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The Many Faces of BARD, February 9 at 7 pm

Thursday, January 20th, 2022

The topic for the February 9, 2023, Many Faces of BARD program will be BARD Express. The program will begin at 7:00 p.m. eastern time and last for one hour. This program will be recorded. The session will begin with a discussion of new BARD Express features and a demo of the upcoming new version […]

Training Event: NFB-NEWSLINE on the Victor Reader Stream

Thursday, January 6th, 2022

Event Date: January 12, 2022 8:00 p.m. eastern time (7:00 p.m. central time, 6:00 p.m. mountain time, 5:00 p.m. pacific time) Please join us on Zoom, the information you will need to attend is at the end of this message. Do you miss reading your favorite magazines and newspapers? NFB-NEWSLINE can help you quench your […]

Free Technology Fair for People with Visual Impairments

Monday, November 22nd, 2021

Premier Technology Fair for People with Visual Impairments You’re invited to join AdaptiVision at a free Virtual Technology Fair on November 23rd, hosted by The Carroll Center for the Blind. The event will include presentations and exhibits to help people with blindness or low vision find the products and services they need to live as […]

Talking Books Discussion Group

Monday, November 15th, 2021

Join Talking Books Library staff and members for a lively discussion on selected books. Book discussions will take place every other month on the 4th Wednesday of the month from 2 – 3 pm. If a book title has no available hard copies, you can request a duplicate copy by calling the Talking Books Library […]

National Book Festival

Tuesday, September 14th, 2021

The Library of Congress National Book Festival, will take place September 17–26 with the theme of “Open a Book, Open the World.” All festival programming will be available to audiences as both livestreaming and video on demand. The schedule includes an incredibly engaging line up of authors, poets and other artists. For more information visit […]

NLS 90th Anniversary Concert with Acclaimed Jazz Pianist

Wednesday, February 17th, 2021

The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), in commemoration of its 90th anniversary, invites you to a virtual concert featuring stellar jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, on the Library’s YouTube page [youtube.com]. The concert will begin streaming at 8:00 p.m. EST and will be available on that platform for […]

NLS 90th Anniversary Concert With Acclaimed Jazz Pianist

Monday, February 1st, 2021

Stellar jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker will perform a virtual concert on March 3 to kick off a year-long commemoration of NLS’s 90th anniversary. Whitaker, who has been blind since birth, is an NLS patron who has used the Music Section’s accessible scores and reading materials on his rise to fame. Whitaker began playing music at […]

IN-SIGHT Radio

Friday, January 8th, 2021

“IN-SIGHT Radio is a unique radio reading service that provides the daily reading of local and national newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed materials of interest to our listeners. We currently broadcast twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. We broadcast the reading of the Providence Journal, a dozen other local newspapers as well […]

Reading Across Rhode Island

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

It’s official, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds is the 2021 Reading Across RI selection and is available through the Talking Books Library with book number DB 98926. Annotation: National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature adapts Ibram X. Kendi’s award-winning book Stamped from the Beginning (DB 89293). Reynolds discusses how racist […]

Rhode Island Memory Cafes

Tuesday, December 8th, 2020

Excellent Healthcare Support Opportunities in Cranston A Memory Café is an opportunity for individuals with all forms of memory loss, and their care partners, to meet others with similar concerns, socialize, learn new skills and support each other as they travel their own path with dementia. One of the most difficult parts of advancing neurocognitive […]

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