[bksvol-discuss] Re: Are volunteers really that important anymore?
- From: "Reggie & Brooks" <regandlon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:00:11 -0400
I agree. It seems to me that quite possibly we are, as volunteers, becoming
less and less important to the whole process. It is much simpler to take a
book that has already been made electronic and use that. I personally felt
much more needed at the beginning when I was proofing submissions from my
fellow volunteers. The idea behind being able to volunteer also was to help
anyone who wanted to spend the time help themselves build up credits to get
free subscriptions. For me, this was an important part but not really the
reason I volunteered. I wanted to help blind people get books that when I
was young I would have had to wait years for NLS to make available. If BKS
decides we are an unnecessary part, I am unsure if I would look for books on
Bookshare as 50 dollars a year on top of ever higher prices of things is a
lot for me. I think I would be heart broken, however, because Bookshare is
a way to share with each other, and there is little of that left in this
country, in my opinion. Everyone seems to be out for himself. For me
Bookshare is a way I can give back to the blind community. I don't do
anywhere near the books that some do, but the time I volunteer I knew was
going to give someone somewhere a book to make them smile, cry, or laugh
that he or she might not have gotten to read if I and my fellow scanner had
not taken the time to give to them. I don't know if this new publisher
books is a good idea and if it will eventually be deemed we are no longer
needed, but I definitely don't feel as close to the process or to the people
who might enjoy my work.
Reggie
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