[bksvol-discuss] Re: Limited Comments on Bookshare Manual
- From: "Stacey Robinson" <staceyr75@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:54:46 -0500
I think that the instructions in the manual are very complex and might actually
discourage some volunteers.
----- Original Message -----
From: Lori Castner
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 11:52 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Limited Comments on Bookshare Manual
Hi, Scott and Everyone,
I am going to make just a few comments on the content of the volunteer manual.
In 4 I the discussion of ellipses, I am puzzled by the instructions. The
issue has come up over and over on this list and I thought the last consensus
was that when an ellipses occurs midsentence, the ellipses should be preceeded
and followed by a space. I will follow the instructions in the manual and hope
the translation software will handle them correctly. The instructions say to
not include a space before a mid-sentence ellipses, but to put a space only
after the ellipses and before the following word.
In 4 K regarding bullets, the manual says that it is not necessary to change
a tab following a bullet into a space. Does the translation software now
change tabs into spaces?
In the sections on ellipses and bullets the text gives exampoles. In these
examples each line is preceeded by a number of spaces. Personally, I wish
those spaces were not present. Whhen I read those lines by moving through
character by character to see what is happening the spaces are just a nuisance.
I never could access the Section When and How to Reject a Book
In the section on How to renew a Book the instructions refer to clicking the
Volunteer Home link on the left side of the taskbar--that is a visual
orientation.
Under D5, volunteers are instructed to notify Bookshare if they want a hold
removed from a book. I thought that a book would not languish-as the manual
states-but would be removed if the book sat on the checkout page for two weeks.
I wish I could make more comments, but I do not have the fortitude to
continue struggling with the navigation of this manual; for me, it is too
painful.
I would rather spend my time proofreading.
Lori C.
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