Hi Evan, I love what you wrote. Such beautiful sentiments.
Sincerely,
Monica
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Evan Reese
Sent: Thursday, March 30, 2017 12:47 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Cooperation Gets Books Done
Hi Guys,
I just got notice that a book I scanned was approved, a book that one of our
volunteers, Charisma, bought that she wanted to get into the collection, The
Evidence Never Lies: The Casebook of a Modern Sherlock Holmes. She had it sent
to me, I scanned it, Beverly Cory proofread it expeditiously, and it was added
to the collection earlier today in a timely manner.
It’s truly marvelous that people all over the country can work together to make
books accessible for those of us who can’t read regular print that otherwise
wouldn’t be available anywhere. Only Bookshare lets us do this kind of thing.
Nowhere else can people have the desire to read something that’s inaccessible,
make their wish known, and get their wish granted in a few weeks. And that
doesn’t take into account the likelihood of many other Bookshare members,
finding out about the book once it’s in the collection, who will be able to
read and enjoy it who otherwise never would.
We all need to work to preserve this capability that only Bookshare provides.
It would be a terrible tragedy if we were to lose it due to the
shortsightedness of those who have no interest in the needs of the disabled, or
empathy for their difficulties participating in our modern culture that so many
nondisabled take for granted.
Evan
