Because numerous problems around the adult rating system have come up
frequently the following was proposed by the Volunteer Advisory Team to
Bookshare. It is currently under consideration by Bookshare for
implementation.
From VAT to Bookshare:
Based on discussions on the volunteer booklist, and amongst ourselves,
we,
the volunteer advisory team, would like to request that Bookshare make
the
following changes to the book rating system:
1. Both submitters and proofreaders should have the ability to make
decisions concerning a book's content status.
2. That three checkboxes indicating whether or not a book has "strong
language", "descriptions of sexual situations" and "violence" either
replace
the current method of rating a book as adult or not, or be developed in
addition to the current adult rating structure.
3. That the results of these checkboxes be placed prominently on the new
books list, most popular books list and book searches, any screen that
shows
multiple books as well as on the book information screen.
4. That options can be configured in My Account, so that a user can
elect
not to be presented with titles that have been marked as containing
strong
language, explicit descriptions of sex or violence.
and
5. That Bookshare publish guidelines, including, but not necessarily
limited to a complete list of words which the tools consider to indicate
adult content, for volunteers to employ when making these designations,
so
that as much as possible of the subjectivity can be
removed.
Judy s, co-chair, VAT
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