[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: "Shelley L. Rhodes" <guidinggolden@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:56:48 -0500
Hi Monica,
I believe it is definitely both. Smile. I am working on some books I have one
here called the Art of Dried Flowers and will get it up there if I can get it
up there. But indeed, they contain tables, charts, graphs, maps and other
things that make them extremely frustrating for those who can't see them, smile.
My library does have quite a collection so i can try to see what else I can to
add to it. Smile.
I am working on several books on loom knitting, sewing and fashion, house
cleaning and maintainance. But don't have any design books.
Shelley L. Rhodes, M.A., VRT
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The people who burned witches at the stake never for one moment thought of
their act as violence;
rather they thought of it as an act of divinely mandated righteousness.
The same can be said of most of the violence we humans have ever committed.
-Gil Bailie, author and lecturer (b. 1944)
----- Original Message -----
From: Monica Willyard
To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 3:04 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
Hi Carrie. Since Bookshare serves sighted people, I see some gaps others may
not have mentioned. Books about defensive driving, car maintenance,
beauty/fashion, bird watching, scrapbooking, and home decorating and remodeling
are missing from Bookshare. We also don't have many books about flower
arranging, varieties of flowers and plants, and landscaping. Many of our books
about houseplants and gardening are rated fair and are hard to read. They
aren't visible to new members by default. In fact, our "Home and Garden"
category is fairly anemic, especially since around half of the 181 books are
Shelley's series of children's books about animals that are "nature's
children." If you watch TV, networks like TLC, A&E, Style, and HGTV are full of
shows about decorating, remodeling, and restoring houses or about planting
lovely gardens and landscaping with designs that flatter the style of a home.
So far, Bookshare's collection doesn't reflect these types of interests. I
haven't figured out if this lack of content is due to lack of interest from
submitters or if the material is difficult to scan. It could be a combination
of both. I do know that sighted people read books on these subjects and think
they will expect to see books about these topics in the collection.
Monica Willyard
"The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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