Not necessarily, not if one needs it ASAP, for class.
Someone requested Elements of Statistical Reasoning
for a class she's taking, and it was added to the
collection on Thursday, but it's rated Fair. By the
time anyone got it into Excellent shape the class
probably would be over. Hopefully it's useful as it
is, and later on, if she has time during spring break
or this summer, or while she's reading it for class,
she can clean it up and then resubmit it as a BSO.
The immediate need for a textbook book is why I
suggested the exception.
G.Cindy
--- Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The textbooks will always be held to a higher
standard.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Grandma Cindy" <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:23 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: An alternative to
validating fair quality
submissions
>I agree, and was going to suggest that alternative.
> Maybe it's time the rules changed, *except* for
> textbooks needed by students for class.
>
> G.Cindy
>
> --- Ilene Sirocca <ilenesia@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I certainly sympathize with this suggestion, but
I
>> do have a problem with it. The problem is that
so
>> far, book are not supposed to be rejected because
>> they are rated fair. If they were, we wouldn't
have
>> the fair rating allowed in the first place. If a
>> validator who is also a scanner rejects the
original
>> scanner's fair book and then submits a scan of
her
>> own, she takes away the original scanner's
credits,
>> no matter how undeserved they might be in terms
of
>> book quality, and gives them to herself. This is
>> not your intention, but this is what happens.
>>
>> If Bookshare wants to have more excellent scans
it
>> has to go to the root of the problem and not
allow
>> people to submit fair scans, or maybe even good
ones
>> although that's more debatable I suppose. Yes,
some
>> scanners may drop out if they're held to a higher
>> responsibility, so that has to be part of the
>> consideration of this matter. But if excellent
>> books is what we are after, the original rules
have
>> to be tougher. If just getting as many books as
>> possible is the goal, then fair scans have to
stay.
>> Personally, I'd vote for a slower groth rate and
a
>> higher quality.
>>
>> There's my two cents' worth.
>>
>> Ilene
>
>
> WISH LIST (called Requested Additions To The
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>
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>
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>
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