When I was volunteering at my library and was able to drive I asked, too, but they weren't interested inoffering the service,whichb I think is a real shame. --- On Thu, 7/26/12, Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Roger Loran Bailey <rogerbailey81@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, July 26, 2012, 10:33 AM > You may have been suggesting this to > Reggie, but it is something that I > never thought of, so I just called my own county library and > asked them > if they have such a service. Alas, they don't. > On 7/26/2012 12:24 PM, Lori Castner wrote: > > Reggie, Call your library and ask about disability > services and whether the > > library delivers books to homes of blind individuals. > > Whether that service is available would depend on your > library, but it's > > definitely worth an inquiry. > > > > Lori C. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Regina Alvarado > > Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 5:06 AM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: scanning > > > > I am really considering trying to scan. I have > only scanned a couple of > > times. Can I scan in Word properly? Do libraries > send out books to the > > house? I will ask my sister-in-law to keep an eye out > for old books, but if > > we buy them before I check, that will be difficult > too. I am totally blind > > and would need to pay ADA to get to a library or even > to a bookshop. Any > > other ideas on how to procure books without the > wonderful liberty of a car? > > Rambling I know. I do not even know if we have > the room for me to scan > > here, but I know we need scanners, and I feel the need > to step up! Won't be > > as good as Evan, Larry, Mary, et al., but I sure can > try! > > Reggie > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Roger Loran Bailey > > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 10:10 PM > > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: New 3 hold maximum in > check out queue > > > > The trouble with that is that it would likely encourage > unnecessary holds. > > Like I said, I think we already get a lot of > unnecessary holds. > > When someone announces that they have a book ready to > upload and asks who > > wants it that is an unnecessary hold. If you are going > to place a hold on it > > for the first person who asks for it then why place a > hold on it at all? The > > overwhelming number of books on the checkout list have > holds as it is. These > > suggestions of keeping some kind of form that people > can state the kinds of > > books that they would like held for them seems to be > steering the checkout > > list toward nothing but holds. There would be no room > for a new volunteer to > > just browse it and try out proofreading. > > On 7/25/2012 9:56 PM, Ali Al-hajamy wrote: > >> Great idea. Then people could get in touch with > volunteers, new or > >> old, who they know would be interested in whatever > they've scanned, > >> and this problem would be minimised. > >> > >> On 25-Jul-12 21:54, Ann Parsons wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> > >>> Tracy, have you made an effort to get to know > folks here? Have you > >>> let anyone know the kinds of books you're > interested in proofing? > >>> Have you put out an announcement on the list as > to what you'd like to > >>> proof? A scanner cannot know all > proofers, and may not know that > >>> you're interested in proofing a given type of > book. > >>> > >>> Maybe what we need is to have volunteers write > blurbs or fill out > >>> forms where they say what types of books they > like. Just a thought. > >>> > >>> Ann P. > >>> > >> To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >> bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >> put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a > >> list of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the > >> subject line. > >> > > To unsubscribe from this list send a > blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a > blank Email to > > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. 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