[bookshare-discuss] Volunteer Manual To Be Discussed Tuesday, 9-11-07
- From: "Pat Price" <patlprice@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:39:59 -0400
FOR IMMEDIATE DISTRIBUTION
Topic: A Closer Look At the New Volunteer Manual
Discussion Leaders: John Glass - John.g@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Jake Brownell's - jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxx;
Gerald Hovas - geraldhovas@xxxxxxxxx
;
There was a flurry of excitement and anticipation among many dedicated
scanners and validators on August 3, 2007 when the Volunteer Manual was
posted to the Bookshare.org website.For the first time reference material
was available to answer many questions volunteers had been asking for years.
Next Tuesday during our Friends of Bookshare forum, we will have the
opportunity to talk with John Glass, Jake Brownell's and Gerald Hovas
, the three Benetech staff members who were primarily responsible for
completing this complicated task. Their work demonstrates many hours of
careful planning, data gathering and compilation. A document of this scope
just doesn't happen by accident.
However, it is recognized that the manual is still a work in progress. So
the men have asked that each of us read the manual again very carefully and
be prepared to make constructive suggestions for its improvement.
Date: Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Time: 5:30 p.m. Pacific, 6:30 p.m. Mountain, 7:30 p.m. Central, 8:30 p.m.
Eastern and outside the USA Wednesday GMT 00:30
Where: The Friends of Bookshare Online Community Room at:
http://www.friendsofbookshare.org
or use the following direct link:
http://conference321.com/masteradmin/room.asp?id=rs7867a2369e0e
There is no membership or registration fee required. All you need is a PC
running
Windows 2000 or later, an Internet connection, a sound card, and speakers. A
microphone will be needed to allow you to interact audibly with the
presenter and each other.
If, however, you do not have a microphone, text chatting will be allowed.
Invite all your friends. Seating is unlimited and All
events are FREE! Also, stop by the community room anytime to visit with
friends, get personalized training on book scanning, submission and
validating
or get immediate answers to other Bookshare issues.
Archives of past events are available on the Friends of Bookshare website.
See you Tuesday, September 11!
Media Contact:
Friends of Bookshare
Pat Price, Planning Committee Chair
317-254-1185
Email: pat@xxxxxxxxxxxx
This online live event is entirely an activity of Bookshare volunteers that
is sponsored by the Accessible World in partnership with Talking
Communities.
http://www.accessibleworld.org
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