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Monday, July 13th, 2020If you subscribe to the large type edition of the Talking Book Topics and have not received your May/June issue in the mail yet, we want to let you know that the issue was mailed out in the first week of June. Pandemic related stresses on the US Postal Service might have delayed some deliveries. […]
NLS Operations/Delays
Tuesday, July 7th, 2020Operations of several NLS vendors have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic over the past few months, and patrons may still see delays or disruptions in shipments of products, including braille magazines, talking books, and braille books. We are hopeful that all NLS producers will be fully operational in the next few weeks. If […]
Books by John Bolton and Mary Trump
Thursday, June 25th, 2020Many of you have inquired about 2 new books that have been recently published. Neither of these titles are in our system yet. We will check with the National Library Service to see when they may be recorded and added into the collection. Please check back in a month or two if you are interested in these titles. […]
Carroll Center f/t Blind Helping Today
Friday, June 12th, 2020What We Are Doing to Help Today The Carroll Center for the Blind and its dedicated staff are actively seeking to support consumers of all ages to remain connected to critical blindness services and essential resources. Our team of expert vision rehabilitation professionals continue to teach skills remotely, covering; travel, daily living, and the important use of […]
Perkins to Open Monday, June 1st
Tuesday, May 26th, 2020Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass., will be open for general operations on Monday June 1st. You may now begin returning materials. They will also resume issuing player machines and headphones. Talking Books Library staff here in RI, continue to work from home and check voicemail and email messages daily. You may continue to leave […]
Talking Books and Perkins Library Information
Monday, May 4th, 2020The Talking Books Library remains closed, but staff are able to send reading materials out to members via inter-library loan through Utah. You may send your request via email to talking.books@olis.ri.gov or call 401-574-9310. Please only 5 DB numbers or titles at a time per member. We will return your email and voicemail messages. Perkins […]
Talking Books Services Updated April 16
Monday, April 6th, 2020The Talking Books Library office is closed, but staff is able to send reading materials out to members via inter-library loan through Utah. You may send your request via email to talking.books@olis.ri.gov or call 401-574-9310. Please only 5 DB numbers or titles at a time per member. We will return your email and voicemail messages. […]
Perkins Library Closes Suspends All Deliveries
Tuesday, March 24th, 2020As many of our members know, most of the materials from the RI Talking Books Library are mailed out from the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Mass. Mail from Perkins will not be possible until after April 7, but we may still request inter-library loan for some titles for our members through the […]
Xavier Society for the Blind
Tuesday, March 10th, 2020Xavier Society for the Blind provides religious, spiritual, and inspirational reading materials in braille and audio. They support blind and visually impaired people in learning about, developing and practicing their faith. In 2019, Xavier Society transitioned to digital Talking Book format and now patrons can listen to their books on the talking book machines provided […]
Digital Talking Books Relating to the Lenten Season
Thursday, February 27th, 2020The Xavier Society for the Blind has free audio books for the Lenten season which can be played in the Talking Book machines provided by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS). If you’d like information about these titles, or would like to order any, please reply to info@xaviersocietyfortheblind.org or call 800-637-9193. Finding […]
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