Right. I have noticed that it is older books - in terms of when they arrived at Bookshare - that are the worst in quality, even though they have a Good rating. Scanning systems have improved a great deal in just the last few years, so just throwing a book on the scanner without any special effort is likely to produce a better quality scan than it did a few years ago. But there are a lot of older books that need redone, at least in my DP point of view, and if I get one like that, and have the time, I redo it. I forget who proposed the idea here, but I am still wondering if discarding the books rated Poor might not be such a bad idea as I thought it was when I first heard it.
Evan----- Original Message ----- From: "Monica Willyard" <plumlipstick@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2006 12:59 AM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books I validated today
By the way, I just counted books rated as good. Within the most recent 150 books approved, only 16 are rated as good, and none are rated fair. That means that around ten percent of the total have a rating of good. That is a distinct improvement in the numbers between now and this time last year. Rather than laxity, I would say that these numbers are a sign of growth in the skills of our submitters and validaters. A 90 percent excellent rate is something worth writing home about. (smile)Monica Willyard To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxput the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
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