Believe it or not, I cannot get these rural Mississippi parents to read
with
their kids, let alone use a computer with them. I have only converted a
half a dozen teachers to BookShare and its FREE! They all think it is too
much work. Sigh. I am working on people, but it is an excruciatingly
slow
process here...
Thanks!
Valerie
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:06 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
Valerie,
If you can get the kids signed up with Bookshare, smile. I have found
that
once the parents see how valuable the service is, they will go at it.
Smile, that and providing cheat sheets on how to do things helps quite a
lot.
Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
Guide dogs for the Blind Alumni Association
www.guidedogs.com
Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel,
anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your
history
and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and
journalist
(1940-1992)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:12 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>I am with both of you! I am so enthusiastic, and as you all know, have
> jumped in running (many thanks to all who have endured my steep
> learning
> curve!). I have tried to enlist more volunteers, especially sighted
> volunteers, but can't even get anyone to nibble so far. I don't get it
> with
> all the people I know scanning for their schools or what not, why they
> will
> not sign up to even just add what they are already doing. Oh, well, I
> will
> keep trying!
>
> Take care!
> Valerie
>
> Currently scanning My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
> Ally's Busy Day
> A Turkey for Thanksgiving
> Santa Claus The World's Number One Toy Expert
> who do I talk to
>
> Currently proofing:
> Ten Days To Self-Esteem
> Shanghaied to China
> Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
> Stories Behind the Greatest Traditions of Christmas
> More Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs Of Christmas
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
>> Behalf Of Kim Friedman
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:08 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>>
>> Hi, Monica, from your mouth to God's ear. I think the more the
>> merrier.
> Let
>> there be more crack submitters and proofreaders who love finding books
>> for
>> every type of reading pleasure. Let them raid fantastictfiction.com
>> and
>> discover all manner of authors we know nothing about who write stuff
> that's
>> entertaining for those who like a good story. Regards, Kim.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
Willyard
>> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:23 PM
>> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>>
>> Robert, as volunteers, we can submit almost any type of books we
choose.
>> Bookshare is doing children's books because that's what the grant
>> money
>> covers. They will do adult educational books as well, but no romances
or
>> things containing adult content. Bookshare funding is dependent upon
how
>> well they follow the goals of the grant by adding 100,000 educational
> books
>> over a five-year period. We're about to go into year 3 of the grant,
>> so
I
>> think we'll see even more books for kids in the future.
>>
>> That leaves us to scan and proofread books for pleasure. I'd like to
> recruit
>> more volunteers because I think we're making only a tiny dent in the
> amount
>> of books for adults that people say they want to read. Our wish list
>> is
>> huge, and I'd really like to find a way that we can get all of those
>> books
>> added to Bookshare. We would benefit from doubling our number of
>> active
>> volunteers, especially if we could find some additional sighted
>> volunteers
>> who could help with books that blind people have trouble proofreading.
>>
>> Monica Willyard
>> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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