Hi Pavi, Is anything in the works to correct the listing of authors that is so messed up, giving Jr as a last name, or the last part of a two-part name as the last name? I know kids well enough to know that some students, and adults as well, woould laugh at the way some of them are listed in the library. Sue S. ----- Original Message ----- From: Pavi Mehta To: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx ; bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Bookshare.org Volunteers Sent: Monday, May 11, 2009 2:24 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Romances and grants Hi Roger and All, Yes, erotica and romance were just used as examples of what the grant wouldn't cover. Our librarian has worked really hard to come up with a clear definition of what qualifies as educational that is currently being reviewed by the management as well as the grant administrators. When we have the final green signal on it, we will be sure to include it both in the manual as well as send it out to the volunteer community. We're looking forward to having those guidelines as well! All good things, Pavi From: Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx [mailto:Rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, May 10, 2009 8:35 AM To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Bookshare.org Volunteers Subject: Re: [bksvol-discuss] Romances and grants It has nothing to do with sex. The grant is specifically for books of an educational purpose and romances do not qualify. At one point Carrie posted a message on list in which she said something to that effect. It seemed clear to me that she was just using romances and erotica as examples of what the grant would not cover. It certainly seems to me that if romance and erotica do not qualify then a lot more popular fiction would not either. I suspect, that if Lissi was told in a private message that anything but romance and erotica qualifies as educational, she must have misunderstood. It would be good to get a clarification of what qualifies as educational for the purposes of the grant, so I am copying this email to volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Philosophers have merely interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it." Karl Marx table with 2 columns and 6 rows Subj: [bksvol-discuss] Romances and grants Date: 5/10/2009 9:05:02 AM Eastern Daylight Time From: wyomiia@xxxxxxxxxxxx Reply-to: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent from the Internet (Details) table end Lissi, I don't understand , why would Romances not be covered? I love romances and lots of other women do too. If it covers SCI-FI and other fiction books then why would it not cover romance? If it is the sex in romances they should read some SCI-FI and mystery books, because sex is in lots of other books too. I scan Harlequin books and other romance all the time so I can submit them if there are proofreaders for them. I want to get the rest of Catherine Coulter books and scan them too. Why wont Bookshare do a training class for scanners and proofreaders like they do for Victor Reader and Read Out Loud? The manual does not give much info on what is the best fonts, how to do the best headers and how the auto computers work with the scan programs. I want the books I submit to sail through without problems and would take the time to fix them so they would. I set my OCR to English UK and it is doing great now and I'm scanning 50 pages a day. I hope to get faster as I learn. Almost every romances is in UK English not American. I have a question. On the book I submitted. Radha Ayalasomayajul Checkout the book and it says: Active artifact id 421897 (RFT) Then it say Radha Ayalasomayajula Checkout Active artifact id 421898 (Daisy) I understand the first Radha Ayalasomayajul is proofing my rft file of the book. But the second part does it mean she is turning it into a Daisy book so it can be checked out? Does she work for Bookshare? I'm just trying to understand the steps from my rft book file to a book that can be checked out at Bookshare. Tammy ************** Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcntustrav00000002) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.325 / Virus Database: 270.12.24/2108 - Release Date: 05/11/09 05:52:00