Yes, that's the wonderful new thing!! Whoever looks at the download list after a book is submitted or uploaded otherwise? smile Cindy --- On Sat, 10/4/08, rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I'm not happy > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, October 4, 2008, 8:29 AM > I have had one book I validated returned to the download > list now. I > was informed of that fact by email from Bookshare. I > quickly went to > the download list and checked it to find a note from Carrie > in the > comment history explaining the problem. I downloaded it > again and made > the simple correction and uploaded it again. The point is > that I did > not have to check the download list to find out that it had > been > returned there. Bookshare informed me by email. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Sent: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 2:36 am > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] I'm not happy > > I think, from looking at books that have been returned to > page one, and > especially now that books with minor errors will be > returned with the > validator's corrections intact, that the kinds of > errors meant that > submitter might be able to fix tht validator cannot are > things like > Sue's blank page and very often, lack of copyright > information, > misspellings of title or author, missing pages, usually > only one. In > those kind of cases, the validator would have done the main > work of > validation but, not having the book, as the submitter did, > would not > necessarily notice that a page is missing (though > admittedly if he/she > had actually read the book while validating or did a final > pagination > check or that the copyright info was wrong. Bookshare's > assumption > would be that the original submitter can get the book again > and provide > that information--correct that error--but the validator > should get > validation credit. The submitter would still get the > submission credit. > > Perhaps some of you who write very well, e.g., Lissi, > Monica, etc., can > write a clearer explanation of part of the newsletter and > Pavi can add > it and send out a revision. > > Note that the newsletter was sent to all volunteers (I > think). Those of > us who subscribe to the volunteer email list write to each > other when a > page is garbled or missing or the copyright info is not > readable in the > scan or is missing, but the ones not on the list don't. > And I don't > think anyone, submitter or validator, checks the download > list > regularly to see if a book has been sent back to it, so I > was *really* > happy to see that both will be notified if a book is sent > back for a > correction. smile > > Cindy > > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > > > I'm going to paste here a section from the > latest > > volunteer > > > newsletter with wich I am not very happy. > > > > > > from now on books will be returned to the > download > > list with a "Hold for > > > Validator or Submitter". Depending on the > nature > > of the correction, and/or > > > who is best able to make the correction, either > the > > submitter or the > > > validator will re-upload the book. If re-edits > are > > uploaded by the > > > submitter, either the submitter or the validator > > should write to us > > > requesting that validation credits be transferred > from > > the submitter to > > > the > > > appropriate validator. We will make the transfer > > accordingly. > > > > > > Uh, if a validator hasn't done a job complete > > enough for a book to > > > be included in the bookshare collection, and the > > submitter makes > > > corrections > > > that a validator should have made, that validator > > should not get credit. > > > The validator should have contacted the submitter > > either directly or via > > > bookshare staff before uploading to fix things > that > > need fixing. What's > > > the > > > deal with giving people credit for work not done? > > > > > > These are just my opinions, but as a submitter, I > > don't have any > > > intention of fixing errors in a book that I > submit if > > the validator is > > > going > > > to get credit for not having done the work. > > > > > > Mayrie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a > list of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the > subject line. > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the word > 'help' by itself in the subject line. To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. 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