[bksvol-discuss] Re: Poet Project
- From: Alisa Moore <alisam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: Cindy Rosenthal <grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx>, "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 14:46:08 +0000
H all,
Cindy is right - we continue to actively recruit volunteers to write image
descriptions, primarily in text books (which is a requirement of our federal
"office of special education programs" award). Other books can also be done if
you let me know what you'd like to do (for example, Pam H. described every book
in the Tree House series).
For more information about the project see the Bookshare volunteer overview
page (image descriptions), or go to the following informational link for
volunteers (which includes guidelines, background for the project, instructions
for getting started, and registration information for the diagram.herokuapp.com
site).
https://wiki.benetech.org/display/BSO/Image+Description+Volunteer+Communications
Feel free to contact me if you'd like to know more or to receive a book
assignment.
Kindly,
Alisa Moore
-----Original Message-----
From: Cindy Rosenthal [mailto:grandcyn77@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:34 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Alisa Moore
Subject: Poet Project
I started t reply to Judy's post but I lost my note before sending it (I forgot
to save as a draft.
One of the books requiring image descriptions is Junie B, First Grader,
shipwreck, so I think perhaps books for primary and elementary school children
qualify.
Volunteers interested in describing images for the project were asked, a while
ago, to sign up and received a list of books in the collection that needed
images described; they also received access to the proper URL (there is one
site for boookshare volunteers and another for other people). As anyone who has
written descriptions knows, doing them can be somewhat time-consuming,
depending on the detail in the image. I try to do one or two at a time as a
break from proofing; Describing images in children's books is my least favorite
chore because of the people involved; I try to describe them and what they're
wearing as well as what they're doing. The first book I did was a high school
or junior high Health book; I learned not to be so detailed.
There are many books in the c collection that have images that need to be
described: science, history, geography, literature. Perhaps the project can use
more volunteers. Anyone interested should write to Alisam@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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