[bksvol-discuss] Re: renewing books you're validating
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2005 10:38:20 -0700 (PDT)
Rui,
I agree, in a way, with the thirty-day limit. Even
though I am one who reads carefully, correcting on the
way, I can finish validating a book in 30 days --
probably. A really long book like Hanta Yo, and books
that others are doing like Rose's the Edward VIII,
might take longer. Also, life events can interfere.
I am one has been renewing and renewing, although
since I am you probably haven't seen the books. But
that is because I've taken books that have been
returned numerous times before and plan to fix them. I
don't want to see them rejected and I don't want to
rescan, and I don't think people will bother to rescan
them. There are so many books to be scanned and
re-scanned. How many Fair books are on your list to
rescan?
I have taken to heart Guido's request not to download
too many books, and once I have finished with the ones
I have, I will only take one at a time -- and Guido, I
don't have that many.After being scolded by you I
returned more than half and have them on a list to do
if they're still up there. But Marissa had said that
books that had been languishing for months and months
were going to be deleted, at least that was my
understanding, and so I saved a few. When they are
really messed up and I find that I'm not interested
enough to fix them -- so far it's happened with only
one book -- I do reject.
Cindy
--- Rui <goldWave@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Greetings:
>
> Although Mike and I tend not to agree on a whole
> lot, with this I completely
> concur.
>
> In fact, I have gone as far as to suggest a 30-day
> max on a book.
> If you can't validate a book in a month, either your
> not trying, the book
> should be rejected immediately or you are just
> leisurely reading it and
> you'll submit it when you get around to it.
> None of these possibilities are acceptable.
>
> I have seen people renew a book 14 times in a row,
> (3 and a half months)
> There is no defensible explanation for this!!!
>
> Jake, the original structure of bookshare with
> validations being worth 20%
> of a submission needs to be looked at.
> Too many times vallidation to people means "rubber
> stamp."
>
> This of course was bookshare's error in the way
> things were originally
> presented.
> However, as the system matures, things need to be
> done differently.
> I guarantee you, you don't get a lot of grant money
> if your books are
> sub-standard. Bookshare knows this and this is why
> the push towards quality
> is under way.
>
>
>
> -- Rui, goldWave@xxxxxxx
> BookshareScans
> http://members.cox.net/booksharescans
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, July 17, 2005 12:29 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: renewing books you're
> validating
>
>
> > Jill
> >
> > Whether the official time is 1 week or 2 isn't the
> problem.
> > Frankly, unless a book were a real treasure, an
> important or significant
> > work, or a rare book -- spending 1 week, say
> nothing of 2, would imply
> > that everyone would be better off with a rescan.
> > Part of the problem in extending a 1 week to a 2
> week holding time is that
> > there are people who download, and then never
> release a book they have
> > chosen not to validate for whatever reason.
> > There is nothing wrong with someone grabbing
> something andthe then
> > deciding not to validate.
> > But they ought to have the courtesy of getting the
> book back in
> > circulation.
> >
> > There is a reason that validating earns 20% of the
> credit of a submission.
> > And as I have said above, if you have to do that
> much work to the book, it
> > may well be something best turned down.
> > And if you have no time at the oment to validate,
> then one might best take
> > a vacation from validating.
> > The goal is to get books into the hands of users
> as quickly as possible;
> > extending validating times defeats that goal and
> encourages slow
> > validating.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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