[bksvol-discuss] Re: "Disappearing Books"
- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2010 22:28:11 -0400
It's worse than that, actually, because even if the publisher says they'll
deliver the books, there's no way of knowing when that will happen. It could be
years later.
I saw this really long list of Harper Collins books a couple years ago that
were supposedly going to be donated to Bookshare. On that list were about ten
Year's Best Science Fiction anthologies edited by David G. Hartwell. So far,
only one of those PQ books has been added to the collection. So you might scan
something and it be replaced next month, or it might be years before the
publisher gets around to it, even if it's on a list of books that they say
they're going to donate. It makes it difficult to know what to do sometimes.
Evan
----- Original Message -----
From: Denise Thompson
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:50 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: "Disappearing Books"
Actually as I've signed up to be a captain for some Carla Neggers series
fill-ins, I wonder if there's any assurance that we won't just be doing this
for nothing and that publishers will eventually provide the books. I guess
there isn't any way to really know that. So we press on.
Denise
At 06:24 PM 6/10/2010, you wrote:
Smile or page numbers as those are added in after going to press, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
and Ludden Black Labrador Guide Dog
The ultimate sense of security will be when we come to recognize that we
are all part of one human race. Our primary allegiance is to the human race and
not to one particular color or border. -Mohamed ElBaradei, Director General of
the International Atomic Energy Agency (b. 1942)
----- Original Message ----- From: "EVAN REESE" <mentat3@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 4:17 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: "Disappearing Books"
It may be especially discouraging if volunteer submitted books having all
their page breaks are replaced by books having few or no page breaks, as many
PQ books do. I notice that the size of the book isn't even included on the page
of a few PQ books I looked at. Hope nobody needs them for a class or something
or they'll be up the proverbial creek without a paddle
Evan
----- Original Message ----- From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 2:21 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] "Disappearing Books"
Bookshare volunteers,
Approximately 6800 Random House books in e-pub format will be flowing
through Bookshare's production pipeline over the next several weeks.
During that time changes will be limited to 100 books/day. This allows
us to test our tools for auto-publishing straight to the collection and
diverting low-quality submissions from publishers (yes, they do exist!) to our
review and repair processes.
I know this can be discouraging especially if you see your submission
replaced by something else. It may be comforting to keep in mind the impact
your submission has had on members up to the point it was replaced. It is also
important to remind ourselves that while publishers can shower us with the
thousands of titles that are in their catalog only our volunteers fill our
collection with the in-demand, hard-to-find titles that they know appeal to our
members.
With that in mind I invite volunteers to sign up for the Series
Captains Project. Here's the list of series and captains so far. Below is a
description of the project:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
________________________________________
Volunteers,
Several people have asked for gaps to be filled in the series in
Bookshare's
collection. One way to do that quickly and accurately is to allow a
volunteer to take on the role of Series Captain. A Series Captain takes
ownership of filling the gaps in a specific series of books.
The process looks something like this:
Pick a series to oversee.
You may recruit sub-captains or a new volunteer as a mentee. All mentees
must have successfully completed at least one full book scan before
they
can join this new campaign.
Research the collection to see if there any titles missing in that
series
and which titles in the collection are of less than excellent quality.
Check the Master list to ensure there is no duplication of effort.
Scan the book and upload it yourself now or submit the title to our Wish
List.
This process allows us to systematically improve the quality of our
collection. It allows those with a passion for a particular series to
have
ongoing responsibility for it. We expect Series Captains will also feel
a
sense of pride in a job well done.
There are several series that have traditionally been followed very
closely
by particular volunteers; we would hope those people would become
Captains
of those series. We have reached out to a few of those people already.
If
you are following a series or would like to become a Series Captain,
please
let Nancy Feldman ( nancy_feldman@xxxxxxxxxxx ) or Scott Rains (
scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx ) know!
An early version of the Series Captains List is on the wiki here:
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Series+Captains+List
If this is not a good format, let us know. It's just the first
iteration and
can be changed.
Thanks always for being a dynamic and momentous force that makes
Bookshare
the incredible library it is. We couldn't do it without you!
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