[bksvol-discuss] Re: A new project with which I'd appreciate volunteer help, please.
- From: Courtney Stover <liamskitten@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 15:35:01 -0500
Mayrie,
I'd be thrilled to update the banned books collection!
Courtney
On 9/6/11, Mayrie ReNae <mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello Volunteers,
>
> I'm bringing to you a project that needs volunteers interested in
> researching and searching. With the huge influx of new books over the last
> couple of years, we at Bookshare would like to expand and update some of our
> Special Collections. I'm going to provide a list below of the Special
> Collections which could use your help, and broad instructions about how to
> complete the project regarding each Special Collection. Please let me know
> if you are interested in working on any of these projects.
> I'll note whether each project could benefit from the efforts of more than
> one volunteer.
>
> Some of these projects are very much more time consuming and research
> intensive than others.
>
> Please respond by replying publically to this note so that those of you
> interested in possibly working together on projects can connect and send me
> a single list of your combined work.
> I'd appreciate it if these projects could be completed by the 7th of October
> 2011.
>
> You can contact me privately if you need to at:
>
> mayrierenae@xxxxxxxxx
> or
> mayrier@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Thanks all of you for all of your dedication and hard work!
>
> I look forward to seeing what wonderful additions to the Special Collections
> you guys find!
>
> See below for the list of projects available for your contributions!
>
> ----
>
>
> Accessibility
> Take a look at this Special Collection so that you will have an idea what
> was intended to fit into it. Once you have an idea what topics are relevant
> to the collection, please use the internet, and the several search features
> available on the Bookshare web site to locate books relevant to this
> collection that Bookshare has in the entire collection, but that would
> benefit this Special Collection, and aren't listed in the Special
> Collectionn. Please make me a list of what you find including title,
> author, and the web address on the Bookshare web site to the book
> information page of each book that should be added to this collection.
>
> This is definitely a project that might feel more manageable if more than
> one person shared the work. If more than one person expresses interest,
> please contact each other privately and decide as a group how you would like
> to divide the work, then send me your combined results (without duplicates,
> please).
>
>
> Beat the Recession
> Take a look at this Special Collection so that you will have an idea what
> was intended to fit into it. Once you have an idea what topics are relevant
> to the collection, please use the internet, and the several search features
> available on the Bookshare web site to locate books relevant to this
> collection that Bookshare has in the entire collection, but that would
> benefit this Special Collection, and aren't listed in the Special
> Collectionn. Please make me a list of what you find including title,
> author, and the web address on the Bookshare web site to the book
> information page of each book that should be added to this collection.
>
> This is definitely a project that might feel more manageable if more than
> one person shared the work. If more than one person expresses interest,
> please contact each other privately and decide as a group how you would like
> to divide the work, then send me your combined results (without duplicates,
> please).
>
> Pacific Island
> Take a look at this Special Collection so that you will have an idea what
> was intended to fit into it. Once you have an idea what topics are relevant
> to the collection, please use the internet, and the several search features
> available on the Bookshare web site to locate books relevant to this
> collection that Bookshare has in the entire collection, but that would
> benefit this Special Collection, and aren't listed in the Special
> Collectionn. Please make me a list of what you find including title,
> author, and the web address on the Bookshare web site to the book
> information page of each book that should be added to this collection.
>
> This is definitely a project that might feel more manageable if more than
> one person shared the work. If more than one person expresses interest,
> please contact each other privately and decide as a group how you would like
> to divide the work, then send me your combined results (without duplicates,
> please).
>
> Career Resources
> Take a look at this Special Collection so that you will have an idea what
> was intended to fit into it. Once you have an idea what topics are relevant
> to the collection, please use the internet, and the several search features
> available on the Bookshare web site to locate books relevant to this
> collection that Bookshare has in the entire collection, but that would
> benefit this Special Collection, and aren't listed in the Special
> Collectionn. Please make me a list of what you find including title,
> author, and the web address on the Bookshare web site to the book
> information page of each book that should be added to this collection.
>
> This is definitely a project that might feel more manageable if more than
> one person shared the work. If more than one person expresses interest,
> please contact each other privately and decide as a group how you would like
> to divide the work, then send me your combined results (without duplicates,
> please).
>
> Update the Banned Books to the 2000-2009 (currently 1990-2000).
> http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challenged
> bydecade/2000_2009/index.cfm
> This is a one-person project. I'd like the volunteer who takes it on to go
> to the provided link, and make a list of books listed there that Bookshare
> has and provide the web address for each book in the Bookshare collection,
> please. Also, please keep a separate list of any that Bookshare doesn't have
> so that we can consider acquiring them.
>
> AFB Braille Bug Reading Club Favorites (I have no idea if the AFB site is
> current)
> http://www.afb.org/braillebug/rcfavorites.asp
> This is another single-person project, I think. The link provided here has
> several offshoot links to books in the Braille Reading Bug program. Please
> check the Special Collection, and the link I've provided. Give me a list of
> titles, authors, and web addresses of books that Bookshare has that are not
> part of the Special Collection, and a list of books by title and author of
> any books listed on the AFB site that Bookshare doesn't have so that we can
> consider acquiring them for the Bookshare collection.
>
>
> Thanks very much for any help you all would like to offer!
>
> Mayrie
>
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