[bookshare-discuss] Re: Calling All Scanners
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:27:26 -0500
Me too, the CF card has well, I honestly don't want to think of how many
that are in stages of being edited to be submitted, smile.
Shelley L. Rhodes M.A., VRT, CTVI
and Guinevere, Golden lady Guide
juddysbuddy@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Guide Dogs For the Blind Inc.
Graduate Alumni Association Board
www.guidedogs.com
More than Any other time, When i hold a beloved book in my hand, my
limitations fall from me, my spirit is free.
- Helen Keller
----- Original Message -----
From: "robert tweedy" <roberttweedy@xxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:08 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: Calling All Scanners
Boy am I ahead, Will have 8 to submit after cleaning up 7 and scanning 1
more plus just ordered 10 books over the holidays and one is the four books
of the Morgan series by Rosemary Rogers plus 9 more books after that.
Skype contact bobwichitaks phone 316-524-5454
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: Bookshare Volunteers ; Bookshare Discuss
Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2008 7:48 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Calling All Scanners
If you own a scanner, this message is for you! Let's liven things up a
little around here and have some fun doing it. Let's do something we haven't
done before. Read to the end of this message to find out what I mean.
Did you know we're getting mighty close to the 50,000 books mark? Can you
imagine how good it will feel to celebrate it and tell our friends that we
have 50,000 books in our collection? How cool would it be if yours is book
number 50,000? What if we can make that happen without turning into zombies
who scan 'round the clock?
I've been talking to several Bookshare submitters and have found out that
we have something really cool in common. A lot of us scan more books than we
actually submit. This is usually because we scan books for ourselves and
then keep on scanning more books ahead of what we're actually reading. Some
of us have hard drives and memory cards full of scanned books that just need
to be cleaned up a bit before submission. It's just a matter of sitting down
for a little while to do a spell check and make sure all the pages are
there. Yet this seems like more work than just scanning while we do other
things.
These books are like buried treasure, hidden in the depths of our hard
drives. If we've scanned a certain book to read, it's almost a guarantee
that someone else wants to read the book too. Unlike treasure buried in the
ground, treasure on a hard drive can be so easily lost by something as
common as a power failure.
So let's do something cool, calling it Project Treasure Chest. Let's take
a little time during these cold winter months to open our treasure chests
to clean up and submit some of the books we already have scanned. In return,
you'll get some treasure of your own. Besides knowing that other people are
enjoying your books, I want to do something to recognize each person who
submits ten excellent scans between today, January 10, and March 30 of this
year. To do that, I'm going to do two things. I'm going to make a special
web page to honor each of the Project Treasure Chest submitters. On top of
that, I'm going to offer 3 prizes out of my own pocket. On may 1, I'm going
to ask a Bookshare staff member to draw three names from a hat. Each of
these three people will receive a 20 dollar gift certificate from Amazon.
Project Treasure Chest is open to everyone who is a Bookshare volunteer.
It doesn't matter whether you're brand new or have been a volunteer for
years. All you have to do to be listed on the special web page and become
eligible for the Amazon prizes is to submit 10 books that are in excellent
condition and email me a list of your submissions. These books must be
validated to verify that they are in excellent shape since it is the only
way I know of to make sure that people don't just submit fair and incomplete
books to win a prize. That is why I'm waiting for several weeks after the
cut-off date to get the books into the Bookshare collection. These can be
BSO scans of books that need it, books you scanned for yourself, or books
from the wish list. The only requirement is that they need to be in
excellent condition. Excellent doesn't mean perfect. It does mean clear and
legible text. You'll need to email me your list of titles since it's the
only way I'll know who is participating and how to get in touch with you. My
email address is rhyami@xxxxxxxxx . I'll be working to validate your books,
as will many other volunteers.
So will you join me in uncovering our buried treasures? Are you ready to
celebrate 50,000 books?
If you're a person who validates instead of scanning, don't worry. I'm
going to think of something fun for you too. Since validaters aren't listed
on the Bookshare site, it's a lot harder to see who is doing what. That's ok
though. I'm not going to leave you folks out. You're too important for that.
If you'll help me get the ball rolling here, I promise you we'll do
something for validaters soon.
Finally, if you know anyone who volunteers but is not on the Bookshare
lists, please pass this along to them. We all win when people take part.
Monica Willyard, who has a treasure chest of her own to share
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