[bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to validating fair quality submissions
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 12 Jan 2008 14:32:41 -0800 (PST)
It's unfair of my to comment ("then why are you?" I
hear someone saying) but I'm not a bleeding heart,
(well, at times, but not now), and I don't think that
a person who continually submits Fair scans, which are
usually poor, deserves the submission credits. Some
newbies and deserving people occasionally submit a
Fair scan, for one reason or another, and some post
here so we know--or we offer to validate it for
various reasons. But if a person had a scan rejected
once or twice and the reasons given, if he/she didn't
take the time to improve, then he/she doesn't deserve
the credit.
An alternative might be, if the scanner's name and
e-mail address are on the scan, that he/she be
contacted by the validator and told that the book
needs to be rescanned because it's too time-consuming
in its present condition to be validated properly and
the suggestion made that the scanner reject the book
and submit a replacement.
G.Cindy
--- Donna Smith <donnafsmith@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
>
WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The Bookshare Collection)is available
at
http://people.delphiforums.com/jamiecalton/Book_Requests.htm
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/
http://studentpages.alma.edu/~07jmyate/book_requests.htm
www.jbrownell.com for miscellaneous and useful threads
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