[nabs-l] Question for Anyone Who Gets Their Books Scanned by DSS

[Jen]

Hi Vejas,

The DSS office at my college got the scanned books on CD for me from
scanning companies. Sometimes, there were mistakes. If there was mistake
like "part Il" instead of "Part II," for example, i I could reason it out.
The way I worked around mistakes was, I pasted the document into a Word
document and edited it accordingly. I don't think it's appropriate to ask
DSS to proofread the print book against the scanned ttexts.

Jen

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Subject: [nabs-l] Question for Anyone Who Gets Their Books Scanned by DSS

Hi All,

I just finished my freshman year of college.  Thinking ahead to next year, I
would like to avoid an issue that happened my first semester (not an issue
second semester) regarding textbooks not available on Bookshare or iBooks.
For the books that were unavailable on these sites, I brought them and my
DSS scanned them in PDF's.  While I could read most of the text, there were
some parts with too many mistakes to be able to deduce the words. I don't
expect a "perfect" copy but was wondering how those of you who have been
successful have gotten the most accurate copy. I'm also wondering if you
think it is appropriate I ask my DSS to "proofread" the books to compare to
the print, I do know it would take lots of time but at least a quick spell
check.

Thanks,

Vejas

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