Thanks for that info about the membrship.Ifound it very interesting. I wouldwould be very interested to know if anyone other than the person who scanned it scannedtit has readeval Italy: Central Power And Local Society 400-1000 smile. I suppose some scholar, perhaps a PHD candidate will some day. smile WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list..htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm..net/bookshare/home.htm --- On Thu, 3/5/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Ladies And Gentlemen, Start Your Scanners! > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, March 5, 2009, 2:42 PM > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi > Chanelle. I’m so glad to hear that > you’re interested in doing some scanning. We do have > an extensive wish list. > I suggest working on books that interest you at first, both > because they’ll > be more fun to work with and because whatever you like to > read, there are other > Bookshare users who like the same things. There are very > few books in our collection > that no one has read. I asked Susie from the Bookshare > staff about that once because > I was curious. If you spend time learning to scan books you > want to read anyway, > you get a feeling of independence as well as the > satisfaction of knowing that your > work is blessing someone else. We have around 45,000 > members right now, and we have > members of all ages, political persuasions, and cultures. > We have people with a > P.H.D, people who never made it past elementary school, and > everything in between. > There are theologians, nuns, priests, and pastors. There > are also dancers, musicians, > lawyers, retired folks, and stay-at-home moms. , So > whatever you like to read and > want to scan, you can’t lose. Someone will greet your > books with eager delight. > > > > > > > Monica > Willyard > > "The > best way to > predict the future is to create it." -- Peter > Drucker > > > > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.