[bksvol-discuss] Re: books for children rated "good"
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2008 20:12:30 -0800 (PST)
Unfortunately it's not available from any of my
libraries,or I'd describe the pictures and send them
to claire for insertion. If I come across it in a
used-book store I'll get it. I'm also looking for a
nice copy of Alphabestiary which is no longer in
print, apparently. I may just have to join Amazon.
G.Cindy
--- siss52 <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Ah, I love this one!!! How the mighty has
> fallen!!!!!!!! <lol>
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Guido Corona
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 9:42 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: books for children
> rated "good"
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>
> Oops, you are absolutely correct Allison. I
> withdraw immediately my
> recommendation to rerate the book. And am copying
> claire accordingly.
>
> Profound abject scraping grovelling sniveling
> apologies!
>
> Guido
>
>
> Guido Dante Corona
> IBM Research,
> Human Ability & Accessibility Center, (HA&AC)
> Austin Tx.
> Phone: 512. 838. 9735.
> Email: guidoc@xxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: http://www.ibm.com/able
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> ". . . Maybe it was only those who were most certain
> they were right who
> were guaranteed to be wrong. And that maybe, just
> maybe, those who
> questioned the most were in the end those who came
> closest to being wise."
> [David Poyer, The Command]
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> "Allison Hilliker" <bookshare_girl@xxxxxxx>
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> Hi E,
>
> I validated the below book, Working. I did edit it
> to excellent quality in
> terms of
> correcting scanning errors. As you say, 30 pages
> isn't too much to
> spell-check and such.
>
> However, I had another reason for rating it good.
> While it is technically
> correct, the text doesn't make a lot of sense
> without the corresponding
> pictures. Since the pictures are not described, the
> story is a bit
> fragmented. I thought about rejecting the book
> out-right, but there really
> wasn't anything technically wrong with it. It was
> technically correct in
> that it had no scanning errors, contained all page
> breaks, etc. So Claire
> and I had a conversation about this book and
> together we concluded that
> what we'd do with the book is to accept it into the
> collection and rate it
> as good.
>
> That might not have been what others here would have
> done, but after careful
> thought, that's what we've decided.
>
> I agree with you in that putting high quallity books
> on the site, especially
> in the case of children's books, is very important
> and that's what we all
> try to do.
>
> I hope this clears things up.
>
> Best,
>
> Allison Hilliker:
> Intern, Benetech (Bookshare.org).
> E-mail allisonh@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> www.bookshare.org
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 1:39 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] books for children rated
> "good"
>
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> > There is a book called Working on the new books
> list. It's audience is
> > certainly children. The book is listed as being
> thirty pages long and
> > having a "good" rating. What kind of book can end
> up with a rating of
> > "good" and be thirty pages long? You would think a
> validator could spell
> > check thirty pages.
> >
> > I am particularly concerned at finding books
> directed at children with
> > less than "excellent" ratings. This is the group
> who are often learning
> > Braille and who may take part in the co-operation
> of AFB's Braille Bug.
> > Surely we can give them something better than
> "good"!!!
> >
> > E.
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