{"id":179883,"date":"2010-01-14T11:16:56","date_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.compact.org\/?p=9307"},"modified":"2010-01-14T11:16:56","modified_gmt":"2010-01-14T16:16:56","slug":"literacy-intern-creating-reading-opportunities-for-the-blind-print-disabled","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/179883","title":{"rendered":"Literacy Intern: Creating Reading Opportunities for the Blind &amp; Print Disabled"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bookshare (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookshare.org\">www.bookshare.org<\/a>) is a project of Benetech, a non-profit technology company that looks for ways in which technology can benefit humanity. Bookshare is one of its biggest projects &#8212; and is currently the largest digital library of accessible books for people who are blind or have other print disabilities. But the collection is far from complete. Our members have a deep passion for reading. Given that less than 5% of the world&#8217;s books are available in accessible formats, the need for Bookshare is great. Through an amazing virtual system our community of volunteers helps bridge the gap, book by book.<\/p>\n<p>This exciting internship involves a combination of crucial tasks with Bookshare&#8217;s Collection Development department which is responsible for growing our online library of accessible books for people with print disabilities. Responsibilities include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Running quality checks on books that have been scanned and submitted to the collection<\/li>\n<li>Proofreading high priority scanned books for the collection<\/li>\n<li>Assisting with the creation of a proofreading manual for partner organizations<\/li>\n<li>Running inventory checks on books ordered for processing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We are looking for people with the following qualities:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Attention to detail<\/li>\n<li>Excellent written communication skills<\/li>\n<li>Ability to work independently<\/li>\n<li>A passion for reading, and an interest in working with a non-profit at the intersection of books, technology and disability service<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bookshare (www.bookshare.org) is a project of Benetech, a non-profit technology company that looks for ways in which technology can benefit humanity. Bookshare is one of its biggest projects &#8212; and is currently the largest digital library of accessible books for people who are blind or have other print disabilities. But the collection is far from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179883","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179883","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179883"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179883\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179883"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179883"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179883"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}