I personally think that publisher quality books contain more errors than that of volunteer scanned books. Where does that put the outsourcers?
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To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 3:27 PMSubject: [bksvol-discuss] Pages in PQ Books, WAS: Re: Re: "Disappearing Books"
Hi everyone!Oh, that's poor!!! Aren't there page breaks or aren't the pages designated somehow in the PQ books before the book is converted to DAISY? Just guessing there are, (smile).Debby At 03:41 PM 6/10/2010, Cindy Ray wroteYes, Evan, and I've seen some books from publishers that have no page numbers and you really cannot use those as reference books unless you get the print copy and work with a reader. Cindy ----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 3:17 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: "Disappearing Books" It may be especially discouraging if volunteer submitted books having all their page breaks are replaced by books having few or no page breaks, asmany PQ books do. I notice that the size of the book isn't even included onthe page of a few PQ books I looked at. Hope nobody needs them for a class or something or they'll be up the proverbial creek without a paddle Evan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:21 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] "Disappearing Books" > Bookshare volunteers, > > Approximately 6800 Random House books in e-pub format will be flowing > through Bookshare's production pipeline over the next several weeks. >> During that time changes will be limited to 100 books/day. This allows > us> to test our tools for auto-publishing straight to the collection and > diverting low-quality submissions from publishers (yes, they do exist!) > to our review and repair processes. > > I know this can be discouraging especially if you see your submission > replaced by something else. It may be comforting to keep in mind the> impact your submission has had on members up to the point it was > replaced. > It is also important to remind ourselves that while publishers can > shower> us with the thousands of titles that are in their catalog only our > volunteers fill our collection with the in-demand, hard-to-find titles > that they know appeal to our members. >> With that in mind I invite volunteers to sign up for the Series > Captains> Project. Here's the list of series and captains so far. Below is a > description of the project: > > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List > > Scott Rains > Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department > ________________________________________ > > Volunteers, > > Several people have asked for gaps to be filled in the series in > Bookshare's > collection. One way to do that quickly and accurately is to allow a > volunteer to take on the role of Series Captain. A Series Captain takes > ownership of filling the gaps in a specific series of books. > > The process looks something like this: > > Pick a series to oversee.> You may recruit sub-captains or a new volunteer as a mentee. All > mentees > must have successfully completed at least one full book scan before > they> can join this new campaign.> Research the collection to see if there any titles missing in that > series> and which titles in the collection are of less than excellent quality. > Check the Master list to ensure there is no duplication of effort.> Scan the book and upload it yourself now or submit the title to our > Wish> List. > > This process allows us to systematically improve the quality of our> collection. It allows those with a passion for a particular series to > have > ongoing responsibility for it. We expect Series Captains will also feel > a> sense of pride in a job well done. > > There are several series that have traditionally been followed very > closely> by particular volunteers; we would hope those people would become > Captains > of those series. We have reached out to a few of those people already. > If> you are following a series or would like to become a Series Captain, > please > let Nancy Feldman ( nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx ) or Scott Rains ( > scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx ) know! > > An early version of the Series Captains List is on the wiki here: > https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List >> If this is not a good format, let us know. It's just the first > iteration> and > can be changed. >> Thanks always for being a dynamic and momentous force that makes > Bookshare> the incredible library it is. 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