[bksvol-discuss] Re: my book scan in process, question

  • From: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 19:50:02 -0700

Good point.
p.k. I won't bother. People can fend for themselves.smile
Cindy


On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Roger Loran Bailey <
dmarc-noreply@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>  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> 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 <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>
>> *Sent:* Friday, August 29, 2014 7:40 PM
>>  *To:* 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> 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 list and/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> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The books being scanned list has been discontinued.
>>>>
>>>> On 8/27/2014 4:02 PM, 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. Montana Ave., Bozeman, MT 59715
>>>> (406) 586-4123 <%28406%29%20586-4123> – d28rik@xxxxxxx or
>>>> d28backroads@xxxxx
>>>> www.bozemanfolklore.org/concerts.html
>>>> "Americana Backroads" (Saturdays, 12-3 p.m. - KGLT-FM - www.kglt.net)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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