[bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:17:05 -0700 (PDT)
Jennfer, welcome!! That's great. Looking at the checkout list for proofing, I
think we need new volunteer scanners. Sometimes, because of all the holds for
new volunteer proofers, there aren't many books available for us old hands to
proof.
Cindy
--- On Mon, 6/20/11, Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> From: Cindy Ray <cindyray@xxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Date: Monday, June 20, 2011, 3:28 PM
> When do new volunteers get to move on
> and when do they get feedback. I know a person who is
> chomping at the bit, is a good proofreader for Iowa Dept.
> for the Blind, and wants feedback on a book.
> Cindy
>
> On Jun 20, 2011, at 4:54 PM, Scott Rains wrote:
>
> > Hi Jen,
> >
> > From your comment it sounds like you are talking about
> scanning and
> > submitting a book. That is exactly the right way to
> start as a scanner. We
> > don't have training books for that.
> >
> > We do have a set of specially prepared books for our
> proofreading
> > volunteer applicants to work with first. They get sent
> back to Bookshare
> > to be corrected. That way volunteers can get
> experience in a controlled
> > environment. We use books that are Level Two
> Difficulty in Bookshare's
> > rating. In two weeks we plan to add a new training
> book at Level Three
> > Difficulty.
> >
> > At a certain point proofreading volunteers move from
> the training books to
> > the Checkout List. Here is where scanners can play an
> especially important
> > role in helping newcomers.
> >
> > Most often people scan what looks interesting to them.
> If we could get a
> > few volunteers to occasionally scans some books just
> because they are
> > Level 2 then we would always have a fresh supply of
> new books available
> > for our newest proofreaders.
> >
> > Any takers?
> >
> > Scott Rains
> >
> > Levels of Complexity for Scanning or Proofreading a
> Book
> >
> > Levels are assigned to all books, to determine their
> overall difficulty in
> > proofing. 1 is the easiest type of book to proof, and
> 6 is the hardest.
> > The time it takes to proof a book depends on its level
> and its length.
> >
> > Level 1: The book has only text, chapter numbers, and
> page numbers, in a
> > standard font.
> > Level 2: The book has running headers or footers, in a
> standard font, on
> > at least half the pages.
> > Level 3: The book has page numbers or running headers
> in a non-standard
> > font, footnotes, superscripts, captions, charts, or
> more than a few words
> > in a foreign language, poems, or pictures.
> > Level 3.5: The book has pictures that need to be
> described. This is mostly
> > used for childrens¹ picture books.
> > Level 4: The book has many words in a foreign
> language, many pictures,
> > many charts, or insets.
> > Level 5: The book has many areas of separate text on
> eachpage, formulas,
> > text that forces scans with differing brightness (like
> different colors),
> > or heavily formatted text.
> > Level 6: The book has text in a non-standard font
> (which forces the book
> > to be retyped), text at a non-horizontal angle, or
> massively formatted
> > text.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On 6/20/11 1:31 PM, "Jennifer Aberdeen" <freespirit328@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> >
> >> Training book? I just borrowed a book from the
> library and started.
> >>
> >> Jen
> >>
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> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Beverly Cory" <beverlycory@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 4:20 PM
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: new volunteer
> >>
> >>
> >>> Good question, Rolph. I am also a new
> volunteer, and I submitted my
> >>> training book in March.
> >>>
> >>> The instruction letter said "Since we assign
> books to new volunteers,
> >>> please check out only your assigned
> book." I took this to mean that I
> >>> was to wait for an assignment.
> >>>
> >>> When I saw in a recent email to this list that
> they get about 160 new
> >>> volunteer applications a month, I thought it
> might be a long wait.
> >>>
> >>> Perhaps someone from Benetech will respond to
> your question.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Rolph Recto
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, I'm a new volunteer here. I just
> submitted my proof of the
> >>>> training
> >>>> book a couple days ago and now I'm
> wondering what to do next. Do I
> >>>> have
> >>>> to wait for feedback before I can start?
> >>>>
> >>>> Thanks,
> >>>> Rolph Recto
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