[bksvol-discuss] Re: New Resources for Volunteers - Item # 5 - Featured Book List from Bookshare's Facebook Page
- From: Scott Rains <scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:23:10 -0700
Volunteers,
Below is the list submitted for week one of Bookshare's Facebook features.
Up at Facebook you will find quite a bit more like book descriptions, comments
on the book or about similar books by members, notes from the authors
themselves, announcements about Bookshare, and links directly to the books.
Mon:
Biography -- To the Left of Inspiration: Adventures in Living with Disabilities
Katherine Schneider
History -- The New Disability History: American Perspectives
Paul K. Longmore Lauri Umansky
Tue:
Travel -- What I Learned in America
Jalil Mortazavi
Poetry -- Behind Our Eyes: Stories, Poems and Essays by Writers with
Disabilities Marilyn Brandt Smith
Wed:
Parenting -- Bigger than the Sky: Disabled Women on Parenting
Michele Wates Rowen Jade
Culture -- Claiming Disability: Knowledge and Identity
Simi Linton
Thurs:
Non-Fiction -- Seeing Voices: A Journey into the World of the Deaf
Oliver Sacks
Cooking -- When the Cook Can't Look: A Cooking Handbook for the Blind and
Visually Impaired Ralph Read
Fri:
Design -- Another Eyesight: Multi-Sensory Design in Context
Julia Ionides Peter Howell
Romance -- Dive From Clausen's Pier
Ann Packer
Sat:
Young Adult -- Blind Sighted
Peter Moore
Biography -- Eavesdropping: A Life by Ear
Stephen Kuusisto
Sun:
History -- Make Them Go Away: Clint Eastwood, Christopher Reeve and
the Case Against Disability Rights Mary Johnson
Self-Help -- Life On Wheels: For the Active Wheelchair User
Gary Karp
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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From: Scott Rains
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 8:52 AM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: New Resources for Volunteers - A Mini-Celebration of the ADA's
Anniversary
Bookshare Volunteers,
To help us stay in focus during the Manual review I have saved up a few
announcements:
1) An updated list of Bookshare's publisher partners will be posted to the list
and on the wiki by EoD this Friday (Thank you, Carrie!)
2) Bookshare style guidance on recurring format issues affecting Braille will
be clarified by EoD one week from this Friday (Thank you, Judy!)
3) A sneak preview of responses to some of the navigation issues you have
identified in the manual will be included in an update focused on Chapter 3
content by EoD this Friday. (Thank you. Rick!)
4) Language clarifying a more liberal Bookshare policy on volunteers sharing
digital content has been submitted for official approval as policy and is
expected shortly. (Thank you Powers-That-Be!)
5) Marketing meets this week to decide on your request that the books featured
for the ADA anniversary also be made available to you off Facebook. (Thank you,
Cherie!)
6) A summary of responses from the past 11 days review of the online Scanning
and Proofreading manual will be shared with all of you, Collection Development,
and Engineering by EoD one week from this Friday. (Thank you volunteers for
providing the content!)
7) Several new articles have been received or are being written that will
become part of a new welcome document to help train beginning volunteers. You
will get previews over the next several weeks starting with "How to Read a Book
Like a Librarian" by Bookshare's Librarian Amy McNeely (Thank you. Amy!)
8) Strategic planning to clarify and expand the role of the Volunteer
Department is underway spearheaded by Pavi Mehta. A report will follow
completion of the process estimated to be 66 -8 weeks. (Thank you, Pavi)
9) Posting will resume today of the Bookshare Volunteer bios received during
the manual review. (You are welcome to send yours to me at scottr@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
BTW for those new to this list:
The Bookshare Volunteer Discussion List is a forum for discussion of issues
related to scanning and proofreading books for submission to Bookshare. It is
monitored but not moderated by Bookshare staff. Thus volunteer voice has
priority here on non-policy issues. Senior volunteers, many with hundreds of
hours of direct experience, offer their hard-earned advice and wisdom
generously. Out of respect for the commitment and focus of all strive to keep
posts short, to the point, civil, and practical.
Scott Rains
Benetech Fellow, Bookshare Volunteer Department
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