[bksvol-discuss] dealing with booksharing (was Dealing with Photos & Captions
- From: "Bob" <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bookshare volunteer discussion" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:28:47 -0500
Hi Pavi.
In your previous message you said "Also -- if there are other areas where
you think we need to formulate a standardized approach please let me know --
and we can start working on them. (These sort of things are really helpful
to start clarifying as we work on making the scanning and validation manual
more comprehensive and complete)."
I think that there needs to be a method of lawfully sharing a book between a
scanner and a validator.
I have brought this up for discussion so many times that my fellow
volunteers know what I'm going to say before I say it. Most of them, I
suspect, think I should just keep quiet about it.
Earlier today someone requested that a book (or books) be converted from
.rtf so they could work on them.
They can't legally send me the book to convert (we'll both be banned from
bookshare and sent to the nether world) if we share a book.
It would take me about two minutes to do the conversion with the software I
have here. But if I get the book from step one, I can either release it or
upload it. If I release it, then the original copy of the book is now
available (still unconverted). Or I can upload it, in which case it will be
placed in the general library unvalidated. ...
We share portions of a book all the time: requests for someone else to
handle pictures, diagrams and charts are quite frequent on this list. What's
the difference between a portion of a book and the entire book?
Furthermore, if a scanner and validator worked together on some books it
would promote a teamwork approach to preparing a book for the general
public. I personally believe that if bookshare promoted teamwork instead of
preventing it, our library would increase with a higher quality book than it
now is.
Okay, I've had my say, and I'll not bring it up again. Unless someone
innocently asks for suggestions.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Pavi Mehta" <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Carrie Karnos" <carrie.k@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 3:30 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Dealing with Photos & Captions
Hi All,
In a recent exchange with a volunteer, the question of how to deal with
photos and captions came up. I talked to Carrie to see if she had a
particular approach that we could then try and standardize across the
board (with such things there tend to be no right or wrong methods but it
would be great to slowly but surely try to develop a uniformity of
approach)
Here are the guidelines Carrie put forward for such cases:
* Remove the photos
* Retain the caption text.
* Separate it from the rest of the text with angle brackets <>
* Precede the text of the caption with "Photo caption:" to make it clear
what the text is.
Let me know if there are any questions regarding this.
Also -- if there are other areas where you think we need to formulate a
standardized approach please let me know -- and we can start working on
them. (These sort of things are really helpful to start clarifying as we
work on making the scanning and validation manual more comprehensive and
complete).
All good things,
Pavi Mehta
Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
Phone: +1 650 644-3459
pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
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