[Studiotalk] Should I take this as a win and move on?

[Tekla Slider]

Brian,
I may have to steal your last line to post all over my house and office. I
tend to want things perfect and get upset when they aren't. Thank you for
the reminder on a Monday afternoon that 80% is an acceptable win.

Tekla Slider
*Federal Documents Librarian*
*Wyoming State Library*
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tekla.slider at wyo.gov
(307) 777-6955


On Mon, Jun 17, 2019 at 1:44 PM Blackwell, Brian <bblackwell at azlibrary.gov>
wrote:

> I’d suggest a quiet fist pump, and moving on.
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> My opinion has always been that the reviewers represent the patrons, and
> if the reviewer doesn’t have a problem with the recording, I have to assume
> the patrons won’t either.
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> If I ever doubt the quality of the work a reviewer has done, it never
> hurts to have someone else review it again, just to double-check. If not,
> they have expertise, and as a collaborative medium I have to trust people
> to have done their job. Otherwise, I could just review everything myself.
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> The worst case scenario is an (most likely apocryphal) anecdote I heard,
> about a book requested by a patron. The studio manager in question was very
> particular about the length of the silences between paragraphs, and spent a
> long time editing those to make them uniform. The production took an
> abnormally long time. In the meanwhile, the patron passed away. But at
> least those silences were all the same length?
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> When I find I’m drawing some line in the sand, it usually helps to ask
> myself, “Is this for the patrons, or for just myself? Am I slowing down
> production, to make myself happy with a book which isn’t being made for
> me?” I mean, I could spend years editing every book until it’s “perfect”
> and almost never release anything.
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> In the end, if I can get 80% of what I want, that’s a pretty big win. Not
> just in a production, but life in general.
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> Brian Blackwell
> Studio Manager, Arizona Talking Book Library
> AZ State Library, Archives & Public Records
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> *From:* studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] *On Behalf Of
> *Coffman, Linden
> *Sent:* Monday, June 17, 2019 9:38 AM
> *To:* studiotalk at islemail.org
> *Subject:* [Studiotalk] Should I take this as a win and move on?
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> Hi all,
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> Just wanted to share something I got from one of my veteran reviewers,
> (she’s listened to dozens of titles over the 6 years she’s been with the
> program and was our volunteer of the year in 2016).  I got a stellar review
> from her that stated “This is one of the best books I’ve ever reviewed.
> Great story and very well read.  You all did an outstanding job on this.
> There we *no* errors worth correcting.  Keep up the great work”
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> Do I take this as the complement that was intended and just finish up the
> title or do I worry about the errors not worth correcting?  I’ve often
> wondered if I wasn’t a bit over OCD with it comes to things like this?  How
> do you handle # of errors in a recording?
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> Linden Coffman
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> Director
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> Indiana Voices
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> Indiana State Library
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> Talking Book & Braille Library
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