[bksvol-discuss] Re: [vat] vat activities for the week ending 08-05-09
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 18:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
A wonderful team, doing wonderful work.
Question; when you mention the draft of "When to use Tables..I don't suppose
you mean what to do with tables do you, or do you? i.e.. how to put them in a
file if tabs are wiped out? Should they be translated into words and sentences?
Cindy
Wish List (i.e., books wanted added to the collection) and books-being-scanned
list available at sites below
Wish List: https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Bookshare+Wish+List
Books Being Scanned List:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Books+Being+Scanned+List
--- On Fri, 8/7/09, Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
From: Bob <rwiley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] [vat] vat activities for the week ending 08-05-09
To: "bookshare volunteer discussion" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, August 7, 2009, 5:36 AM
Remember the vat? (Volunteer action team). Lest you
think we've been lounging, enjoying the luxurious salaries bookshare pays us,
think again. Here's a summary of our activities for last week, just to keep you
informed. This has been a busy group!
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Well it's been
another exciting week in the VAT!
•Mayrie and I have a
couple of documents that are almost ready to be
placed in the volunteer's
handbook. I have sent out the final draft of "when to
use tables", and Mayrie
has sent three documents for final checkout "proofreading
with Kurzweil",
"scanning using Kurzweil" and the "proofreading checklist". If no one
finds anything earth
shattering about these documents, they will be placed in
the manual this
Friday.
"proofreading using Microsoft Word ® is still
being worked on by Diana and Judy S.
The volunteer's FAQ still has a lot of
unanswered questions. We've agreed that much of the information in this FAQ
exists in other places in the manual. But the information will be duplicated
here to provide a general single place for volunteers to get answers to their
questions.
A document is being worked on "proofreading using openbook" by an
outside volunteer. This document is in its earliest
stages.
• Pavi is working on
a summary with Lara Long (Bookshare’s Product
Manager) of what engineering is
working on so that we will get an overview of their priorities and a big
picture
view of what Bookshare is moving forward on. We should get this report next
week.
• Starting this week
I will send the VAT update to the volunteer user's list as well as the
bookshare-discussion list so that the other bookshare users will be aware of
what we are up to.
• Pavi and I are
continuing to work on getting the list of outsourced books currently being
worked on the Bookshare Wiki so people wishing to scan a book can check it to
see if the book is already in the works. She talked to both Jim Fruchterman and
Betsy Beaumon about the criticalness of having a better search tool in place
for
people who are trying to determine whether to scan a particular book for the
collection or not. This issue is definitely on Bookshare’s
radar!
• There really is a
conference telephone call in our future somewhere. When it happens, we need to
discuss how many people we want on the VAT, and what procedures we use to bring
new members aboard.
Bob
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