[bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof read
- From: "Lynn I" <lynnskyi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:05:40 -0500
Hi Ann,
For what it's worth, I agree with you. As I've said more than once, mistakes
happen. I make my share, but it bothers me that we pay money to read
material that has many scanning errors (die for the) and so on. We have
books in the collection that are nearly unreadable. I can't tell you how
many times I've been reading in the living room and have had to stop reading
and go into the computer room to look at the Braille display in order to
figure out a word or sentence.
Granted, they may be books submitted prior to the development of submission
criteria presently in place. Many of them are being replaced, and for this
I'm grateful. My love of reading outweighs my disdain for poorly scanned
and/or proofread books, and I do believe that the majority of us do our very
best and are conscientious about our efforts.
You are correct, Ann, what we do as volunteers is a job. *smile*
Blessings.
Lynn I
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ann Parsons" <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 8:46 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof read
Hi all,
Back in my youth and pulchritude, I was a member of The Junior League. Yes,
yes, me, I was their token blind person for some years.
While I was a member, I learned a lot about volunteerism. We were lectured
to about it, as new volunteers and members to the Junior League. Part of
all those lectures involved impressing upon us that when one volunteers, one
should treat it as if one were being payed for the job. One should do one's
best and fulfill all the duties, yada, yada, yada.
Perhaps new and old volunteers need to be treated to the same lectures? I
mean, the Junior League, world wide, is responsible for doing a whole heck
of a lot of fantastic good work. Women who are members, pride themselves on
their responsibility, reliability, and so on and on. <smiling> I think
that volunteers should be required to read the books they proof. I also
agree that volunteers have no business *not* belonging to this list. This
is how you get news, how you get help, how you contact people to deal with
certain problems, and so on and on. Nope, they have no business not being a
member of this list.
Sorry, this sounds harsh, but folks, this is a job we're doing here. This,
my friends, is the kind of experience that goes on a resume. No, don't you
*dare* laugh! You young folks in college, don't forget to put your work for
Bookshare on your resume. Here's a sample of duties you perform.
scan printed materials into computer files; while checking for accuracy and
making sure all pages are present and accounted for. Proofread books; while
reading the text making sure page numbers are present, making sure titles
and publishing info are present, reading for accuracy. You have to have
reasonable computer skills. You must be familiar with both OCR software and
wordprocessing software. There are subtler things too, like working
together with others, doing your work in a timely way, being responsible for
what you do. All these are skills which are valuable, don't discount them.
Enough of my haranguing. I'm off to bed soon, but this here's an important
job, and it is worth putting on a resume.
Ann P.
--
AAnn K. Parsons
Portal Tutoring
Email: akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: http://www.portaltutoring.info
blog: http://www.samobile.net/users/akp
Skype: Putertutor
"All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost." JRRT
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
No virus found in this incoming message.
Checked by AVG - www.avg.com
Version: 8.0.237 / Virus Database: 270.11.13/2001 - Release Date: 03/14/09
06:54:00
To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to
bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of
available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.
Other related posts:
