Archive for October, 2015
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Friday, October 30th, 2015Halloween Reads for all ages…Stories to Scare You! Victorian ghost stories! 35 scary tales about interaction between the living and the dead by Michael Cox. Narrator: Richard Brown. Length: 25 hours, 16 minutes. DB035421. Thirty-five scary tales about interactions between the living and the dead, selected from the period when supernatural fiction, especially with the […]
Novel Ideas Book Discussion Nov 20
Tuesday, October 27th, 2015On Friday, November 20, 2015 at 9 pm the Novel Ideas Book Discussion Group will be talking about Upside Down, Inside Out by Monica McInerney. Talking Books Plus (TBP) members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. TBP members who are not already BARD members […]
Cassette Conversion to Digital Update
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015The conversion of books from the analog cassette collection (RC) into digital audio (DB), which has been underway for more than ten years, is entering its final stages. Except for a small number of medical and scientific works that were excluded as obsolete, every usable analog cassette book will be converted. Because the procedure is […]
BARD Mobile app for iOS devices 1.1
Wednesday, October 21st, 2015The BARD Mobile app for iOS devices, version 1.1, is now available at the App Store. This updated version of the app includes the following features: Built-in sleep timer New setting that keeps device from sleeping while download is in progress Add to wish list directly from details screen Enhanced braille search function Improved VoiceOver […]
Talking Book Topics Sept Oct 2015
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015Talking Book Topics is published bimonthly in audio, large-print, and online formats and distributed at no cost to Talking Books Plus (TBP)members. The annotated list in this issue is limited to titles recently added to the national collection, which contains thousands of fiction and nonfiction titles, including bestsellers, classics, biographies, romance novels, mysteries, and how-to […]
2016 Calendars
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015Click here for a list of organizations that produce calendars in braille, print/braille, large print, or audio. Prices and availability are subject to change.
NLS Produced Magazines 2015
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015NLS (National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) produced magazines are circulated through the U.S. mail either on digital cartridge or in press braille. Registered readers may download some titles in electronic braille or audio format from the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service at https://nlsbard.loc.gov or via the BARD Mobile app […]
Project Director for Revised LBPH Standards
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015Seeking Project Director for Revised Standards for Libraries for the Blind or Physically Handicapped (LBPH) The Association for State and Cooperative Library Agencies, a division of the American Library Association, seeks a Project Director for the revision of the Standards and Guidelines of Service for the Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the […]
BARD Mobile app for Android devices 1.0.2
Wednesday, October 14th, 2015The BARD Mobile app for Android devices version 1.0.2, is now available at the Amazon Appstore for patrons who wish to install it on a Kindle Fire device. Note that only second-generation Kindle Fire devices are equipped to run the BARD Mobile app. A list of acceptable Kindle devices is below, however, not all of these […]
Fiction, Old and New Book Discussion Nov 5
Monday, October 5th, 2015On Thursday, November 5 at 9 pm the Fiction, Old and New Discussion Group will be talking about Black River by S.M. Hulse. Talking Books Plus (TBP) members may download or reserve a copy to be mailed to them. Visit the Book Nook Room to participate in the discussion. TBP members who are not already BARD members may sign up for […]
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