[bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality submissions
- From: "Mike and Lori Castner" <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 10:14:22 -0800
The problem with our current rating system is that the system is not fair to
the people who submit scanned books. They are asked to eyeball the book and
say what rating it should have. Some are modest and say this book is either
fair or good, while others are overly proud of their work and say it's
excellent. I've validated books which are either much better or much worse
than the submitter says.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
From: Donna Smith
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 9:05 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality
submissions
Good points all! The volunteer manual states:
Validators may recommend that a book be rejected for one of the following
reasons:
List of 5 items
. Book does not meet the
Requirements Which Books Must Meet Before Being Added to the Collection
. Book is of Poor scan-quality
. Book is not in the file format specified on the form.
. Book is already in the collection, and the existing copy does not need to
be replaced.
. Book is a duplicate of a submission by the same volunteer.
list end
I browsed around through the manual, but didn't find any definition of "poor
quality. Can anyone shed clarity on this?
I also understand about the credit thing. If a person can only maintain
their subscription to BookShare by submitting sloppy scans, then I wouldn't
want to deny them their subscription. (I know.It's my bleeding heart thing.)
So here's an alternative to the alternative: Those of us who wish to replace
a fair quality submission with a better scan, should download the fair quality
offering, validate it for administrative approval as a fair quality book which
would give the original scanner the credits, and then submit a BSO version of
the same book as a replacement for the one just added to the collection. This
creates a little extra work, but not as much as trying to clean up a bad scan.
It would also move some of those books which have been hanging around the step
one page because no one wants to touch them.
There must be a solution!
Donna
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