[bksvol-discuss] Re: re Mary's list / validating books
- From: jnuttallphd@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 10:18:23 -0700 (PDT)
Hello Jill:
Scanning and validating is a partnership. When I scan I don't take out the
headers. It is not a matter of not caring. My goal in scanning a book is to
present to Bookshare the best exact copy of the book that I am scanning. So, I
do spell check the book since I can check mistakes against the book while I
have it at home. If I spent more time tweaking the book before I send it to
Bookshare then I would have less time to scan. My scanning time is limited.
I do agree that scanners and validators should get equal credit for their work.
I hope that bookshare can review this policy and provide the validators with
equal credit. This is especially true since the list of books that need
validation is quite long.
Jim Nuttall -- Michigan
----- Original Message ----
From: Jill O'Connell <jillocon@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, August 20, 2007 11:39:44 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] re Mary's list
For the benefit of new volunteer validators; there is no requirement to
eliminate page headers. This is completely optional. There is no easy way to
do it. When I am scanning, I remove all headers, preserving the page
numbers, but as a rule when I am validating a book where headers have not
been removed, I in no way consider this my responsibility. At the present
time, submitters are being compensated far more than validators, so if they
don't care enough about their book to remove the headers, the validator need
not either. Just my two cents.
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