[bksvol-discuss] Re: Should I scan the index?
- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 09:55:10 -0500
I agree that indexes are tough and rarely used. However, for someone doing
research they might come in handy.
So, before deciding whether to scan it ask yourself how likely your book is to
be used as part of a research topic? The fact that it even has an index means
that someone thought it important enough to work one up.
I don't know what software you are using, but please don't let it create tables
for the index. They are almost impossible to navigate in Daisy.
One page per scan would be sufficient. I wouldn't waste much time editing.
Just my thoughts.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:29 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Should I scan the index?
I am currently scanning a book with which I am almost finished. In order to
get the best scan possible I have been scanning one page at a time and reading
and correcting each page before I go on to the next one. As I approach the
index I am considering some things. Since I lost my eyesight twenty-one years
ago I have never used an index and back when I was reading print books I rarely
used them. On the few occasions that I did use an index I was writing research
papers and I was looking for specific information with no intention of actually
reading the entire book in question. It occurs to me that every use I have ever
had for an index and every use that I can think of that anyone else would have
for an index can be accomplished much more easily with the search functions
built into nearly, and possibly all, devices that are likely to be used to read
books in electronic format. These considerations plus the fact that if I do
scan the index, especially if I scan it the way I have been scanning the rest
of the book, I will be in for a really tedious and boring job, make me wonder
if I should bother with it. What are your opinions?
"Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various
ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx
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