Monica, Thank you for posting this. Someone asked where to find it and I didn't know how to answer. And thanks to Julie for posting the lists on her site and to Jim Baugh for posting them on the bookshare site Cindy Ans thanks again to Julie for posting it on her site and WISH LIST (CALLED REQUESTED ADDITIONS TO THE BOOKSHARE COLLECTION)IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm A LIST OF BOOKS CURRENTLY BEING SCANNED IS AVAILABLE AT http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/ www.lljfm.net/bookshare/home.htm --- On Thu, 2/12/09, Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Monica Willyard <rhyami@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: what volunteers may submit to Bookshare > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Cc: volunteer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Thursday, February 12, 2009, 5:01 PM > Elizabeth, you're asking some great > questions. I don't know if Amy knows > about the wish list of books. It certainly would give Amy > some ideas about > what our readers are already requesting. There are tons of > educational books > being requested on there. I'm going to CC this to Pavi and > ask her to pass > this idea along to Amy. I think that's the right channel > for presenting the > idea. If not, maybe she'll let us know what to do in the > future. For anyone > interested in it, the wish list can be found at > http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/wish_list/wish_list.htm > Cindy maintains it > and has been doing so for the past 18 months or so. She > updates it regularly > when someone posts a request. > > Monica Willyard > "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- > Peter Drucker > > -----Original Message----- > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of E. > Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 7:04 PM > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: what volunteers may submit to > bookshare > > That makes sense. I simply did not understand before. Good > explanation. > Do you think any funds will be spent on wish list books? > > Elizabeth > > At 06:40 PM 2/12/2009, you wrote: > >Hi Elizabeth. The librarian is helping Bookshare decide > what to buy and > >scan. She's not limiting what volunteers choose to > submit or work on. > >Bookshare has money to spend on purchasing and scanning > books that comply > >with the education grant. It makes sense that a > librarian would help > >Bookshare figure out where the collection needs > improvement as they're > >choosing books. Carrie has worked hard on this in the > past years, and I'm > >glad she's got some help now. The two ladies will work > together to turn > >Bookshare into a more well-rounded, timely, and > educationally supportive > >library. There is still plenty of room for volunteers > to add books as they > >see fit. > > > >Monica Willyard > >"The best way to predict the future is to create it." > -- Peter Drucker > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of E. > >Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 4:28 PM > >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] what volunteers may submit to > bookshare > > > >Did I miss something? Are there new criteria > determining what kinds > >of books volunteers may submit to bookshare? > >I did hear the books themselves will now be arranged in > more useful > >categories. > >Elizabeth > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in > the subject line. > > > > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email > to > >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a > >list of available commands, put the word 'help' by > itself in the subject > line. > > > > > >__________ NOD32 3849 (20090212) Information > __________ > > > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > >http://www.eset.com > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of > available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the > subject line. > > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to > bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject > line. To get a list of available commands, put the > word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line.