I definitely think Bookshare could make a stronger point to those submitting books about the importance of communication between the person validating the book, and the one who submitted it. However, I also strongly feel that Bookshare should never require someone to leave contact info. Perhaps a happy medium might be something like an online message board on the Bookshare website. If a validator has problems, they can post their questions to this forum, and the submitter, having been informed about the bulletin board when they submitted the book, can check this area as well, and respond to the question(s). Scott ----- Original Message ----- From: Jill O'Connell To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Sunday, July 30, 2006 12:01 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] submitter's names Jake, I have given a great deal of thought to your concern about requiring submitter's names and I respectfully disagree. Perhaps you have had to deal with over-intrusive validators but I never have; in fact, just the opposite. One of my earlier submissions was being validated by Kenneth Cross and he wrote to let me know that there were two missing pages in the book. I was extremely grateful that he was able to do that as the book would otherwise have been rejected. And it's also very pleasant to have a validator take the time to congratulate you on a good submission. Bookshare, in my opinion, doesn't need quantity anymore; it needs quality and if the submitter can't get feedback from the validator, how is he going to improve? I can understand that there are submitters whose lives are too busy to allow them to be on this list. Bookshare does invite new volunteers to join this list but I think they should take this a step further and let new volunteers know how important it is for them to provide contact information for the validator. As someone else has pointed out, I do give thought as to whose submissions I validate, and am always a little uncomfortable when it is the notorious "Bookshare volunteer." You have been so helpful to me that I don't like disagreeing with you, but I think this matter is too important to ignore. I would be interested in knowing how others on the list feel about what degree of importance it should have on changes Bookshare needs to make in order to improve their collection. Jill ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.5/403 - Release Date: 7/28/2006