[bksvol-discuss] Re: Replacing Fair Books in the Collection
- From: Cindy Rosenthal <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:07:35 -0800 (PST)
Pavi,
That's a wonderful idea.
Cindy
--- Pavi Mehta <pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> It's been great to see the interest and enthusiasm
> for reprocessing Fair
> Books in the collection. We definitely appreciate
> the notes Monica and
> others shared on the challenges volunteers face when
> trying to locate
> and rescan some of these titles.
>
> While our goal is to eventually replace all these
> books, as a starting
> point, my thought was that it would be wonderful if
> we could filter G.
> Cindy's list of Fair Books and collectively compile
> a list of, say to
> begin with, 100 titles rated "Fair" in the
> collection, giving priority
> to books that have high content value, are difficult
> to locate and/or
> expensive. From our end Bookshare.org would be happy
> to place orders for
> these books and take responsibility for reprocessing
> them. This could be
> a great way of working towards the organization's
> own goal of providing
> member's with more educational content on the
> website, while also
> addressing the quality issue of certain books in the
> collection. I
> alerted Lisa to some of the concerns shared on the
> list, and she
> wholeheartedly supports the idea of Bookshare.org
> partnering with the
> volunteer community in this way.
>
> It would be great if you could send in the titles of
> Fair books in the
> collection that are educational or contain high
> value content (for other
> titles feel free to submit a Book Quality Issue
> report), that you would
> like to have us purchase and reprocess. (eg. The
> Wall Street Journal
> Guide to Understanding Money and Markets by Alan
> Siegel) You can send
> your titles to the list, so everyone can see the
> requests, under the
> subject: "Replacement Requests". I'll compile a
> list of the requests
> for us to work on. Of course the speed with which
> the books are ordered
> and processed will depend on current in-house
> workload and priorities,
> but if this approach proves successful, it is
> something we could perhaps
> do on an ongoing basis.
>
> Either way, we're looking forward to working
> together to get those books
> in the collection in top-notch quality!
>
> Warm regards,
> Pavi
>
>
> Pavi Mehta
> Volunteer Coordinator, Bookshare
>
> Benetech
> 480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
> Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
> Phone: +1 650 644-3459
>
> pavim@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> www.benetech.org
>
> The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving
> Humanity
> A Nonprofit Organization
>
>
>
>
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
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