I would like to propose that we organize a yearly, and, official "Inform
your local library of LibreOffice Documentation 'Month'" where we would
enlist the help of our members/users into visiting/contacting their
local libraries to make sure that there are copies of the latest
LibreOffice docs on their shelves.
If you think this to be a good idea, we could make sure that this
monthly "event" would be scheduled yearly, posted on our events calendar
as a "repeated event" so that it not be forgotten.
I am just wondering if there are any foreseeable problems that we could
avoid/fix if we were to initiate such a project?
The calendar month would have to be strategically picked in order to
maximize the probability of a library having the funds to purchase a set
of docs for their shelves. For example in N.America, academic library
budgets (public schools, colleges, universities) will run from June-May
and most departments will get a notice that book acquisitions should be
placed by end of the month of February-end of March; however most local
public libraries budgets are based on the calendar year, and
acquisitions are generally made throughout the year. IMO, in these
cases, I would suggest the month of February or March would be good
picks for this type of appeal.
We would then use the month to collectively call on Libraries to
purchase at least one copy of the set of LibreOffice docs for their
shelves ... and hopefully a few more copies of the more popular modules
such as Writer.
Any ideas/comments? We would have enough time to prepare to pick the
month to promote the push.
Cheers,
Marc
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