[bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 00:07:21 -0400
Not really. I'm not a member of BS. I'm a volunteer. I can't evaluate the
edition on the list. I'm going to do my own scan anyway, upload it and give
it a rating. Someone with downloading priviledges can do the comparison.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 6:33 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 550 books in the download queue
> 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?
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