[bksvol-discuss] Re: boooks with illustrations was Awesome - 151,663 Titles on Bookshare
- From: Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:48:05 -0700 (PDT)
Does the Poet project include non-textbooks? Is it just that textbooks have
priority for the images to be described, and the science ones first?
Cindy
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> From: Judy s. <cherryjam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Awesome - 151,663 Titles on Bookshare
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> I just looked at the new version of Bookshare's entry page on the website
> (http://www.bookshare.org). I love the new feature on the right hand side of
> the
> page that's a counter of how many books are in the collection. As of today,
> there are 151,663 titles. That is totally awesome.
>
> As a sighted but disabled member, I'm also grateful for and thrilled by the
> number of publisher quality books that have entered the collection in the
> last
> 18 months with the original illustrations intact. I haven't read a book
> where I can look at the illustrations for over 20 years. Way to go,
> Bookshare!
> I'm psyched about the POET project to get illustrations described. It gives
> me hope that eventually everyone can have access to both illustrations and
> good
> descriptions of the illustrations in the future.
>
> Judy s.
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