[bksvol-discuss] Re: Suggestion for getting your book validated more quickly

  • From: "Jake Brownell" <jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:07:44 -0600

Hello,
A major part of a validator's job is to provide a double check on the data on the submission form. This is a big help to the administrator who provides the final review of the book. The following is apartial description of checking a book back in for validation (it's taken from Section 2.2.7 of the volunteer manual).
"Much of the information on the form will already have been filled in by the submitter. The validator's job is to verify that the information on the form matches that found in the book itself and to enter any optional information which the submitter neglected to enter. For a detailed discussion of what should be put in each field, see the section titled "Guidelines for Filling Out The Submission and Validation Forms."
The first four fields on the form for accepting a book are "Title", "Author(s)", "Copyright Holder", and "Copyright Date". For each of these items, verify that the information entered by the submitter matches the information contained in the book." 



I hope this helps,

Jake



Jake Brownell

Bookshare.org Intern

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www.bookshare.org
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Hi,
This brings up the question: Should we change the title when uploading to
reflect the right one or does that mess things up?

Jim

James D Homme, , Usability Engineering, Highmark Inc.,
james.homme@xxxxxxxxxxxx, 412-544-1810

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I've only been validating for about four weeks now, but I do have a
suggestion
for those who are submitting their books for validation.

Take the time to spell the book title and the author's name correctly when
you
submit the book.

I'm finding that when I look through the list for books that are ready to
validate, I avoid the ones with mis-spelled words and the words run
together in
the titles or in the author's name. I'm doing this because it gives me the 

perception that if a person submitting the book didn't even take the time
to put
in this information correctly, I might see the same inside the book - that
I
can't trust how much time they spent on making sure the book was scanned
well.

Now, I am not saying at all that it's really the case that such a book is
poorly
scanned.  What I am saying is that it gives the perception that the book
might
be poorly scanned, so I'm unlikely to download the book to even find out.

So - for what it's worth - just a suggestion.

Judy s.
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