[bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
- From: Carrie Karnos <ckarnos@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2009 11:10:23 -0700 (PDT)
Yes, you're right. Please put in duplicates of NIMAC books, just not dupes of
non-NIMAC books.
Thanks for pointing this out! Carrie
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From: Mike and Lori Castner <mandlcastner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 29, 2009 11:12:23 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
Hi Kerry,
If we have something which is a duplicate to a
NIMAC book, that should be kept. For example, if NIMAC has a Huckleberry
Finn, and we already have it from a nonNIMAC source, we should have them both
because of NIMAC's limited access.
Mike
----- Original Message -----
>From: Carrie Karnos
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 9:40
> PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out
> Sourcers
>
>
>Hi Sue,
>
>Yes, I have had lots of requests for NIMAC books from
> college students, who need to brush up on a subject. It's heartbreaking to
> have to turn them down, but I can't break Federal laws. Since the NIMAC is a
> federally funded program, I have no choice but to turn down everyone who
> doesn't qualify. If and when the Feds ever change their laws (don't hold
> your
> breath!), then I'd be more than happy to let people read the NIMAC books.
> Till
> then, sorry!
>
>Carrie
>
>
>
>
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From: siss52
> <siss52@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 7:28:21
> PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss]
> Re: Out Sourcers
>
>
> >
>Yoou forgot to mention the NIMAC books, which we cannot
> download, even if we would like to review or update some things we learned
> in
> school. I wish we had access to those books.
>
>Sue S., who considers learning a lifetime
> experience
>
>-----
> Original Message -----
>
>From: Carrie Karnos
>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 5:20 PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
>
>
>Hi Christina,
>
>You're right with your explanation but there's
> another wrinkle that you might be unaware of. As you said, anyone anywhere
> can
> download public domain books, they're available to everyone in the
> world.
>
>We have another designation that's called world-wide access. If
> someone outside the US joins Bookshare (having a qualifying disability),
> that
> person can download books that have world-wide permissions, but they can't
> download books with US-only permissions. Several publishers have given us
> world-wide permissions for their books. Scholastic, for example, has told us
> that whenever we put a book published by Scholastic into the collection, we
> can mark it as having world-wide permissions. So blind children around the
> world can read books by Scholastic, providing that their parents or teachers
> signed them up of course.
>
>And we have some books that are restricted so
> that only Americans and Canadians can read them, but no one else. There's a
> variety of permissions available, because some publishers want to restrict
> their books to certain countries. Copyright law is complex enough within the
> US, but when you add on the copyright laws from the 100+ countries around
> the
> world, it's a nightmare. We have to remain within all US copyright laws or
> we'd be shut down by the government fast.
>
>And yes, you're right about
> volunteers. Sighted volunteers can work on books, but not download the
> non-public domain books in the collection.
>
>HTH, Carrie
>
>
>
>
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From: Christina
> <greensleeves1@xxxxxxxxx>
>To: > bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 3:01:52
> PM
>Subject: [bksvol-discuss]
> Re: Out Sourcers
>
> >
>Hi, Reggie.
>The way I understand it, members can't download
> books if they're not US citizens because of copyright laws unless the book
> is
> in the public domain.
>
>I don't think this pertains to volunteers though
> since you can be a volunteer without being a member. Volunteers can work
> on books but they can't download them.
>Christina
>
>-----
>> Original Message -----
>>From: Reggie & Brooks
>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Sent: >> Friday, August 28, 2009 5:26 PM
>>Subject: >> [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out Sourcers
>>
>>
>>Now, that is interesting. Perhaps I have
>> missed it, very probably have since I am not a real fan of the new site
>> (oooo did I say that? My bad). Anyway, BKS is, or at least the last I
>> knew, unable to be used by out-of-the-U.S. people (except public
>> domain). However, outsources from Africa? Hmmmm! Sounds just a little
>> strange to me.
>>Reggie
>>
>>
>>
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >>
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
>> Bob
>>Sent: Friday, August 28, 2009 2:02 PM
>>To: >> bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Out
>> Sourcers
>>
>>
>>Daproim Africa is one of the
>> outsourcers.
>>
>>Bob
>>“We know the future will outlast all of us, but I believe that all of
>> us will live on in the future we make,”
>>Senator Edward M. Kennedy
>>-----
>>> Original Message -----
>>>From: Gary
>>> Petraccaro
>>>To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>Sent: >>> Friday, August 28, 2009 12:58 PM
>>>Subject: >>> [bksvol-discuss] Out Sourcers
>>>
>>>
>>>I looked up a particular book and found that
>>> it was submitted and proofed by the same person, Daproim Africa. Has
>>> policy changed or is this one of the out sourcers?
>>>Thanks.
>>>
>
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