[bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g

  • From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2005 23:07:39 -0400

Cam Jenson actually and one of those who I didn't get to read, because it 
was way too hard.


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: "Sarah Van Oosterwijck" <curiousentity@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 6:09 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g


Extremely well stated.  I was told that I didn't like to read when I was a
kid, but that was totally untrue.  I was just given boring books all the
time, so of course I didn't have that much desire to read them.  If i had
been given something interesting to read I would have learned much faster
and been much happier.
I remember the Cam? books that were about a young girl detective with a
photographic memory, and those books were really the first interesting
reading material I was ever given in braille that I actually enjoyed
reading.  I really wonder what they were actually called.  Once I had good
books to read I started to read all the time.

By submitting children's books to bookshare we are encouraging learning,
helping kids to succeed in school, helping kids to love reading, and
ultimately increasing their intelligence, though not necessarily their
ability to spell, if I am any indication. LOL

Sarah Van Oosterwijck
Assistive Technology Trainer
http://home.earthlink.net/~netentity
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Pietruk" <pietruk@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2005 11:02 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Scannin g


> Children and teen books, in accessible form, are especially important as
> instilling the love of reading both for pleasure and information is best
> done at a young age.
> And having good quality, both in content and scanning quality, will
> instill those values down the road.
> A youngster who downloads a BookShare book and sees them almost perfect
> in
> scanning quality will strive for the same when and if they do scanning
> themselves.
> So, I am far more concerned that a Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Bailey Kids,
> Goose Bumps, Black Stallion, et al book is at near perfection than for a
> similar adult book.
> So while some might argue that BookShare's collection is somewhat
> lopsided
> with an overweighting of younger reader books,
> this will pay handsome dividends down the road for BookShare or any
> similar service down the road.
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