Generally speaking, when someone posts what they are scanning on this list it is right after they have uploaded it to the checkout list. It does strike me as more useful, though, if we would start posting what we are scanning as soon as we start or, if we are sure we are going to do it, prior to scanning. That could alert proofreaders to whether they want to proof it or not. Unfortunately, that sounds a bit unfair to volunteers who do not subscribe to this list. I do agree, though, that that should be all that is necessary. There was a time that the books being scanned list was useful, but I do think it has been outmoded. Just how many books would be on that list compared to the well over three thousand books that have been added to the collection just in the last twenty-four hours?
On 8/29/2014 9:47 PM, Judy s. wrote:
Hi Cindy,People really don't post what they're scanning. Also, quite a few volunteers, maybe most?, aren't on this list either, so I guess I'm going to echo Sue. I mean this totally kindly, but it really seems like a wasted time and effort on your part, especially as you do so many other valuable things, like getting printed copies of books to help when someone has a scrambled page.Judy s. On 8/29/2014 8:25 PM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:no offense taken; we'll see if people ld do post what they're scanning. Have hey been?On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:21 PM, Sue Stevens <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:siss52@xxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:Cindy, If people are going to post what they are scanning too this list, it seems that for you to keep a list would just be wasted time and effort on your part. I mean, the only people who would know about it are people on this list. I hate to see you waste your valuable time and effort. I mean this kindly, so I hope you do not take offense. Sue S. *From:* Cindy Rosenthal <mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx> *Sent:* Friday, August 29, 2014 7:40 PM *To:* bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *Subject:* [bksvol-discuss] Re: my book scan in process, question Thanks, Roger(and for your second note. I will keep a list; it won't take any time and even though it will only contain books volunteers are scanning it might prevent some duplicated work and might interest members to know what they can look forward to seeing in the collection. I won't post the names of the scanner, though; if somone wants to know he/she can contact me (I'll put that note at the bottom. On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 4:40 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: Cindy, the reason that Bookshare stopped keeping that list is because so many books are being added to the collection every day. It has been a long time since less than hundreds have been added in one day and often it is more than two thousand a day. The ones being worked on by volunteers is paltry in comparison and one may as well just check the collection every day. You could start keeping the list again, but I think the effort would far outweigh the small benefit. The main advantage would be that proofreaders could ask for a hold, but since the volunteers on this list would likely be the only ones to look at it I think it would be less effort for people to just announce what they are scanning on this list. For the record, I am currently working on The Essential Hal Clement, Volume Three, but I can't hold it for anyone. It is one of those books that Madeleine has distributed to us. On 8/28/2014 3:07 AM, Cindy Rosenthal wrote:Is this something I should revive, do you think? Originally I kept the list; I took the info from the the volunteer listand/or people wrote to me what they were scanning. Do you think it would be useful to have such a list so people would know what's being scanned and by whom so they could contact the scanner and ask to proof the book (and not waste time scanning somethng that someone else is scanning? On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: The books being scanned list has been discontinued. On 8/27/2014 4:02 PM, ohio1803@xxxxx <mailto:ohio1803@xxxxx> wrote:Hi there, Bookshare friends & volunteers! ** I am a few chapters into scanning a new book I purchased after it was recommended by a singer-songwriter I had just interviewed for my radio show. ** The book is: ** A Six String History of America by Jay M. Pilzer published in 2014 ** *It is a history of the guitar in America. Written by a history professor who also happens to be a guitar aficionado.* *And if you know any musicians who are blind, you know we kind of get obsessed about the instruments we like to try and play!* ** *HYPERLINK:* *A Six String History of America by Jay M. Pilzer (amazon link) <http://www.amazon.com/A-Six-String-History-America/dp/1939995035>* ** *or* *URL: * http://www.amazon.com/A-Six-String-History-America/dp/1939995035 ** I have scanned and had numerous book submissions accepted into our collection over the years. But of late, things have gotten to where a few submissions have come in just around when they are being entered in by the Staff from the Publishers. And this was even after I had dutifully checked the "in process" list on the website. ** I don't care about that too much. I enjoyed the scanning and the reading, which is what I mostly do is scan what I wish to read and figuring it adds to my enjoyment, the pleasure of sharing it with other eligible Bookshare members. ** But I thought this time I would try and check earlier, prior to getting all that close to being ready to submit. And I was trying to find the Books Being Scanned List. The page to which I was directed is dated November, 2013. Maybe I somehow got lost in my own navigation. Stranger things have happened to me! ** So, there you go. My Scan of a new book in Process. And my report of what I found in the Bookshare Books Being Scanned page. ** Thanks, all. Oh, if someone emails me directly, and wishes to Proofread this book, send me an email or reply to the Discussion. Rik (Richard) James Rik James 716 N. 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