[bksvol-discuss] Re: bookshare is sharing among disabled people so what can you expect?
- From: "Darrell Shandrow" <darrell.shandrow@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 09:21:54 -0700
Hello,
We all need to keep in mind that Bookshare is not an institutional agency
producing alternative format books like NLS or RFBD. All the same, I also
strongly disagree with anything approaching the concept that we should just
be grateful for whatever we do get because of our disability.
I feel all pages of a book should be scanned. During the validation
process, non-core content should be *excluded* only if it would be hopeless
to correctly format it in anything approaching a "reasonable" amount of
time.
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Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2008 8:55 AM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: bookshare is sharing among disabled people so
what can you expect?
E,
You're going on the war path here over a non-issue.
Bookshare has never encouraged any submitter not to include any
portion of the book front flap to rear. This whole thread came about
over a matter of semantics, and what constitutes core content.
Don't worry so much what others like teachers think, and just enjoy
the books that Bookshare has made available.
If I was not afforded the opportunity to read a book someone had
scanned, because a validator axed it due to the front flap, rear
flap, table of contents, index, bibliography, glossary, or even the
preface not being up to standard, I would be severely annoyed. As
you stated, Bookshare started out as a way for disabled folks to
share scans, I don't ever remember reading anything about the mission
statement being that our objective was to impress the sighted members
of the community.
At 10:53 AM 4/2/2008, you wrote:
>Bookshare started out as a way for disabled folks to share scans.
>
>Including lots of things like introduction and preface in non-core
>content encourages submitters to produce incomplete below par work.
>
>It will justify a teacher saying something such as "that collection
>was produced by blind people. It is the best we can expect from the
>poor dears. It is marvelous they do as well as they do."
>
>The result will be books sighted people perceive as being sloppy in
>creation and validation. We may as well bring back "fair" quality books.
>
>Apparently we have by the way since I notice several "fair" books
>submitted in March.
>
>E.
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