participate in searching for books they
>>are
>>interested in proofing, and they stay in contact with me. As a scanner,
>>I
>>am quite busy. As a proofer without enough books on the list to keep
>>you
>>busy, you could help a lot by finding books that are not in the
>>collection
>>that you'd like to read. You don't have to buy them--I can find them
>>usually through interlibrary loan, which costs $1 per book--but it's my
>>little extra contribution--and we can work together. I just don't have
>>time to scan books like a wild woman and also be responsible for feeding
>>books to people who aren't interested enough to help locate books.
>>
>>Thanks for stating what you believe. I hope my explanation furthers the
>>cause of getting volunteers who want to proof interested enough to
>>search
>>for books and expand their volunteering in that way.
>>Sandi
>>
>>
>
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