[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2005 23:12:11 -0400
That is how I feel Mike.
I remember those days, not that long ago, maybe eight years, ago, when I
would stand and stare at the children's library and wish, that I had a way
to read all those "big books". Smile.
And now that I have the technology and the knowledge I want to put it to
good use.
I usually scan books I want to read so they get edited as I read them , but
sometimes I scan something for the site only. In those cases then I just
scan it, do the best scan I can and put it up for others to check out and
see if they are interested which they usually are.
I don't find the time to be too consuming, and hope that my work can benefit
someone else, even if it is a few years from now.
I consider that Rome wasn't built in a day, smile, and it is truly awesome
to see over 23,000 titles on a site that I have seen grow from before it
went live.
Besides this is a "mission" or volunteer project that I can do without much
help and get quite a bit of satisfaction out of.
Smile.
It is quite an exciting thing to see.
Shelley L. Rhodes and Judson, guiding golden
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Advisory Council
www.guidedogs.com
The vision must be followed by the venture. It is not enough to
stare up the steps - we must step up the stairs.
-- Vance Havner
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 5:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g
Patti
I hold all books I scan -- be they hard cover, paperback, or in between --
firmly against the scanner's glass when scanning.
And as I intend submitting books to BookShare, that is my first reason in
scanning them, I read, edit, rescan pages, spellcheck, and all the rest as
part of the process.
Sure, it slows things down; sure, it takes a lot of time.
Sure, it can get aggravating at times.
Sure, sometimes, I fail and end up with something less than ideal.
Is it worth it? That's a matter of personal judgment.
But good things tend to take an effort.
And if you think that the process is slow, consider how long it took a
Middle Ages monk to hand copy manuscripts for preservation.
Think how long it takes a modern age Braille transcriber to produce
hand-copied Braille books.
Consider how long it takes -- including prep time -- for a Talking Book
narrator to record a finely sounding book.
When looked in those terms, that time isn't so great.
And if the book makes a collection such as BookShare, where others can
benefit from the book, think how much time you might save others in not
them having to scan the book themselves.
It's all a matter of perspective and priorities, I guess.
And there is no right or wrong answer as this is subjective.
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