[bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Manual as a whole
- From: "Linda Adams" <ladams@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 14:18:38 -0600
I agree with you, Pratik. We absolutely MUST have a whole-book manual via
whatever means you decide would suit your needs best. I have sacroiliitis,
which is lower back pain and stiffness, and this prevents my sitting at the
computer for prolonged periods of time. I cannot afford to update my note
taker at this time to one that can go on the Internet. Sitting for long
periods of time wading through links to find just the thing I need on line is
something that I cannot and will not do so that I don't aggravate this back
pain. I would suspect that many of our older volunteers have similar ailments
that would make prolonged sitting at the computer painful or even impossible.
Breaking down print barriers--that's what we do. We must not be hypocrites and
make our manual only clumsily accessible to people who want to help continue to
break those barriers down. I have seen on your web site many times that
"Internet novices" can help with Bookshare. How easy is it for an "Internet
novice" to read an on-line manual?
Linda Adams
----- Original Message -----
From: Pratik Patel
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 1:56 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Volunteer Manual as a whole
Jake, Gerald, and the Bookshare team,
While I understand the points you make regarding the updates to the manual,
it is highly inconvenient for many people to go back and forth to the web site
when needing to look up/reference the material in the manual. Perhaps
Bookshare may wish to consider including the manual as an official book, which
is replaced in the collection whenever updates to it are made. Those
individuals who download either a DAISY or a Braille copy can go and update
their version when the update shows up on the recently added books list. The
web site cannot be the only method of disseminating the information in the
manual.
Pratik
From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jake Brownell
Sent: Saturday, August 04, 2007 3:14 PM
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Volunteer Manual as a whole
Hello,
A few of you have asked about a download of the volunteer manual as a whole.
I'll attempt to explain why we are avoiding that route at the moment.
The justification to not do that is simply that we intend to update the
manual more often with corrections and additions. Having it easily downloadable
would probably mean that more people would be reading and sharing their copies
that could be outdated. So to ensure everyone gets the most current and correct
information we would like everyone to visit the website.
Thanks,
Jake Brownell
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