[bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
- From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:11:06 -0600
Believe it or not, I cannot get these rural Mississippi parents to read with
their kids, let alone use a computer with them. I have only converted a
half a dozen teachers to BookShare and its FREE! They all think it is too
much work. Sigh. I am working on people, but it is an excruciatingly slow
process here...
Thanks!
Valerie
> -----Original Message-----
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[mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Shelley L. Rhodes
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 8:06 AM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>
> Valerie,
>
> If you can get the kids signed up with Bookshare, smile. I have found
that
> once the parents see how valuable the service is, they will go at it.
> Smile, that and providing cheat sheets on how to do things helps quite a
> lot.
>
>
> Shelley L. Rhodes, VRT
>
> Guide dogs for the Blind Alumni Association
> www.guidedogs.com
>
> Reading a book is like rewriting it for yourself. You bring to a novel,
> anything you read, all your experience of the world. You bring your
history
> and you read it in your own terms. -Angela Carter, novelist and journalist
> (1940-1992)
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Valerie Maples" <vlmaples@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 2:12 AM
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
>
>
> >I am with both of you! I am so enthusiastic, and as you all know, have
> > jumped in running (many thanks to all who have endured my steep learning
> > curve!). I have tried to enlist more volunteers, especially sighted
> > volunteers, but can't even get anyone to nibble so far. I don't get it
> > with
> > all the people I know scanning for their schools or what not, why they
> > will
> > not sign up to even just add what they are already doing. Oh, well, I
> > will
> > keep trying!
> >
> > Take care!
> > Valerie
> >
> > Currently scanning My Thirty Years Backstairs at the White House
> > Ally's Busy Day
> > A Turkey for Thanksgiving
> > Santa Claus The World's Number One Toy Expert
> > who do I talk to
> >
> > Currently proofing:
> > Ten Days To Self-Esteem
> > Shanghaied to China
> > Everything Dog: What Kids Really Want To Know About Dogs
> > Stories Behind the Greatest Traditions of Christmas
> > More Stories Behind the Best Loved Songs Of Christmas
> >
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> >> Behalf Of Kim Friedman
> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 3:08 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >>
> >> Hi, Monica, from your mouth to God's ear. I think the more the merrier.
> > Let
> >> there be more crack submitters and proofreaders who love finding books
> >> for
> >> every type of reading pleasure. Let them raid fantastictfiction.com and
> >> discover all manner of authors we know nothing about who write stuff
> > that's
> >> entertaining for those who like a good story. Regards, Kim.
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Monica
Willyard
> >> Sent: Monday, November 30, 2009 12:23 PM
> >> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: What is the main concern these days?
> >>
> >> Robert, as volunteers, we can submit almost any type of books we
choose.
> >> Bookshare is doing children's books because that's what the grant money
> >> covers. They will do adult educational books as well, but no romances
or
> >> things containing adult content. Bookshare funding is dependent upon
how
> >> well they follow the goals of the grant by adding 100,000 educational
> > books
> >> over a five-year period. We're about to go into year 3 of the grant, so
I
> >> think we'll see even more books for kids in the future.
> >>
> >> That leaves us to scan and proofread books for pleasure. I'd like to
> > recruit
> >> more volunteers because I think we're making only a tiny dent in the
> > amount
> >> of books for adults that people say they want to read. Our wish list is
> >> huge, and I'd really like to find a way that we can get all of those
> >> books
> >> added to Bookshare. We would benefit from doubling our number of active
> >> volunteers, especially if we could find some additional sighted
> >> volunteers
> >> who could help with books that blind people have trouble proofreading.
> >>
> >> Monica Willyard
> >> "The best way to predict the future is to create it." -- Peter Drucker
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