Gary:
It isn't always like what u say here. Sometimes there are graphs or
charts that need to be described, sometimes pagination issues w/a
book, etc., that can be done only by a person who actually has the
print book, & often only by a person w/eyesight. Some of these folks
qualify for bookshare as they themselves are print-disabled but many
do not. So the blind person cleans up as much as s/he can--yet there
are still issues to be resolved which could potentially cause the book
to be rejected, e.g. paging. I think whoever uploads the book gets the
credit & that needs to be worked out by the validators themselves.
Often, as I said, the folks we're talking about don't need the credits
anyway. But if there's credits to be worked out then the 2 validators
need to do that between themselves like big boys & girls so as not to
create issues for the Bookshare staff, cuz that's not right, either.
On 12/14/07, Gary Petraccaro <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Since people are getting credits for this stuff, how is BookShare
supposed
to apportion
this. This just makes more work for the staff. If one can't do a book
because of unfamiliarity with the material, punt. If it's so bad that a
single person can't fix it all, reject. If one just hasn't the time,
teach
yourself not to over commit by doing shorter books or taking a brief
vacation. Heavens, this isn't
rocket science, and yet, I never see this issue go away. It's been
around
for what seems years.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Yates, CPhT" <jamieyates@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, December 14, 2007 8:39 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: taming step 1 into a smaller list
> What if when a person works on a book, but cannot finish it for a
> particular reason, if he or she could "accept" the book instead of
> releasing it, and change the title to say something like NEEDS MORE
> WORK
> (like where you would put BSO or HOLD FOR). Then the file would be
> uploaded to Bookshare, and Claire would know from seeing the title that
> it
> needs to go back to step 1 instead of being approved?
>
> You can change the title of a book when you accept it. We do it all of
> the time when we take out the HOLD FOR.
>
>
> Jamie in Michigan
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