[bksvol-discuss] Re: Textbooks
- From: "Lisa Leonardi" <lml5280@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 16:50:07 -0500
Let me do some checking on shipping costs. There aren't too many, maybe nine
or ten. Some of them are larger than others but I don't think any of them
should be too difficult.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: Pratik Patel
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 3:27 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Textbooks
Marissa,
We're certainly willing to take on this responsibility. This will be a good
project for our high-speed scanner at the City University when it's not too
busy fulfilling students requests. We would also do some cleanup work as well.
We won't be able to afford the shipping though.
Pratik
Pratik Patel
Managing Director
CUNYAssistive Technology Services
The City University of New York
ppatel@xxxxxx
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From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marissa Mika
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2004 2:11 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Textbooks
Hi Lisa,
Let me try to answer your question in a roundabout way. In the past, I've
accepted practically any book that is in decent condition for in-house scanning
and production. Textbooks, however, pose a nightmare for in-house validation
efforts due to the number of diagrams and columns that need to be fixed for the
books to be legible. As we try to produce about 25-50 books a week in-house,
this poses a timing problem. Even scanning, which would normally take five
minutes on our high speed scanner, turns into an hour long process of double
feeds and paper jams due to the slickness of the paper. That said, if you were
to submit your text books, we would get to them eventually (possibly six months
to a year from now), and I would kick them back to the validation page for
editing and hope for the best.
Is there a remote volunteer with a scanner who would like to take on this
project?
Lisa, can you give us an idea of how many books you have and where you're
located to get a sense of the possible shipping costs involved and the amount
of scanning time we're looking at?
Marissa
-----Original Message-----
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lisa Leonardi
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 11:19 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Textbooks
Hi, Marissa and everyone.
I was just wondering if bookshare accepts the donation of books for in-house
scanning. I have several textbooks from my graduate work in counseling
psychology. Now that I've graduated, I don't need them anymore and they're just
taking up space. I don't have access to a scanner so I can't scan them myself.
Does bookshare accept them? Please help me to clean out my closet of all of
these textbooks. (smile)
Lisa
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