[bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
- From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 06:33:29 -0400
Does it make any difference to you at all that the book is already on the
system?
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 12:04 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
> Haven't seen too many 2000 page books, but am working on Rise and Fall of
> the Third Reich--over 1500 pages. I find that I'm getting over 95 percent
> accuracy according to the stats on even the index and notes pages. When I
> rescanned these pages with decolumnization turned on, the stats went up to
> 97. I was able to check page numbers and, except where I deliberately
kept
> two of the same page for comparison's sake, there were no missing pages
nor
> any added ones. If a student is using this book, btw, the index can maybe
> be overlooked since, unless the book is being criticized for errors in its
> indexation, the find feature should be usable.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 6:38 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
>
>
> > In almost every book I have scanned, which is about a thousand, I have
> > rarely found the pagination quite that exact. First, pictures are
> inserted,
> > sometimes on un-numbered pages. Also, some pages, such as charts and
> > graphs, are either un-numbered of just plain missing. Suppose I get a
> > two-thousand page book from a library and scan it perfectly, but miss
one
> > index page. Do you really want that book trashed? We are not talking
> about
> > simple issues here. We are talking about a group of people, I mean us,
> who
> > have spent most of our lives without immediate access to current books,
> > however bad the form. Let's not give that up in search of perfection.
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "E." <thoth93@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 2004 4:18 PM
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
> >
> >
> > > Search for page numbers as in 79 followed by 80 etc. until you go
> through
> > > the book's page numbers. It sounds like a lot of work but really does
> not
> > > take much time.
> > >
> > > E.
> > > At 03:55 PM 8/10/2004, you wrote:
> > > >I've hesitated in offering my services in validating due to my
concern
> > > >(perhaps unwarranted) that I couldn't do the maticulous job some of
yu
> > > >obviously do based on the books I routinely read from BookShare.
> > > >
> > > >At this point, I've not purchased any of the fancy ocr packages such
as
> > > >k100 or Open Book which would make reviewing submissions a relative
> > > >breeze. In reviwing the outlined tasks involved in validating, the
> > > >stickler would be the one concerning making certain that the text is
> > > >incomplete form and no pages are mmissing. Other than reading the
> entire
> > > >book, how would one go about this task without a program such as K100
> > > >which seems more and more impressive every time you folks discuss it?
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
Other related posts:
