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Tuesday, February 5th, 2013IN-SIGHT offers a monthly Book Club to eligible individuals. Book Club members meet to select the books that they will read as a group. As an institutional member of Talking Books Plus (TBP), IN-SIGHT can download books from the Rhode Island TBP website for the IN-SIGHT Book Club members who do not have access to […]
Changing Screen Colors on BARD
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2013Should the need arise to change the BARD screen from color to black and white, on the BARD Main Page, select Update Account Settings. Find the Color settings option. Select black and white in the drop down box and then click the Update button.
Bestsellers December 2012
Monday, January 7th, 2013The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine 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 […]
Kick Off for Reading Across RI
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2013On Saturday, January 26, 2013, Rhode Islanders are invited to attend the kick off event for the 2013 Reading Across RI title, The Beauty of Humanity Movement by Camilla Gibb. The event will feature keynote speaker, Col. Theodore L. Gatchell, USMC (ret), Professor Emeritus at the Naval War College. He will talk about the history […]
More Holiday booklists
Thursday, December 13th, 2012The Holiday Settings and the Christmas Sampler booklists are posted on the Talking Books Plus Reading List. These booklists were compiled by the Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library in Missouri. RI Talking Books Plus members should order copies from the Talking Books Plus library. Enjoy some holiday reading. Holidays Greetings to all from the Talking Books […]
Westerns Booklist
Monday, December 10th, 2012The Western Booklist has been recently added to the RI Talking Books Plus Reading Lists. This list was produced by the Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library in Missouri. Rhode Island Talking Books Plus members should order these titles through RI Talking Books Plus. To download, Talking Books Plus members should be signed up for […]
November 2012 Bestsellers List
Wednesday, December 5th, 2012The Bestsellers Lists are compiled monthly by NLS. These lists combine 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 […]
Cozy Christmas Mystery List
Tuesday, December 4th, 2012It’s that holiday time for good cheer and cozy reading. If you like cozy mysteries, check out the newly posted Cozy Christmas Mystery List. And if you want to know what is a cozy mystery, read the Winter 2013 Talking Times newsletter that will be published soon. Look for its announcement on this blog.
More 2013 Calendars
Wednesday, November 28th, 20122013 Calendars Listed below are organizations that produce calendars in braille, print/braille, or large print. American Printing House for the Blind (APH), PO Box 6085, Louisville, KY 40206-0085, Phone: 800-223-1839, Fax: (502) 899-2284, cs@aph.org, https://shop.aph.org, Accepts orders by fax, mail, or tele, phone. Several formats listed below. Braille DateBook calendar in a two-ring binder. […]
BARD down Sunday midnight
Friday, November 23rd, 2012There’s a BARD alert out to remind BARD users that The Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) will be down for at least twenty-four hours beginning at midnight on Sunday, November 25, while the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) migrates to a new system. The new BARD featuring Web-Braille materials […]
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