Tell him thanks from me!
I am sure there are many many more quiet heroes out there for us to hear
about.
Something I am noticing is that a few volunteers reach into their own
pockets to ship books from their personal libraries to other volunteers
for scanning. Unfortunately Bookshare is not able to help with that and so
those sorts of expenses become another unrecognized good work by all of
you. If anyone knows someone who would find it satisfying to underwrite
the cost of shipping quantities of books have them contact me. I can
broker an introduction. The donor should know that the support of an
individual volunteer is on the order of what Sue reported -- deeply
appreciated but not tax deductible as a donation to a non-profit is.
Scott Rains
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Sue Stevens
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 6:49 AM
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Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 80,000 Thanks for the stirling stat
Hi Scott,
I have a friend who bought two books that I sent to volunteers to be
scanned, and I proofed them. He paid for the books and told me to enjoy
them.
Sue S.
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From: "Scott Rains" <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Saturday, January 08, 2011 8:40 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: 80,000 Thanks for the stirling stat
Lissi,
Thank you for passing along the wonderful story. I get a real sense of
*character* and character-development in the librarian you reference.
Just out of curiosity, does anyone else on the list have a story about a
noteworthy collaborator - reluctant or not - who is not officially a
Bookshare volunteer? I'd enjoy hearing the story and encourage you to
start their new year with a heartfelt "Thank you" for there part in
supporting Bookshare.
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow
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[bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Estelnalissi
[airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Friday, January 07, 2011 4:44 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] 80,000 Thanks for the stirling stat
Dear Scot,
Thank you for answering my question about the approximate size of the
Bookshare library. I'm proud to know we have about eighty thousand books
and to pass it on. The percentage of volunteer contributed books is bound
to drop, but as of now, I'm estimating that volunteers are responsible
for
about twenty-five percent of the collection.
Today I proudly told Jennifer, the Akron librarian who arranges to mail
books I need for proofing and picture descriptions and Evan uses to scan,
Bookshare's current tally. She's quite business-like and very efficient.
Though we don't stray off topic, her understanding of the needs of
Bookshare volunteers has built gradually. For example, though I never
made
a point of it, she gleaned that scans of large print books might be
superior to their mass market counterparts. She goes out of her way to
track down large print books for Evan whether I specify them or not. She
also understands the need for me to have identical editions of books I'm
proofing or describing pictures for and makes a special effort to find
them.
Today she and I made the preliminary arrangements to send me two of the
books in the Ginny series Evan and I have been working on, two more of
the
Carolyn Haywood books Shelley has been scanning and I've been proofing
and
describing with editorial help from Susan Lumpkin and Courtney Stover,
and
the fourth in the Alice Nestleton mystery series Evan and I are working
on
together.
The bottom line is that as professionally distant as she is, she shows
noticeable pride when I share factoids about Bookshare's growth and
achievements. She isn't just facilitating book orders. Now, she shows
satisfaction in assisting me, Evan, and the other volunteers we work
with,
to produce quality versions of books for Bookshare.org. She was happy to
know how substantial Bookshare's collection of especially accessible
books, via BRF, Daisy etc. has become.
Always with love,
Lissi
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