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Memorial Day Grillin and Chillin Booklist

Thursday, May 22nd, 2014

If you are a BARD member, there’s a Grillin’ & Chillin’ Booklist of titles to download just in time for the holiday weekend. Let’s hope the weather is good and you can use those cookbook recipes outside. Enjoy!

Integrated Employment forums

Wednesday, May 14th, 2014

Rhode Island College and the Paul V. Sherlock Center on Disabilities are hosting a series of public forums and workships in 2014 focused on promoting a comprehensive approach to transition and integrated employment. The third in the series will be held June 19 & 20, 2014. To register for the workshop: Implementing the Discovery Process and […]

Books About Blindness for Children and Young People

Thursday, May 8th, 2014

From the MUSEUM of the AMERICAN PRINTING HOUSE for the BLIND is a list of Books About Blindnes for Children and Young People. Also, The Pirate of Kindergarten by George Ella Lyon is another book that speaks to understanding differences among people with vision issues. These books come as suggestions from Librarians who subscribe to […]

April 2014 Bestsellers List

Wednesday, April 30th, 2014

The Bestsellers List compiled monthly by NLS combines information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Bestsellers are included in the report when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears in the report with […]

BARD is Down

Thursday, April 24th, 2014

BARD is currently down because of hardware issues. Staff is working on the problem, and BARD will return to service as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience, and we apologize for the inconvenience. The BARD Technical Support Team NLS BARD Technical Support e-mail: NLSDownload@loc.gov Read the BARD FAQ at: https://nlsbard.loc.gov/NLS/FAQ.html

BARD Log In

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2014

Recently, BARD members are reporting that they can’t log-in. They are not getting the save/open box when using the download link for screen readers users only and password reset emails aren’t going through. Members have reported experiencing no Open/Save screens using Firefox, IE and Safari with a screen reader. BARD members who experience these problems with […]

Instructions How to Subscribe to BARD magazines

Monday, April 21st, 2014

Here’s how to subscribe to a magazine: 1. Log into your BARD account. 2. Go to the Magazines by Title combo box, which is just below the heading that says, “Magazines by title.” 3. Choose the magazine to which you want to subscribe. 4. Tab to the Go button, and press Enter. A page listing […]

BARD Magazine Subscription Option

Friday, April 18th, 2014

The magazine subscription option gives BARD users the opportunity to subscribe to any magazine on BARD by selecting the Subscribe To [magazine title] button at the top of the magazine’s summary listing page. Issues of BARD-subscribed magazines will be automatically added to the member’s wish list as they become available. To unsubscribe, select the Unsubscribe […]

March 2014 Bestsellers List

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

The Bestsellers List is compiled monthly by NLS. The list combines information taken from the bestseller lists of the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. Bestsellers are included in this list when they appear on one of the above bestseller lists for a month or more. Once a title appears […]

National Poetry Month

Thursday, April 17th, 2014

National Poetry Month was launched in 1996 as an annual April event. Below are talking poetry books that were added to the Talking Books Plus collection in the past 3 months. Book order numbers that start with “S” are downloadable only.  Enjoy! Leaves of grass by Walt Whitman. American poetry. Reading Time: 15hrs 4 min. […]

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