So true, Lynnski. I've made more quality reports on books from outsourcers than volunteer books. I also feel that making a quality report will improve the work from the outsourcers, or make Bookshare staff more aware of their work quality.
Melissa Smith On 5/7/2010 1:22 PM, Lynn I wrote:
Hi Debby! Sad to say, scanning quality is not a guarantee when done by an outsourcer. I've filed more Book Quality Reports on outsourcer scans than scans done by volunteers. *smile* If you decide you don't want to do a BSO, I'd encourage you to file a Book Quality Report. That way, Bookshare staff will review the book and determine if it needs a rescan. My thought is that filing a Book Quality Report helps Bookshare staff monitor quality because they're made aware of a problem. Blessings. Lynnsky -----Original Message----- From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Debby Franson Sent: Friday, May 07, 2010 10:24 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Credit Suggestion Hi Denise and everyone! Several months ago, I had to buy and do a BSO on a book I was proofing that an outsourcer had done, because the book was garbled in so many places, there were pages missing and the last two or three chapters were not there. There were just a collomn of x's down quite a few pages, starting in the middle of a page. How could that happen? Debby At 12:49 PM 5/7/2010, Denise Thompson wroteWell, when it comes down to it, there is also a big difference in scanning and proofing childrens books than doing fiction books. Most childrens' books are less than 50 pages. Some a lot less. That takes a whole lot less time than average novels of 200 plus pages. Personally I think there should be a different credit amount for kids books verses adult books also. It seems that once we start down that slope, though it starts getting very complicated and more difficult for book share to track. And the credits are a tocon anyway. It doesn't have any reference to actual hours spent, etc. Each of us can scan or proof the same book and it takes us different time amounts depending on equipment, software and skill- whether you have sight or not, etc. It's hard to know where the cut-offs should be if we start assigning differing amounts of credits for different categories ofbooks.Denise At 02:51 AM 5/6/2010, you wrote:I was talking to another BookShare member and I was saying I think nonfiction books should be worth more credits to the validator/submitter. For one, they tend to be longer. For another, they often contain charts, diagrams, section headings, indices, etc. Many special features that need special handling. Thirdly, they are more difficult to obtain short of purchasing your own copy. I think people don't touch them immediately because of the time-consuming nature of validating them. Just a thought. Andromache To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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.No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 9.0.819 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2858 - Release Date: 05/06/10 13:26:00-- mailto:<the.bee@xxxxxxxxxxx> -- Enjoy what you have rather than desiring what you don't have. Just dreaming about nice things is meaningless; it is like chasing the wind.--Ecclesiastes 6:9 NLT To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 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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