Actually, my understanding is that the main thing that has kept Bookshare
from going international is the nature of copyright laws in other countries.
I don't think it's completely fair to say that Jim's visions often come to
nothing. He has done a lot of work for the blind community, and I think
it's obvious that he truly cares about getting as much information into
alternative formats as possible. While Bookshare isn't perfect, I am
continually thrilled by the wealth of information I now have at my
fingertips that just wasn't available a few years ago. As someone who has a
lot of visions for the things I'm involved in, I've learned that just
because it may take time for a vision to become a reality doesn't mean it
never will. Resources may not quite be in place yet, but I see no reason
why they can't be.
Jana
I'm with you, Tiff. Not to offend Jim, though I probably will, we all know
his visions often well, come to nothing.
Sue S.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tiffany H. Jessen" <tjessen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:32 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: CSUN
Was that slip about going international a tease or what? If that is trulyit's
possible that could potentially be a major jump, and I mean MAJOR jump, in
both membership and number of books. Pessimist as I am, I truly doubtedline.possibility... Tiff ----- Original Message ----- From: <Jim@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 2:53 PM Subject: [bksvol-discuss] CSUN
>I had a great time at CSUN. Susie and I gave a talk called NIMAS 101,
> designed to demystify the upcoming new NIMAS standard (hey, it's just
> HTML plus some extra tags that help navigation, and works great in your
> browser). George Kerscher and I had a rare chance to do a joint
> presentation, called "Scan (or Create) the D*** Thing Once!" And, I
> really enjoyed being able to be part of the 530 meeting, where we had
> users, vendors, staff and volunteers. I gave an update on > Bookshare.org
> in the coming year: better funding, hiring, more book permissions
> (equals pub quality and usually global rights), quality upgrades ala
> NIMAS and going international.
>
> Jim Fruchterman
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