<html><head></head><body><div class="ydp3e590b11yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Mike,</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i>If people contact you directly, and the information is useful, would you please share? We in Connecticut are considering home recording but are not even sure where to start.</i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i><br></i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i>Thanks,</i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i><br></i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i>Anne Fortunato</i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i>Board President</i></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><i>Connecticut Volunteer Services to the Blind and Handicapped (CVSBH)</i></div><div><br></div><div class="ydp3e590b11signature"><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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On Thursday, January 14, 2021, 04:58:42 PM EST, Marlin, Mike@CSL <mike.marlin@library.ca.gov> wrote:
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">Dear NLS studio folks,</p>
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">Like many of you, I suppose, in person volunteering for us was suspended when the pandemic hit back in March 2020. Since then our Studio Coordinator Christopher Duran has been diligently converting A2D local recordings at home while we
have all been teleworking. Alas our new titles production has come to a grinding halt. I have been asking our administration about enlisting remote volunteers, but at this juncture we’re unable to utilize them. While we are awaiting some action from our legal
team to initiate remote volunteering (long story), I thought I would inquire about others who may be utilizing remote or online studio volunteers.</p>
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">We are curious about the following:</p>
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</span></span></span>Does your network library studio use remote volunteers, and if so for which tasks (narrators, monitors, reviewers)?</p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoListParagraph"><span style="font-family:Symbol;"><span>·<span style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-family: New;">
</span></span></span>Did your vvolunteer policy already allow remote volunteers or did you have to amend it, and if so what was needed to be put into place?</p>
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</span></span></span> For those of you who have remote volunteers, do you supply your volunteers with any software, i.e. HABC or APH or ? If not do they supply their own software to create audio files?</p>
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</span></span></span>Finally, do your volunteers make their own corrections as they go or after being reviewed, if at all?</p>
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">I know this is a lot to ask but we’re very curious and hoping to come up with a viable remote studio volunteer program for now and even after the pandemic has passed and we can return to in-person volunteering.</p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">Please feel free to respond to this post or contact me directly.</p>
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">Stay safe,</p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal">Mike M.</p>
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<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Mike L. Marlin, Director</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Braille and Talking Book Library</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">California State Library</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">P.O. Box 942837</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">900 N Street, Suite 110</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Sacramento,
</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">CA 94237-0001</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">email:
</span><a href="mailto:mike.marlin@library.ca.gov" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:#0563C1;">mike.marlin@library.ca.gov</span></a><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"><br>
Phone: (916) 603-7209</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Toll Free in CA: (800) 952-5666</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Fax: (916) 654-1119</span></p>
<p class="ydp1cb1788byiv2580501891MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Web site:
<u><span style="color:#0563C1;">btbl.ca.gov</span></u></span></p>
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