[bksvol-discuss] Re: Are volunteers really that important anymore?
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- Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:48:38 EDT
I think you are absolutely correct in your assessment of the difference
between volunteers and outsourcers. But that does not address the purpose of
having volunteers for Bookshare in the first place. The purpose of volunteers
is to add to the collection. Now, what is the most efficient method of
accomplishing that purpose, volunteers or other means? Note that I used the
term
other means rather than outsourcers. That is because outsourcers are not the
only source for the large number of books being added to the collection.
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I tend to think of volunteers as people who work on books for the love of
the book and outsources as people who work on books as a job.
As a volunteer who is not a member, what I do for Bookshare is a labor of
love, mostly the love of books, but there are many of you who I consider to
be
friends of mine and I would do books for you just because you are my
friend.
I think that is the difference between a volunteer and the outsourcer.
Volunteers put their hearts and souls into their work, in most cases. Since we
don't
know the outsourcers, we can't make the same assumption. To them it may be
just a job.
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Jamie in Michigan
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