[bksvol-discuss] Re: Information for our Library?
- From: "Janice Carter" <admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:53:01 -0800
She's back!
Sorry for my delay in saying goodbye and in thanking you for being the best
part of my time at Benetech. However, as you can see, I haven't gone too
far. Over the next few weeks, Carrie and I are taking my husband's
collection of several hundred best sellers (that are already in
Bookshare.org) to swap for books not in the collection (a great idea from
Ms. Carrie). And, when the family leaves in a few weeks, plan to do some
validating. Be afraid. Very, very afraid.
Regarding the original message, I've added Gustavo, John, and Susie to this
note so you get the most up-to-date Bookshare.org book count. Also, if you
want handouts sent to you, just ask John Glass and he can arrange for same.
Again, thank you for over two years of fun and challenge.
Happy reading,
Janice Carter
jcarter@xxxxxxxxxxxx
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Grandma Cindy
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:04 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Information for our Library?
Both Janice and, I think, Anastasia--or was it
Lissi--wrote good articles, andI need to find them,
too, in case I'm able to present something to Commnity
Connections--or I may just ask for permission to
submit one of those articles to the Commnity
Connection (a local group for seniors) newsletter.
Cindy
--- Gerald Hovas <GeraldHovas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Katie,
>
> The following press announcement was sent out by
> Bookshare in early
> November. Perhaps Bookshare has something else
> though which might be more
> what you're looking for. I'd suggest contacting
> John at either
> support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx or john.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx and
> asking if the staff happens
> to have something else that might be better suited
> to give to your local
> library.
>
> HTH
>
> Gerald
>
> BOOKSHARE.ORG PUTS 30,000 ACCESSIBLE BOOKS ONLINE
> FOR DISABLED READERS
>
> Thousands of Volunteers Select and Scan Bestsellers
> For the World's Largest
> Accessible Online Library
>
> Palo Alto, Calif., November 8, 2006 - Bookshare.org
> announced this week that
> its network of volunteers has succeeded in scanning
> 30,000 books creating
> the world's largest accessible online library.
> Thousands of Bookshare.org
> volunteers, including educators and librarians,
> select their favorite books
> and legally convert these texts to digital formats
> that can be used by
> people with print disabilities such as dyslexia and
> visual impairment.
>
> The entire Bookshare.org online library can be
> downloaded to Braille
> printers, portable Braille devices and software that
> reads aloud in a
> synthesized human voice. Among the titles are
> bestsellers including Criss
> Cross, the 2006 Newbery Medal winner for children's
> literature. Information
> about the latest titles can be found at
> http://www.bookshare.org.
>
> "There are thousands of people who couldn't read
> this literature without
> something like Bookshare.org, it opens up a whole
> new world to them," says
> Bookshare.org volunteer Matthew Devcich, 16, of
> Chantilly, Virginia. "You
> are helping people across the nation and it's a
> great way to learn today's
> technology."
>
> Devcich, who has a visual disability, created an
> Eagle Scout leadership
> service project that organized 21 mostly teenage
> volunteers to scan and
> proofread 24 books. Devcich listens to the
> Bookshare.org ebooks which allow
> him to reduce eye strain while he reads the text
> online in an enlarged font.
> "It helps me read a great deal faster," says
> Devcich.
>
> The subscription-based Bookshare.org digital library
> is the first literacy
> program developed by Benetech, a nonprofit based in
> Palo Alto, California.
> "It's people like Matthew who have made 30,000 books
> available at
> Bookshare.org today," said Janice Carter, Director
> of Benetech's Literacy
> Programs. "Thanks to the ongoing support of the
> Bookshare.org volunteer
> community, we continue to add about 100 new books
> each week."
>
> The Benetech literacy team will present their
> library of accessible books
> and periodicals at the annual conference of The
> International Dyslexia
> Association conference held at the Indiana
> Convention Center in
> Indianapolis, Indiana from November 8-11.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Katie Hill
> Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2007 1:45 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Information for our
> Library?
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> Is there a general write up on Bookshare I could
> give my local library.
> They had never heard of bookshare and I thought it
> would be nice to get them
> some info.
>
>
> Katie Hill
> "Come to the edge"
>
> "We can't; we will fall"
>
> "Come to the edge"
>
> "We can't; We're afraid"
>
> "Come to the edge"
>
> And they came.
>
> And he pushed them.
>
> And they flew.
>
> - Anonomous
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