Please enlighten me, must have missed something; what is "jiffy proofing," or a "jiffy proofer?" Is it some kind of software which proofs, as such? Curtis Delzer. HS. K 6 V F O San Bernardino, CA. curtis@xxxxxxxxxx skype: curtis1014 On Tue, 8 Oct 2013 20:39:43 -0400 Nimit Gmail <kaur.nimit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thats a fair deal! :) > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Oct 8, 2013, at 5:46 PM, Madeleine Linares <Madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Brenda and I have had a chance to chat about this latest jiffy proofer and > > I wanted to share our what weve come up with. We definitely agree with the > > concern and will take any possible instances of jiffy proofing very > > seriously. > > > > Our official stance on jiffy proofers: > > If every anyone sees what may be jiffy proofing, please email Madeleine or > > Brenda off list (though feel free to mention that you have done so to the > > list-I suggest emailing off list to make sure we get it). We will then > > spend extra time checking the original scan against the > > possibly-jiffy-proofed one. > > > > If the scan has not been proofread at all, well return it with a note that > > we require all scans to be proofread. We will not put a hold on that book > > and it will go back to the checkout queue for anyone to proofread. > > > > If the scan has been proofread somewhat but needs more work, it will be > > returned with a hold for the speedy proofreader and we will email the > > proofreader directly (in addition to the email sent out with the edits > > needed) explaining that Bookshares version of proofreading does take time > > to get a high-quality product. > > > > If the scan has been proofread well but very quickly, well email the > > volunteer asking how they were so speedy to see what we can find out, and > > handle it accordingly. Please note that this is a rather unlikely scenario. > > > > In this current case, I have contacted the volunteer and explained our > > process for proofreading and suggested spending a bit more time on each > > scan. Ive shared some examples of the amount of time people will spend > > proofreading one book, and encouraged asking questions about the process > > and to let me know how I can help. Ill monitor any continued volunteer > > activity as well. > > > > Please email me off list if you have questions or concerns. Thank you all > > again for helping to maintain our high quality standards! > > > > Best, > > > > Madeleine Linares > > Volunteer Coordinator > > Bookshare, a Benetech Initiative > > 650-644-3459 > > madeleinel@xxxxxxxxxxxx > > 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.