Monday, October 6, 2008

Business as Usual

It's always great to get out of town, and not so great to return to the review room. The best part is the steady paycheck.

Our review is still plodding along. Some custodians are easier to deal with than others; because it's technical information, the complexity of the work varies by custodian. I prefer it when the batches are easier; numbers are up and my brain doesn't turn to mush. Either way, it has to get done.

In this review we've been encouraged to mass annotate, which is new. On one review, our QC team was mass annotating, despite having been told not to. Most reviews on which I have worked haven't suggested mass annotations as an option. When possible, it does make the work go faster; however, sometimes it isn't possible.

Mass annotations seem to work best in batches with basically two choices; check one, leave the other. Immediately mark any other random thing. It's a great theory, but in some cases, custodian has too wide a variety of materials for it to be feasible. In those cases, it's just easier to mark them one at a time, or a few at a time.

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