Archive for March, 2010
Pratt-Smoot Act
Monday, March 15th, 2010This blog article is a belated Happy Birthday that the regional library network for the Blind celebrated on March 3rd. Seventy nine years ago, the Pratt-Smoot Act became law and national library service was established on March 3, 1931. The Librarian of Congress was authorized to arrange with other libraries “to serve as local or regional centers [...]
Mystic Seaport Pass
Monday, March 15th, 2010Free passes for Talking Books Plus members and their families to visit Mystic Seaport: The Museum of America and the Sea in Mystic, Connecticut, are available on request from NLS. Mystic Seaport hosts a variety of events throughout the year.
NLS has one pass for each day of the week, Sunday through Saturday. Each pass provides [...]
Tax Documents in Alternative Format
Friday, March 5th, 2010NLS has been informed by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Alternative Media Center that it will not provide IRS tax documents in braille for automatic distribution to libraries.
A current list of accessible tax products is available by download. Individuals may also order hard-copy braille and large print documents by calling the IRS toll-free number 1-800-829-3676.
For [...]
Digital Machine Starting Automatically
Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010To Talking Books Plus members who are enjoying the new digital talking book machine (dtbm), please note that when a powered off machine is plugged into an outlet which experiences a power outage, the machine will automatically startup when power is restored. That’s because the machine is actually still on when the power is off. The sudden startup of the [...]