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Wednesday, December 12th, 2018Becoming by Michelle Obama (DB92627) is now available as a downloadable title through BARD. The hardcopy for US mailing may be available in the next month. Description: A memoir by the former First Lady, the first African American in that role. Obama recounts her childhood in Chicago, her years balancing motherhood and her career as […]
National Library Services Promotion for Talking Books
Thursday, November 29th, 2018The Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) launched a major outreach campaign this year to educate the public about the free services it provides to U.S. residents with visual impairments and other disabilities. Through the RI Talking Books Library (TBL), qualified RI residents can apply to the program […]
NLS and Its Library Network Look to the Future at the Nashville Conference
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018The National Library Services (NLS) has proposed a number of great initiatives for the improvement of NLS services. Read more about this in the July-September NLS Newsletter article (document in pdf fomat which requires Acrobat Reader). If you do not have Adobe, install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader by clicking on the image below. […]
New England and Rhode Island Library Association Joint Conference
Tuesday, November 20th, 2018Marilyn Stevenson of New Hampshire, Vincent Livoti of Vermont and Alicia Waters of Rhode Island presented “A Tale of Three Cities: Spotlight on Special Services” at the NELA (New England Library Association) and RILA (Rhode Island Library Association) Annual Conference in October. The presentation focused on several National Library Service initiatives, including Duplication on Demand, […]
Cooking Light Magazine Ceased After January 2019
Friday, November 9th, 2018Cooking Light magazine will cease publication in January 2019. This braille magazine offered by NLS will be replaced by Eating Well. Current subscribers to Cooking Light will automatically be subscribed to Eating Well. If you have any questions, please call or email the Talking Books Library staff. talking.books@olis.ri.gov| (401)574-9310
Reader’s Digest Now Available Through NLS
Thursday, October 25th, 2018The National Library Service (NLS) is pleased to announce the addition of Reader’s Digest to its selection of audio magazines, beginning with the November 2018 issue. Issues of the magazine will be available to patrons through BARD and, via subscription, on cartridge. Please email the Talking Books Library at talking.books@olis.ri.gov or call (401)574-9310 if you […]
Marrakesh Treaty Signed Into Law
Wednesday, October 10th, 2018Today, October 10, 2018, President Donald J. Trump has signed into law S. 2559, the “Marrakesh Treaty Implementation Act” which provides for the implementation of the Marrakesh Treaty to Facilitate Access to Published Works for Persons Who Are Blind, Visually Impaired or Otherwise Print Disabled. View the Summary of the Marrakesh Treaty at WIPO (World […]
Newsweek and Reader’s Digest No Longer Available
Tuesday, October 9th, 2018The American Printing House for the Blind, Inc. is no longer able to produce the Reader’s Digest and Newsweek magazines subscriptions. “Although the webpage hasn’t been updated to reflect it, neither Reader’s Digest nor Newsweek will be available from APH in any format, including download, effective 10/31/18. They are currently working on sending out letters […]
Defective Book? Lost the Container?
Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018If you find that you have a defective digital book cartridge, you can request a replacement of that book/title by calling (401)574-9310 or by emailing talking.books@olis.ri.gov. Place the defective cartridge back in its container with a note and mail it back to Perkins. Book containers are always opened and checked when they arrive back at […]
Accessible Textbook Options for Blind or Visually Impaired
Friday, September 14th, 2018The Talking Books Library staff have received calls from members looking for textbooks in accessible formats. The Louis Database from the American Printing House for the Blind is a great place to search for the material you need. This database will allow you to search for titles in specific formats (Braille, Large Print, Sound and […]
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