[bookshare-discuss] Re: textbooks needed for class; was Wish List
- From: Lisa Friendly <lisaf@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"@freelists.org
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 20:19:15 -0700
I wish we could just ask and the publishers would send them to us
lickety-split, but we only have that special relationship with a few
publishers right now (working on more). The fastest path is to send us
copies of the books that we can chop and scan and send back to you. If we
get stuff from the publisher we try to get it digitally, but they don¹t
always (or even most of the time) have it in a format we can use. In that
case, we would just be asking for free copies to chop and scan. So if you
have copies and can send them to us, that¹s definitely fastest.
If you can¹t get your hands on a copy that the school district will let you
chop, then it would be worth our trying to get a copy through the publisher
but it would take longer.
Re the other question below, we don¹t process the books as private label so
to speak. We scan them and they are either validated by the requestor or
they sit in the validation queue waiting to be picked up. That¹s why it
makes the most sense for the requestor to be the validator, as Monica and
others have explained. You (or your student if you¹re not the student) can
be reading them as you are validating them (or before you¹ve finished
validating them). There¹s no rush as you are the requestor. Final thing, if
a student needs a specialized book and doesn¹t have the ability to be the
validator themselves (such as a technology or language book) then we ask the
list for volunteer validators. And, you yourself can always make a direct
request to the volunteer list bksvol-discuss, if you are on it.
The volunteers on the list are probably better at explaining all of this
than I am, so back to you list!
From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
Reply-To: "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 19:13:11 -0700 (PDT)
To: "bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] textbooks needed for class; was Wish List
Monica,
I can't find it now, but Lisa had posted that anybody
who needs books for school should contact her directly
with the titles and authors and, I supposem editions
if necessary and they an proibably get the books from
the publishers or the schools and scan and get them
quickly to the student. Probably if Ron called Lisa
with the info, or e-mailed her directly, he could get
results faster.
I don't know whether she sends the results directly to
the student or his/her parent or puts them on the
download list or both. If on the download list, the
parent or student could both use the book for class
and, whiule validating, get credit for validating and
get the book into the collection for somebody else's
use.
I see there is a copy of Cultural Anthropology in the
collection, but it's an earlier edition by a different
author.
Cindy
--- Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi, Ron. I'm catching the end of this thread. Unless
> Lisa told you
> otherwise, we are usually asked to mark boxes of
> books with attention
> Carrie Karnos or something to that effect. Carrie is
> our in-house
> scanning volunteer and does a masterful job in
> getting books ready for
> us. If you tuck a note in the box letting her know
> the books are needed
> for your son's classes, she'll know to put them at
> the top of her
> schedule. You can also let her know that you're
> willing to validate the
> books if she'll mail the pages back to you. I don't
> know how they
> arrange for return shipping. Carrie and Claire amaze
> me when they set
> their minds to getting someone's school books ready.
> I wish I'd had them
> around when I was in college. :) I hope this is
> helpful to you. If
> anything I've written here conflicts with what Lisa
> or other staff
> members have said, please ignore this message.
>
> Monica Willyard
>
> Ron Ingram wrote:
> > OK. I will check the website for details this
> weekend. We have copies of
> > all of the books he needs so I will just send them
> to:
> >
> > Lisa Friendly
> > The Benentech Initiative
> > 480 S. California Avenue
> > Suite 201
> > Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609
> >
> > Is that correct?
> > Once they've been scanned I would be happy to read
> through them and look
> > for errors. Seems the least I can do.
> > I'm thinking UPS might be a good way to send them.
> And they must have
> > some way for me to pre-pay for return shipping.
> Any suggestions?
> >
> > -Ron Ingram-
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Grandma Cindy
> [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 8:21 PM
> > To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wishlist
> >
> > Basically, yes. Although you don't absolutely need
> the
> > print copy, it's helpful. Often, though, you can
> tell
> > from the context that a word is wrong and you can
> fix
> > it--or that a word is missing in a sentence and
> you
> > can fill it in.
> >
> > There is a minimum number of things to do--check
> that
> > all the pages are there, remove headers, do a
> spell
> > check--but many of us read the books and make
> > corrections, since some things that are spelled
> > correctly are just incorrect in the context, like
> die
> > for the.
> >
> > If you send Lisa Friendly the titles and authors,
> or
> > editions, of the books your son needs, she can
> perhaps
> > and hopefully get them scanned quickly and you can
> > download them for validation and, while you or
> your
> > son is validating, he can be reading them for
> class,
> > too.
> >
> > I think on the volunteer home page is a volunteer
> > manual and one section explains about validating.
> >
> > Cindy
> >
> >
> > --- Ron Ingram <Ron.Ingram@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> What is the validation process?
> >> Compare the print copy to the electronic copy and
> >> note/correct errors?
> >>
> >> -Ron-
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Grandma Cindy
> [mailto:popularplace@xxxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 2:40 PM
> >> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wishlist
> >>
> >> Ron, you're dating yourself. smile
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Your requests have been added to the wish list,
> but
> >> given the circumstances, i.e., that your son
> needs
> >> them for class, I suggest you re-request them
> here
> >> and
> >> on the volunteer list in a group and with the
> note
> >> that your son needs them for class. That way they
> >> might be scanned more quickly. If they get
> scanned
> >> quickly, you or your son can download them for
> >> validation and then he'll have them for class
> while
> >> you're validating.
> >>
> >> Cindy
> >>
> >>
> >>> As the man used to say 'Will the real Ron Ingram
> >>> please stand up?'
> >>>
> >>> Here I am. No, I am not a pseudonym.
> >>> I believe that 'E' was commenting on your
> response
> >>> back to me.
> >>>
> >>> I requested several books for my son, who needs
> >>>
> >> them
> >>
> >>> for school this
> >>> term. This particular translation was among
> them.
> >>>
> >> I
> >>
> >>> will take a look at
> >>> the version you pointed me to (sorry, I'm brand
> >>>
> >> new
> >>
> >>> to this and still
> >>> figuring out how to use the tools) and see if
> >>>
> >> that's
> >>
> >>> close enough.
> >>>
> >>> My thanks to both of you for your comments and
> >>> suggestions.
> >>>
> >>> -ron ingram-
> >>>
> >>> -----Original Message-----
> >>> From: E. [mailto:thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> >>> Sent: Monday, September 03, 2007 8:02 PM
> >>> To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >>> Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: wishlist
> >>>
> >>> I did not ask for the Confucius book. I
> recognize
> >>> the translator of
> >>> the one on bookshare. I am not a doublt
> >>>
> >> personality
> >>
> >>> though just wait
> >>> until I have been with bookshare a little longer
> >>>
> >> and
> >>
> >>> it may come.
> >>>
> >>> E.
> >>> At 07:45 PM 9/3/2007, you wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Now I'm confused. Did you ask for the Confucius
> >>>>
> >>> book?
> >>>
> >>>> Or are you asking for another one? Is Ron
> Ingram
> >>>>
> >> a
> >>
> >>>> pseudonym? smile
> >>>>
> >>>> Cindy
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> --- "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>> I would actually like a different translator
> >>>>>
> >>> though
> >>>
> >>>>> I do not know one
> >>>>> offhand. The translation is extremely old and
> >>>>>
> >>> many
> >>>
> >>>>> new ones have
> >>>>> come out since China and the west started
> >>>>>
> >>> talking in
> >>>
> >>>>> the eighties.
> >>>>>
> >>>>> E.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> At 06:23 PM 9/3/2007, you wrote:
> >>>>>
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