[Athen] Jim Fruchterman on Bookshare

[Ron Stewart]

Don't hold your breath most HE's are not allowed to participate in Bookshare
do to concerns about copyright law.

Ron

-----Original Message-----
From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On
Behalf Of Robert Martinengo
Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 5:00 PM
To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network
Subject: Re: [Athen] Jim Fruchterman on Bookshare

Well, here's hoping they alleviate the need for us to do so much
scanning anyhow!

On Nov 29, 2007 4:56 PM, Ron Stewart <ron.stewart at dolphinusa.com> wrote:

> That is probably an understatement.  Last I heard less than 10% of the

Books

> HE's donated made it into the collection.

>

> Ron

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: athen-bounces at athenpro.org [mailto:athen-bounces at athenpro.org] On

> Behalf Of Robert Martinengo

> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 4:54 PM

> To: Access Technologists in Higher Education Network

> Subject: [Athen] Jim Fruchterman on Bookshare

>

> Jim Fruchterman gave an interesting talk on the future of Bookshare.

> You can listen to it here:

> http://www.friendsofbookshare.org/#Audio_and_Text_Summary_Archives

>

> One thing I recall Jim saying was that many of the books donated to

> Bookshare by colleges did not go into the collection due to quality

> issues.

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