[bookshare-discuss] Update from Bookshare.org - Spanish Books
- From: "Janice Carter" <Janice.C@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:58:34 -0700
Sorry I didn't send this note to the list yesterday......
Janice
Bookshare.org Spanish language Book Update:
Just a few more days of Spanish-only books in the "New Books" section.
We have completed our deliverables for a very generous grant from the Community
Technology Foundation of California. Bookshare.org received this grant to
provide 1,000 books in Spanish, a Spanish language version of a subset of the
Bookshare.org website, and Spanish language legal documents. This grant also
provided 250 free subscriptions for Spanish speaking Californians who qualified
to receive Bookshare.org books.
It has been quite an accomplishment for the staff here, especially Gustavo
Galindo. He has been the manager of this grant (for those of you who wonder
"what does Gustavo do") from the beginning. Susie McKinnon, our Sales
Manager, has been working with a number of California schools and districts to
make sure these free subscriptions get to those who really need them; Jennifer
Sutton, Marissa Mika and several local volunteers have done a phenomenal job of
getting these books through the system. And several Benetech engineering folks
have been wearing lots of hats to get this done.
As always, your patience over the past month is much appreciated. To prepare
for future similar scenarios, engineering upgrades for "New Books,"
"Categories," "Search," etc. should eliminate some of these problems.
Janice Carter
Director, Literacy Programs
Benetech
480 S. California Ave., Suite 201
Palo Alto, CA 94306-1609 USA
(650) 475-5440 x122
(650) 759-5828 cell
(650) 475-1066 fax
janice.c@xxxxxxxxxxxx
www.benetech.org
The Benetech Initiative - Technology Serving Humanity
A Nonprofit Organization
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Franklin [mailto:pcfranklin@xxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 7:12 AM
To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] Re: SEPARATE PAGES FOR BOOKS IN ENGLISH, BOOKS IN
SPANISH, AND BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
Kathleen I totally agree! It's ridiculous to have to arrow through 90
Spanish titles in order to be able to access 10 books in English. Three
separate new books lists would make book selection easier and more enjoyable
for all Book share users.
Paul Franklin
----- Original Message -----
From: "kath lueders" <kageylucy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2006 9:51 PM
Subject: [bookshare-discuss] SEPARATE PAGES FOR BOOKS IN ENGLISH, BOOKS IN
SPANISH, AND BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
> Hi BookShare Listers,
>
> I am annoyed at the percentage of books in Spanish added to our
> collection verses those books in English added.
> I am sorry, but I truly believe that when someone from another country
> chooses to live in America, then that person needs to learn the
> English language. I always thought that was the native language of
> the U.S.A.
> After all, as a person who is blind, I have had to learn to type, at a
> very early age, because the world around me was a print world.
> Further, if I wanted to complete my studies, and a book was not
> available in Braille or recorded form, I had to hire a reader; or scan
> it into my computer.
> If I want to access printed food labels, I need to bring along a
> person who is sighted, or I need to buy a bar-code scanner.
> I just do not understand why I have joined BookShare for fifty dollars
> per year when the majority of books added on Monday were not in
> English.
> Further, my time is valuable. Why do I need to arrow down through all
> these Spanish titles or titles for children!
> Might I suggest: let's have three sections of newly added books: one
> for books in English, another for Books in Spanish, and a third for
> books primarily read by children.
>
> K. G. Lueders
> kageylucy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
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