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Monday, April 26th, 2021The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), supported by the National Library for the Blind Endowment, sponsors a paid internship that offers legally blind individuals the opportunity to gain work career experience and explore career options working in the areas of collections building, program delivery, and business oversight and management. Application […]
When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery
Wednesday, March 10th, 2021New Book by Hannah Fairbairn, Winner of Outstanding Service Award 2020, Bay State Council of the Blind. When You Can’t Believe Your Eyes: Vision Loss and Personal Recovery (DBC 11619) Hannah taught personal management at the Carroll Center for the Blind for 18 years and developed a course called “Interpersonal Skills” for adults, ”People Talk” for […]
Reading Disability? Doctor Not Required
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2021The National Library Service, NLS has recently changed who can certify an application for talking books based on a reading disability. In the past, a doctor’s signature was required to certify reading disability. Who can certify now? Doctors of medicine, Doctors of Osteopathy, Ophthalmologists, Optometrists, Registered nurses, Therapists, Professional staff of hospitals, institutions, and public or private […]
NLS 90th Anniversary Concert with Acclaimed Jazz Pianist
Wednesday, February 17th, 2021The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), in commemoration of its 90th anniversary, invites you to a virtual concert featuring stellar jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker on Wednesday, March 3, 2021, on the Library’s YouTube page [youtube.com]. The concert will begin streaming at 8:00 p.m. EST and will be available on that platform for […]
NLS 90th Anniversary Concert With Acclaimed Jazz Pianist
Monday, February 1st, 2021Stellar jazz pianist Matthew Whitaker will perform a virtual concert on March 3 to kick off a year-long commemoration of NLS’s 90th anniversary. Whitaker, who has been blind since birth, is an NLS patron who has used the Music Section’s accessible scores and reading materials on his rise to fame. Whitaker began playing music at […]
IN-SIGHT Radio
Friday, January 8th, 2021“IN-SIGHT Radio is a unique radio reading service that provides the daily reading of local and national newspapers, magazines, books, and other printed materials of interest to our listeners. We currently broadcast twenty-four hours per day, seven days per week. We broadcast the reading of the Providence Journal, a dozen other local newspapers as well […]
Talking Books Library Book Discussion
Wednesday, December 30th, 2020January 27, 2021 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm Promise Me, Dad: A Year of Hope, Hardship and Purpose by Joseph R. Biden (DB 88982) Former vice president discusses the difficulties he faced managing his public commitments while his eldest son, Beau, underwent treatment for a malignant and terminal brain tumor. Biden emphasizes that the strength of […]
Reading Across Rhode Island
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020It’s official, Stamped: Racism, Antiracism, and You by Ibram X Kendi and Jason Reynolds is the 2021 Reading Across RI selection and is available through the Talking Books Library with book number DB 98926. Annotation: National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature adapts Ibram X. Kendi’s award-winning book Stamped from the Beginning (DB 89293). Reynolds discusses how racist […]
Rhode Island Memory Cafes
Tuesday, December 8th, 2020Excellent Healthcare Support Opportunities in Cranston A Memory Café is an opportunity for individuals with all forms of memory loss, and their care partners, to meet others with similar concerns, socialize, learn new skills and support each other as they travel their own path with dementia. One of the most difficult parts of advancing neurocognitive […]
Philadelphia Library for the Blind Changes Its Name
Friday, November 13th, 2020From: Keri E. Wilkins Director, LAMP: Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians “We are very excited to announce that this month, the Free Library of Philadelphia’s Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is officially changing our name to LAMP: Library of Accessible Media for Pennsylvanians. With the assistance of our colleagues in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanians with print disabilities […]
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