Dear Bookshare Volunteers: In our ongoing effort to raise the quality standard of the reading experience at Bookshare.org, we are happy to announce that 'Fair' quality scans will no longer be accepted. We feel that in order to honor our commitment to offer the best reading experience possible for the print-disabled community, scanned books must now meet the minimum quality standard of 'Good' (98.6-99.3% words recognized by our quality rating and dictionary). Our collection is largely built from our volunteer community, and we value the contributions from each of our supporters. We hope that this decision will improve the Bookshare.org experience for both our readers and volunteers. For helpful hints on how to produce better scans, please browse the following resources: The Volunteer Manual (soon be renamed the Scanning and Validation Manual): http://www.bookshare.org/web/VMMain.html Friends of Bookshare web page: www.friendsofbookshare.org Jake's web page: www.jbrownell.com/bks/ Sincerely, Claire O'Brien Collection Development Manager, Bookshare Benetech 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201 Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA claireo@xxxxxxxxxxxx www.bookshare.org The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity A Nonprofit Organization