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Monday, March 4th, 2019The application for the National Federation of the Blind of Rhode Island scholarship is now open. In 2014 The NFB of RI established a $1000 scholarship to assist blind students in pursuing their career goals. The NFBRI Scholarship will be awarded on the basis of academic excellence and service to the community. The deadline to […]
The Carroll Center for the Blind
Wednesday, February 27th, 2019The Carroll Center for the Blind at 770 Centre Street in Newton Massachusetts offers services to all New England residents. The Carroll Center serves individuals of ALL ages and ALL stages of vision loss. They offer social rehabilitation programs in assistive technology instruction, need training on computers, tablets, smartphones or daily living devices like the […]
The Library of Congress Wants Your Opinion
Tuesday, February 19th, 2019Beginning in early March, a sample of patrons across the country who currently use services provided by the Library of Congress’s National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped–also known as NLS–will be invited to participate in a nationwide survey. The information collected from this survey will guide NLS as they move forward on […]
Marrakesh Treaty Ratification
Monday, February 11th, 2019“The National Library Service (NLS) has received notice from the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress that the United States has officially joined the “Marrakesh Treaty” to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled, by depositing its instrument of ratification with the World Intellectual Property […]
Mail Issues
Friday, February 8th, 2019Many of our members have called to tell us that they have not received their talking books. Unfortunately, this seems to be happening across the U.S. and we are trying to figure out why this is happening. Please know that when you have called the RI TBL staff to place requests, we have entered all […]
RI Special Needs Emergency Registry
Wednesday, January 30th, 2019Many people need extra help during an emergency. If you are vision impaired, blind or physically handicapped you may enroll in the RI Special Needs Emergency Registry which alerts your local police, fire and rescue to better prepare for their response to your emergency. You may enroll by going to https://kidsnet.health.ri.gov/emregistry/form.html
Music Materials from the NLS
Monday, January 14th, 2019Did you know that Talking Book members can receive music materials from the National Library Service. Materials are available in braille, digital audio book cartridge and large-print. Musicians, music students or persons who just enjoy music can borrow the following materials from NLS. Braille music scores for instruments and voice Large-print music scores for instruments […]
Happy New Year from RI Talking Books
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019Happy New Year to all of our members! The Talking Books Library staff wish you and yours a healthy and prosperous year. As we look forward to the service improvements planned by the National Library Service, Library of Congress, we want you to be assured that the RI TBL staff will continue to provide the […]
January is National Braille Literacy Month
Thursday, January 3rd, 2019Is Braille still relevant in the age of computers? It sure is! Read the article from the Carroll Center for the Blind. https://carroll.org/2015/01/january-national-braille-literacy-month/ Download a large print Word document copy of this release courtesy of Low Vision Tech.
National Library Service Newsletter Available Free Online
Thursday, December 13th, 2018Keep up with all the latest news from NLS by bookmarking https://tinyurl.com/infoNLS https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/news/quarterly-newsletter-news/
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