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Friday, September 25th, 2009Since this is National Piano Month, it seemed appropriate to highlight the Music Section of National Library Services (NLS). This service offers braille, large print, and recorded instructional materials and music subscriptions. The special music collection consists of more than 30,000 braille and large print music scores, texts, and instructional recordings about music and musicians on cassette. These […]
Fall Book Club
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Insight is starting a Fall Book Club on October 1st, the third in a series. The Club will meet for 4 weeks from 10 AM – 12 Noon. The selected books are Pride and Prejudice RC50549 and The Kite Runner RC57457. Participants are expected to listen to the books. A structured discussion follows that covers themes, charactors, and […]
Reading Across RI 2010
Thursday, September 10th, 2009Reading Across RI has announced the short list for its 2010 program. The following books that are being considered for the book to be read and discussed in 2010 are in the Talking Books Plus collection. Skeletons at the Feast by Chris Bohjalian RC68385 The Lost City of Z by David Grann RC68618 The Heretic’s Daughter by Kathleen Kent […]
Free Individual RFBD Membership
Tuesday, September 1st, 2009Thanks to major funding from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs, Grant #H327D090001 and support of private donors, RFB&D (Reading for the Blind & Dyslexic) membership is now free to individuals with proper certification. Member benefits include: FREE access to the nation’s largest audiobook library of textbooks and literature titles Human-narrated audiobooks with descriptions of […]
Helen Keller Day in Second Life
Friday, June 26th, 2009PRESS RELEASE: Helen Keller Day in Second Life Contact person: Saxet Uralia The 24-hour event PDT will be held all day Saturday, June 27 at the four The Ye, Olde, Supporte, Faire sims. Linden Lab is collaborating with and assisting Virtual Helping Hands and a coalition of community volunteers who are proud to announce Helen […]
1st Phase of Digital System Rollout
Thursday, May 14th, 2009The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, has entered the first phase of the rollout of digital talking books. In May 2009, NLS began a much-anticipated national prelaunch of the digital talking-book system to test for unforeseen challenges before mass production of the digital machines begins. Rhode Island is not one of […]
Free Passes to Mystic Seaport
Friday, May 8th, 2009NLS (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped) offers free passes to Mystic Seaport for our library members and their families. Please contact the Publications and Media Section at jwallace@loc.gov or (202) 707- 0717 for more information or to make reservations. To make reservations, provide your name, address, phone number and the date you […]
Volunteer to Earn Bookshare Subscription
Tuesday, May 5th, 2009Bookshare’s goal is to make the world of print accessible to people with disabilities. Bookshare is free for students with qualifying disabilities. If you are not a student but have a qualifying disability, you can earn a subscription to Bookshare. Bookshare awards $2.50 in credits for successfully submitting or validating a book. Bookshare applies these credits to […]
Download Pilot Service Replaced
Monday, April 20th, 2009The pilot phase of the NLS downloadable audiobooks and magazine service will end April 28, 2009. It will be replaced by the permanent Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service which will be accessible at a new web site beginning Thursday, April 30, 2009. Users who know their passwords will be able to log on to […]
RARI May Breakfast
Monday, April 13th, 2009The 7th Annual May breakfast of Reading Across RI is May 9th. Meet Ron Carlson, the author of Five Skies, and hear him read and speak about his book. The registration deadline has been extended to April 24th. To sign up, download the registration form. The words in this posting, registration form, have a link […]
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