[bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right now
- From: Valerie Maples <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:11:28 -0500
Hi, Sue!
As someone not reading the incoming lists, what sorts of classics are being
added?
Thanks!
Valerie
On Jul 29, 2010, at 1:51 AM, siss52 wrote:
>
> Emily,
>
> I like your take on this. Just as a side note, Random House is submitting a
> lot of classics in their original form with background material included. I
> have downloaded some of these and intend to add them to my personal library.
>
> Just some positive thoughts,
>
> Sue S.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Emily Harrison
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2010 10:27 PM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: I don't know what to think about things right
> now
>
> I just want to add my support for Roger's statement. Although we all enjoy
> volunteering for Bookshare, if someday our volunteering becomes obsolete due
> to the instant accessibility of all books, that will be a happy day indeed!
> Volunteers at a homeless shelter would not complain if the shelter became
> obsolete due to all its tenants finding homes of their own, so we should try
> to see things at that level. Publishers may have a ways to go in improving
> their scans, but publisher-submitted scans are still a relatively new
> phenomenon, and the relationship between publishers and Bookshare will
> develop and improve over time.
>
> Volunteers should never feel their efforts were wasted if their scan is
> replaced with a publisher scan. I personally feel that just the idea of
> having books be accessible to all makes the hours of hard work worthwhile.
> Think of all the people who have downloaded and enjoyed the scans we've
> worked on, even if those scans have since been replaced. If the enjoyment of
> others doesn't make the effort worthwhile, then maybe volunteering for
> Bookshare is not a good choice in general. Of course, I certainly think it
> IS a good choice, and that it will continue to be so as long as volunteers
> are still needed!
>
>
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> Emily Harrison
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