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Friday, March 6th, 2009HumanWare is launching the 2009 Braille Literacy Scholarship Program which supports the premise that braille literacy is fundamental to a blind child’s success. Choosing the right tools is key to their success. The Mountbatten Learning System Award includes a MB Learning System, Mimic Display, keyboard and MBcomm PC to MB communication software. Entries should be […]
Learn about RFBD
Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009On Friday, March 6, 2009 from 3 to 4 PM, HumanWare will present a discussion about services offered by Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic (RFBD). Among the topics discussed will be learning what a person needs to do to authorize their HumanWare player to play RFBD books. Register for the webinar online. To participate […]
Science Fiction Writer Presentation
Wednesday, February 25th, 2009Science Fiction Writer Steve Carper to be guest of Accessible World on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 9PM EST. Topic is Meet a Man Who Lives in the Future but Moonlights in the Real World. His fictional work, Tyrannosaur Faire, is available from Bookshare. To join online, you need a computer, Internet connection, a sound card, speakers and a […]
Bookshare Mystery Book Club
Monday, February 23rd, 2009Join the Mystery Book Club in the Friends of Bookshare online Community chat Room. Anyone can join. You don’t have to be a Bookshare member to join this discussion. The book, The Seventh Sinner by Elizabeth Peters will be discussed on Sunday, March 22, 2009. Talking Books Plus Library members can put in a request for the cassette […]
Mystery Net Discussions
Wednesday, February 18th, 2009According to MysteryNet.com, Mystery Net Discussions offers hundreds of discussions about everything mystery. The website has a link to Mystery Greats such as Edgar Allan Poe and Mystery Books and Authors. You are encouraged to join a discussion topic or create one yourself. Mystery Greats discusses long-time great mystery charactors and authors, famous cases, and personal lives. You can add your own thoughts […]
Telephone Book Clubs
Tuesday, February 17th, 2009In the UK, there are telephone book clubs that bring people together from across the country. Small groups of 8 people come together on the telephone to chat about reading and books in general. It is invaluable for contact with other people who participants would otherwise might never interact with. It is a social source for those who live […]
Reading Across RI Kick Off
Tuesday, January 13th, 2009The Reading Across RI “Launch” Conference kicks-off Saturday, January 31, 2009 at Bryant Univeristy. The Keynote Speaker, Ron Carlson, is author of this year’s book, Five Skies (RC065452). The conference is open to all readers across the State. Read more about this year’s book discussion program, a project of the Center for the Book at Reading Across RI website. At this […]
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