[bksvol-discuss] self validating
- From: "solsticesinger" <solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2006 19:21:54 -0500
Why aren't we allowed to self-validate? The instructions say it's not
recommended, but that it can be done. However, when people do it, the book gets
kicked back with the "do not self validate" comment.
Shannon
solsticesinger25@xxxxxxxxxxx
----- Original Message -----
From: Laura Ann Grymes
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 2:06 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Submission history
Even if they have been there a long time Gastavo still rejects and says do
not self validate.
So hope it will go through.
Laura Ann
At 09:59 PM 10/23/2006, you wrote:
yep Brian,
That is basically the general premiss of things lately, smile.
But, and this proves I am an eternal optomist, particualry on meds, smile.
We have lots of books at our disposal that we didn't have before, and, we
can submit and get put on the site any book that we want, not a book chosen
by a volunteer, or by a committee.
i would offer that you may want to go and validate some of those books if
they have been there a long time, and you know they are readible.
I plan on doing that to one of mine, if I find the time to get up there and
do it. have two books languishing right now.
But you have the right idea of what is going on at Bookshare.
Shelley L. Rhodes B.S. Ed, CTVI
and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
Dog ownership is like a rainbow.
Puppies are the joy at one end.
Old dogs are the treasure at the other.
Carolyn Alexander
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 7:51 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Submission history
Hi Kellie,
The basic process I understand, but it strikes me that there is a lack of
systematic efforts on the part of bookshare to ensure that books are
validated.
If books are only validated by volunteers outside the Bookshare
organization, then we will all be at the mercy of the whimsy of those
volunteers. I very much appreciate the work the volunteer validators do,
but is it enough to rely on them?
And then we have books that sit around for weeks even after they've been
validated -- is Gustavo the only guy at Bookshare who can upload a book?
This seems a very fine screen through which all must be filtered.
Just some thoughts.
Brian M
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kellie Hartmann" <hart0421@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2006 1:25 AM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Submission history
> Hi Brian,
> What happens when someone submits a book is that it first goes to the step
1
> list, where it is picked up for validation by a Bookshare volunteer. The
> person may just verify copyright etc, or he/she might read through the
whole
> book and fix any scanning errors they find. The validator is allotted a
week
> to finish the validation, but he/she can renew the book so there's no way
to
> know how long a validator will spend working on a given book. After the
> validator uploads the book, it has to be approved by a Bookshare
> administrator. After that, it joins the collection. Sometimes books get
> approved very quickly, other times it takes longer.
> Hth,
> Kellie
>
> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to
> bookshare-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.
To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to
bookshare-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 Free Edition.
Version: 7.1.408 / Virus Database: 268.13.11/493 - Release Date: 10/23/2006
To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank Email to
bookshare-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:
- » [bksvol-discuss] self validating
