[bksvol-discuss] Re: gaps in the collection
- From: "Gary Petraccaro" <garyp130@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 02:18:24 -0500
But those books will more than likely have pictures and their pictorial content
may well be central to their point. I don't see how most of us will be able to
do justice to such titles. Nor do I see BookShare changing to include
diagrams, photographs, or line art.
----- 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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