Pratik:
She is a Braille transcriber who has a contract with NLS and is doing 
this to increase the availability of books on Web-Braille and to make 
some more money for herself.  There's nothing suspicious about it; but 
why not write to her directly with your questions: [log in to unmask] 
I'm sure she'd be more than happy to answer them.
Rachel
On 2/8/2013 9:01 PM, Pratik Patel wrote:
> Who is Catherine Thomas and why is she being asked to explore this by  NLS?
> Why isn't this information coming from the NLS leadership? For some reason,
> bells are going off in my head. I could just be hearing things.
>
>
>
> Pratik Patel
> Founder and CEO, EZFire
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> Subject: [VICUG-L] Fwd: Re: Private Sponsors Sought for Web-Braille
>
> National Library Service would like to add more books to its Web-Braille
> collection, but budget cuts and the closing of one of the major braille
> production houses is making it hard. How can you help? NLS has asked me to
> explore the option of private sponsors, particularly individuals who can
> donate small amounts towards the production of a particular book. How would
> we choose the titles? You can suggest the titles or authors you would like
> to find on Web-Braille. So, if you would like to help add to the Web-Braille
> collection, please write to me OFF-LIST for more details.
>
> Thanks in advance. I look forward to hearing from many Braille users.
> Catherine
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