[bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right now
- From: Emily Harrison <greeniebone@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:27:35 -0600
I just want to add my support for Roger's statement. Although we all enjoy
volunteering for Bookshare, if someday our volunteering becomes obsolete due
to the instant accessibility of all books, that will be a happy day indeed!
Volunteers at a homeless shelter would not complain if the shelter became
obsolete due to all its tenants finding homes of their own, so we should try
to see things at that level. Publishers may have a ways to go in improving
their scans, but publisher-submitted scans are still a relatively new
phenomenon, and the relationship between publishers and Bookshare will
develop and improve over time.
Volunteers should never feel their efforts were wasted if their scan is
replaced with a publisher scan. I personally feel that just the idea of
having books be accessible to all makes the hours of hard work worthwhile.
Think of all the people who have downloaded and enjoyed the scans we've
worked on, even if those scans have since been replaced. If the enjoyment
of others doesn't make the effort worthwhile, then maybe volunteering for
Bookshare is not a good choice in general. Of course, I certainly think it
IS a good choice, and that it will continue to be so as long as volunteers
are still needed!
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Emily Harrison
greeniebone@xxxxxxxxx
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