[bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking Booksharian
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 29 May 2010 13:48:25 -0700 (PDT)
Evan is correct, I was only partly serious. And I meant deranged, as in
obsessive, not meaning insane. I see the word deranged in a positive light,
since obsessiveness in scanning and proofing leads to better quality books!
Carrie
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From: EVAN REESE <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 9:20:23 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking Booksharian
The word "deranged" is only partly
serious.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
>From: Kim
> Friedman
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 6:57
>AM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking
> Booksharian
>
>
>Evan, I think "deranged" doesn't apply. If you are
> careful about what you do, I'd say the word is "meticulous". Now doesn't
> that
> sound better and would you say that word fits you? Regards,
> Kim.
>
>
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of EVAN
> REESE
>Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 9:26 PM
>To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking
> Booksharian
>
>
>I still think of myself as one of those Deranged
> Perfectionists, although I haven't heard the term used here for quite a
> while.
>
>Evan
>
>----- Original Message -----
>>From: Carrie Karnos
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Saturday, May 29, 2010 12:15
>> AM
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking
>> Booksharian
>>
>>
>>Hi Kim,
>>Many years ago, the volunteers identified themselves as
>> "deranged perfectionists" which I thought was apropos.
>>Carrie
>>
>>
>>
>>
________________________________
From: Kim Friedman <kimfri11@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 8:53:26
>> PM
>>Subject: >> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Talking Booksharian
>>
>>Hi, the term of
>> opprobrium I picked up is "jiffy proofreader" meaning a
>>person who checks
>> out a book, glances over it (figuratively) and turns it
>>in. I am not a
>> jiffy proofreader because when I decide to do a project, I
>>read the whole
>> book from word first to word last. I am the picky soul who
>>asks
>> submitters about the book pagination, copying snippets of text
>> into
>>emails to assure myself concerning what the submitter knows is in
>> the book
>>when I'm in need of knowledge. I'm wondering what jargon word
>> will suit the
>>perfectionists in the group. Regards, Kim Friedman.
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
>> On Behalf Of Scott Rains
>>Sent: Friday, May 28, 2010 7:51 PM
>>To: vat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject:
>> [bksvol-discuss] Talking Booksharian
>>
>>Bookshare
>> Volunteers,
>>
>>This week it occurred to us just how differently we
>> sometimes use words here
>>at Bookshare.
>>
>>We certainly have our own
>> set of abbreviations and acronyms. What other
>>online community can hold
>> such erudite discussions of ellipses, scanner
>>settings, or British
>> punctuation for so long? Where else can you cause such
>>turmoil if you
>> confuse "submit" with "check-in"?
>>
>>As we brainstormed what sort of
>> orientation and training material to create
>>for new volunteers we found
>> that we had generated a word list that could be
>>the start of a glossary.
>> Read through the list below. If you think of other
>>words, acronyms, or
>> concepts that we might be helpful for new volunteers
>>gather them up and
>> email them to me or - if you want to hold the discussion
>>online - post
>> them to the list for others to add to.
>>
>>Enjoy the long
>> weekend.
>>
>>Scott Rains
>>Bookshare Volunteer Coordinator,
>> Interim
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