[bksvol-discuss] Re: please more submits so I can proof read
- From: Ann Parsons <akp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 15 Mar 2009 21:46:50 -0400
Hi all,
Back in my youth and pulchritude, I was a member of The Junior League. Yes,
yes, me, I was their token blind person for some years.
While I was a member, I learned a lot about volunteerism. We were lectured to
about it, as new volunteers and members to the Junior League. Part of all
those lectures involved impressing upon us that when one volunteers, one should
treat it as if one were being payed for the job. One should do one's best and
fulfill all the duties, yada, yada, yada.
Perhaps new and old volunteers need to be treated to the same lectures? I
mean, the Junior League, world wide, is responsible for doing a whole heck of a
lot of fantastic good work. Women who are members, pride themselves on their
responsibility, reliability, and so on and on. <smiling> I think that
volunteers should be required to read the books they proof. I also agree that
volunteers have no business *not* belonging to this list. This is how you get
news, how you get help, how you contact people to deal with certain problems,
and so on and on. Nope, they have no business not being a member of this list.
Sorry, this sounds harsh, but folks, this is a job we're doing here. This, my
friends, is the kind of experience that goes on a resume. No, don't you *dare*
laugh! You young folks in college, don't forget to put your work for Bookshare
on your resume. Here's a sample of duties you perform.
scan printed materials into computer files; while checking for accuracy and
making sure all pages are present and accounted for. Proofread books; while
reading the text making sure page numbers are present, making sure titles and
publishing info are present, reading for accuracy. You have to have reasonable
computer skills. You must be familiar with both OCR software and
wordprocessing software. There are subtler things too, like working together
with others, doing your work in a timely way, being responsible for what you
do. All these are skills which are valuable, don't discount them.
Enough of my haranguing. I'm off to bed soon, but this here's an important
job, and it is worth putting on a resume.
Ann P.
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