Section 06 of the register
The Room
The people and the equipment that do the work: certified volunteers, proofreaders reading by touch, collections organised around what has been produced rather than what has been shelved, and the arithmetic per title.
- What it holds
- The real cost of the work — hours, equipment, certification and proofing, counted per title.
- What it does not
- Scale. Every title starts again from the beginning, which is what sets the size of the catalogue.
Entries in The Room
Filed by format, not by title- The Volunteer TranscriberMuch of this work has always been done by trained volunteers.
- Proofreading by TouchA braille proof is checked by a braille reader.
- A Collection Is Not a LibraryHow accessible collections are organised, and why availability is a production question rather than a shelving one.
- What It Costs to Make One BookHours, equipment and proofing, per title.