Archive for February, 2010
Olympic Games Books
Thursday, February 11th, 2010For those wanting to whet their appetite for the 2010 Winter Olympic in Vancouver, Canada, here are some books of general interest about the olympic games and Vancouver. Olympic Games The Boys of Winter by Wayne Coffey RC62247, DB062247 Downloadable Talking Book The Game by Ken Dryden RC20824 The Highlights of the Olympics: from ancient times […]
Downloading Tip
Friday, February 5th, 2010This blog is being used to share what one librarian calls “workarounds” for patrons who are downloading BARD titles to their digital machine. One patron claims to load her downloaded BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) books to a MP3 player and then plays the books on the NLS digital book machine by connecting it to […]
Blank Cartridge Update
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010Blank cartridges for downloading digital books from the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) system are no longer available from Independent Living Aids, LLC. American Printing House for the Blind and Adaptive Technology, a division of Perkins Products of the Perkins School for the Blind, are selling blank digital talking book cartridges. Visit links for both American Printing House […]