[bksvol-discuss] Re: quality of books
- From: "Rui" <goldWave@xxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 13:00:46 -0400
Hi again:
Let me point out something that I believe is critical.
It costs bookshare.org an average of $50 to add each title to the
collection, (staff time, resources, etc)
This was stated by jim Fruchterman at the NFB convention bookshare users
meeting on July 4.
Note: I didn't ask for any sort of methodology as to how this was
calculated.
This # crystalized my resolve to "get it right the first time."
I always new that adding a substandard book to the collection only to have
someone rescan it wasted staff and volunteer time that could have gone
elsewhere.
But as we see, it also wastes outright cash.
I am not saying we shouldn't rescan fair books, that is why I have the
fairbook list on my site.
However, going forward let's try to get it right the first time and not
attack projects with the mindset of "someone can fix it later."
Because usually, someone never does and that book just sits there.
-- Rui
BookshareScans
http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
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