[bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right now

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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