[bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right now
- From: "Jamie Prater" <jdprater@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:54:11 -0500
Hi, Emily, your post was very well said. I applaud what you've said and agree
wholeheartedly. This is a positive way of looking at things. The sooner a
book gets into the collection, the more who will have access to it. The
folunteer work has made this sooner in many cases and still will for a long
time to come I think. Have a blessed day.
----- Original Message -----
From: Emily Harrison
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right
now
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!
--
Emily Harrison
greeniebone@xxxxxxxxx
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