[bksvol-discuss] Re: lots of hold for viji books
- From: <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 2 Mar 2008 08:22:56 -0800
To expand on Jake's comment, Viji actually works for Benetech as our
India Project Manager. She has just been setting up a scanning facility
near Chennai, India, that employs people with disabilities to scan books
for Bookshare.org, through a local India nonprofit called the Worth
Trust. I first met Worth Trust because they make Braille starter kits
for teaching Braille, and other Braille-related tools and technology.
As many of you know, we don't allow international volunteers because of
murky copyright law. But, this relationship with the Worth Trust has
been structured to meet our legal requirements, and we think it's a
crucial first step for expanding Bookshare.org.in, our efforts to serve
people in India with print disabilities.
As we often do, we use our existing infrastructure and approaches to try
new things. I'm sure Viji as the project manager wants to have the
books held so she can do the quality control during this start-up phase.
We also aren't yet at the point of doing a big press announcement, but
I'm sure we will once this is really rolling. This should increase book
additions to our collection significantly.
Jim Fruchterman
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