[bksvol-discuss] Re: our commitment to you: from Jim Fruchterman and Betsy Beaumon
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 7 Aug 2010 10:55:21 -0700
Marilyn,
Mayrie is right. We are making the new opportunities explicit in order to
address peoples' concern about the new books coming in and he fact that they
are moving older copies out of the collection.
What you love doing is still very necessary. Being able to read the books you
work on is enjoyable in itself. The other options have their own appeal
depending on a volunteer's skills and personality.
Our job as staff is to communicate changes and make sure you understand how
these will impact the ways you contribute to Bookshare's mission.
That could certainly mean that you would want to try something new but you will
notice that at the same time we are working hard to improve the Online Manual.
That is because we are committed to making it easier for volunteers to continue
doing, and training others to do, what we have always enjoyed doing.
There's plenty of work for everybody!
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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On Behalf Of Mayrie ReNae [mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, August 07, 2010 4:12 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: our commitment to you: from Jim Fruchterman and
Betsy Beaumon
Hi Marilyn,
I don't think you have to learn a new skill. The new options for volunteers
are geared, I think, to those whose scanning and proofreading preferences
are completely swallowed up by publisher quality books. Or, for folks who
are afraid their work will be replaced by publisher quality books and don't
like that idea. I, like you, enjoy what I scan and proofread. And though
I'll be happy to help out wherever it's necessary, those things are still
what I started volunteering doing, and have always enjoyed, and will
continue to do. We just need to either be prepared to have the books be
replaced that we scan and/or proofread before publishers who intend to offer
books to Bookshare replace them, or seek out books that interest us but that
won't be replaced, either because they're older books, or books produced by
publishers who don't contribute to Bookshare.
There's a place here foreveryone. And all contributions are good
contributions. I don't think you need to worry.
Mayrie
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Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:27 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; Scott Rains
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: our commitment to you: from Jim Fruchterman
and Betsy Beaumon
Hi, Scott.
Not finding anything resembling my own reaction so far, I have to ask: What
about any scanners and/or any proofreaders who are, as I am, quite thrilled
doing precisely what they're doing now? I'm a new scanner and I scan books
that appeal to me. I'm a proofreader for under two years and love
proofreading scary murder mysteries and true crime stories. I didn't notice
anything in the new needed options that appealed to me. Do I have to learn a
new skill now?
Respectfully,
Marilyn
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