[bksvol-discuss] Re: finding books to proofread
- From: "Nancy Martin" <nancyam@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 11:18:54 -0500
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all your responses. I thought "reader one" was someone's handle.
That's what I get for thinking.
Now about submitting books. I'm in the process of scanning one. I should
remove the headers and not rely on the stripper, right? Or does it make a
better finished product if I leave them in?
sorry for all these inquiries. I just want to do a good job. If we lose pride
in our work, what's the use of doing it? That's why I can't see why jiffy
proofers continue. I need credits too but want to earn mine. Guess it boils
down to a quantity versus quality thing for them.
go figure,
Nancy Martin
Oklahoma
----- Original Message -----
From: Bob
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 2:15 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: finding books to proofread
Hi Nancy. You ask some good questions. I'll take a crack in answering them.
You said "What's a fake hold?" A fake hold is a hold for reader, or hold for
reader1... . We are assuming that the jiffy proofers don't read this list and
don't know about this. They will skip books with a hold on them, and those of
us who know about it can grab them and do a more thorough job of proof reading
them.
You said "I noticed there are books waiting for checkout that have been there
a long time. With all this about no books to proofread, I don't understand.
Are there special problems with these books?" I'm not sure of problems, but you
can look at a book's history by going to the information page for that book.
Down near the bottom, there is a link to "view book history". I have been
checking a book's history before checking it out. If the book seems to have
page break problems (a problem which I detest), I'll probably not grab it. If
the book has been grabbed by a jiffy proofer and Carrie has sent it back for
more proofing, then I'll probably grab it.
You said "Where is this infamous stripper? Are there other site tools to
help me do a better job?" The "stripper" is a program that gets applied to a
book once it has been proofread. Unfortunately, we can't see the results until
the book gets into the collection. I don't know of any tools that bookshare
provides (except the volunteer manual) to help us do a better job.
Okay, hope this helps answer your questions. If not, ask away.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Nancy Martin
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, April 06, 2009 12:59 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] finding books to proofread
Hi everyone,
I have a few questions based on reading these messages.
What's a fake hold?
I noticed there are books waiting for checkout that have been there a long
time. With all this about no books to proofread, I don't understand. Are
there special problems with these books?
Where is this infamous stripper? Are there other site tools to help me do
a better job?
thanks,
Nancy Martin
Oklahoma
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