Actually, I usually chop, scan and OCR in the office, and then take some
of the books home so I can validate them early in the morning or late at
night or whenever I have a spare moment. I've spend the past 6 hours at
home, finishing up The War, which is now available for everyone to
download.
And since I mentioned The War, this is just a little aside - there's one
interesting passage that presents an idea that had never occurred to me
either:
Leopold went to work, doing his best first to patch up wounded Americans
and then the twenty or so wounded Germans they had managed to capture
over the course of the day. "As I was doctoring the shoulder wound of a
young German approximately twenty-four years of age," he recalled, "he
turned to me — and in a voice completely accent-free — said, 'Is it
permitted to talk to you?' "
/I said, "Yes, what's on your mind?" /
/He said, "Where are you from?" /
/I said, "I'm from the //United States//." /
/"Where in the //United States//?" /
/"The Northeast," I said. /
/"Where in the Northeast?" /
/I said, "I'm from //Connecticut//." /
/"Where in //Connecticut//?" He was persisting./
/ I said, "I'm from //Waterbury//, //Connecticut//." /
/"Ah, yes," he said, "//Waterbury//, at the junction of the
//Naugatuck// and Mad rivers."/
/Now, you have to know a bit about the area. The //Naugatuck// is a
fairly substantial river. But the //Mad// //River// is a little stream
that you can jump across without any trouble. Anyone who knew this ... I
was puzzled./
/I said, "How did you possibly know that?"/
/He said, "I was in training for the administration."/
/"The administration of what?"/
/He said, "The administration of the Territories."/
/My blood went cold. I couldn't imagine that Hitler, in his wildest
imagination, not only had //Europe// in his grasp, but also figured that
he would control //America//./
Carrie
----- Original Message ----
From: Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:45:31 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that aren't making it into
the collection
When I asked a similar question, I was directed to ask Carie. I was
asking out of curiosity and did not want to burden her with trivialities.
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*From:* Jill O'Connell <mailto:jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
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*Sent:* Sunday, November 11, 2007 2:59 PM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that aren't making it
into the collection
Your confusion is probably due to the fact that Carrie oftten scans
books that then are put on the step 1 page to be validated. I used
to think she did these at home but apparently they are done
in-office. However, these are not the N.Y. Times bestsellers. I
would be interested to know where others get their information about
new books other than the Washington Post Book World.
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*From:* Jamie Yates, CPhT <mailto:jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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*Sent:* Saturday, November 10, 2007 7:18 PM
*Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: Best sellers that aren't making
it into the collection
I do remember, quite a while ago, someone saying that the NY
Times Best Sellers needed to be done in house so they would be
as close to perfect as possible. I do not remember who it was
(Carrie, Lisa, Claire, it may have been long enough ago that it
was Gustavo, I don't remember).
I thought they just got scanned in house and went to step 1 for
validation by regular volunteers. I didn't know they also got
validated in house.
Jamie in Michigan
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