[bksvol-discuss] Re: guidelines for submission fields - first draft
- From: Mike Pietruk <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Sep 2005 09:00:24 -0400 (EDT)
ok! For those that didn't see Carrie's original post as included in
Gerald's msg, here it is again:
From ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx Thu Mar 31 17:07:14 2005
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 15:07:06 -0800 (PST)
From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: Bookshare Vol Group <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] guidelines for submission fields - first draft
After perusing the download list, it appears that we are desperately
in need of some guidelines about what to enter in the submission
fields,
especially the author's name.
So, with permission from Marissa and Gustavo, here are guidelines for
entering:
The title of the book-
This one's pretty easy, although occasionally the title on the
cover
of the book will be different from the title inside. Try checking
the
copyright page, to see what the official title is.
The author of the book-
This one is horrendously messy, so it's been divided into several
sections.
A) For each author's name, please
1) put the first name first and the last name last
Wrong: Ahl, Allison Right: Allison Ahl
2) drop all titles, honorifics, occupations, degrees, etc.
Wrong: Dr. Bart Ball Right: Bart Ball
Wrong: Clara Crawl, MSW Right: Clara Crawl
Wrong: Senator Dee Dahl Right: Dee Dahl
Exception: if the title is part of the official name, leave it in
Wrong: Seuss Right: Dr. Seuss
3) drop all commas inside a name
Wrong: Fred Fall, Jr. Right: Fred Fall Jr.
4) keep periods after initials and Jr.
Wrong: Gigi G Gall Right: Gigi G. Gall
5) put a space between initials
Wrong: H.H. Hall Right: H. H. Hall
B) For multiple authors, please
1) for each name, follow the guidelines above
2) separate each name with a comma, not 'and' or '&' or '/'
Wrong: J. James and J. Jones Right: J. James, J. Jones
Wrong: Kay & Ken Kent Right: Kay Kent, Ken Kent
Wrong: James/Jones/Kent Right: J. James, J. Jones, Ken Kent
3) do not use 'Va rious' or 'et al' or 'others' as an author,
list all of the authors
Wrong: Various Right: B. Bell, D. Dell, F. Fell, G.
Gell
Wrong: James et al. Right: J. James, J. Jones, Ken Kent
C) For editors, compilers, adapters, translators, etc., please
1) spell out his/her function after each name
Wrong: L. Lay, M. May (editors) Right: L. Lay (editor), M. May
(editor)
Wrong: Nan Nall (Comp) Right: Nan Nall (compiler)
Wrong: Edited by Olive Owl Right: Olive Owl (editor)
Wrong: Trans. Peter Paul Right: Peter Paul (translator)
D) If the author's name is missing, please
1) use the editors of the company that put out the book
Wrong: None Right: The Editors at the Walt Disney
Company
The copyright author of the book-
This one's also pretty easy, except for those cases where there is
no
copyright author listed. In that case, use the author's name.
Don't
use the publisher's name, unless the company holds the copyright.
The copyright date-
If there are several copyright dates of the book (NOT the copyright
of
the introduction or the illustrations or the short stories), then
use
the most recent date.
If you can think of anything else to mention, please let me know and
I'll revise the list. Maybe we can include the guidelines in our
instructions to newbie volunteers.
Carrie
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