[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: "Julia" <julia.kulak@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 18:02:02 -0500
Hmmm, does that mean that we should start including pictures in books, or just
stick to our origenal mandate?
Oh, never mind, I just remembered that pictures aren't retained in rtf anyway,
and since neither Kurzweil or openbook saves them that would be a bit difficult
to pull off in any event. Julia
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 12:01 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Gary, according to Jim F. and Susie, Bookshare is going to begin retaining
images for educational books soon. It won't affect us because the images won't
be part of the files our technology uses. They'll be extra files sighted users
can access. Jim and Susie have discussed this project in some of their public
seminars and speeches. I think sighted members will love it.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gary Petraccaro
Sent: Friday, February 27, 2009 2:18 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
But those books will more than likely have pictures and their pictorial
content may well be central to their point. I don't see how most of us will be
able to do justice to such titles. Nor do I see BookShare changing to include
diagrams, photographs, or line art.
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Hi Carrie. Since Bookshare serves sighted people, I see some gaps others
may not have mentioned. Books about defensive driving, car maintenance,
beauty/fashion, bird watching, scrapbooking, and home decorating and remodeling
are missing from Bookshare. We also don't have many books about flower
arranging, varieties of flowers and plants, and landscaping. Many of our books
about houseplants and gardening are rated fair and are hard to read. They
aren't visible to new members by default. In fact, our "Home and Garden"
category is fairly anemic, especially since around half of the 181 books are
Shelley's series of children's books about animals that are "nature's
children." If you watch TV, networks like TLC, A&E, Style, and HGTV are full of
shows about decorating, remodeling, and restoring houses or about planting
lovely gardens and landscaping with designs that flatter the style of a home.
So far, Bookshare's collection doesn't reflect these types of interests. I
haven't figured out if this lack of content is due to lack of interest from
submitters or if the material is difficult to scan. It could be a combination
of both. I do know that sighted people read books on these subjects and think
they will expect to see books about these topics in the collection.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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