New name, whyNew Jersey State Library’s Talking Book & Braille Center Soon we will be
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History 1. Dates back to 1931 in America 2. Help visually impaired have access to books 3. Oral histories by J Harrington 4. Blind received in mail free of charge 5. Most books were educational 6. Later became self help and literature Once agreed on how to record books due to copyright issues 7. Read by average citizens and early company employees History Continued: 4. 1970 audio moves to vinyl records are become used in schools and libraries 5. Later with technology, cassette tapes are used for audio books 6. Becoming popular with drivers and travellers. 7. By 1980's started to become big business 8. Books now being read by professional actors and sometime using more than one person Current History: 1. CD's and Internet now open up the Audio book industry to the world and more and more people can have access to audio books 2. People find it convenient, portable, easy and inexpensive (many can be downloaded free off the internet) 3. Next generation from CD's are MP3 players, Playaways and Kindle 9. Narrators have AUDIE AWARDS for best reading.
What you have already
Who uses…not just blind, what each is, definitions, applications
Braille…books, size, contracted, uncontracted, private, library, volumes, what is available
Large print…difference in font size
What is what, types of books we have, what grades, what is available
Books on cassette .. May look familiar
Digital books. Point out side, keys, functions, size, etc
National Library Services has contracted with 3 companies to provide commercial readers for NLS downloadable books, ranging in price point from $349 to $1400. Shown here is the $349 VictorStream. You can download your favorite books and MP3s on your Stream and leave home with your library in the palm of your hand. This versatile, powerful DAISY-MP3 and NISO player lets you read and navigate through music and complex books, such as reference manuals and school books, as well as novels and magazines. You can also use its built in text to speech to read books in text format such as Bookshare. It includes features such as an integrated microphone to record voice notes. You can buy an inexpensive encryption device to give access to NLS & RFB & D books.
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CHECK NOT AVAILABLE Not commercially, BTW… popular (Twilight, HP) but we provide mid list
Pointing out..worldcat “no”
American Sign Language Story Hour The Library hosts an Educational Story Hour each month from October until June. Audience: 2 nd – 5 th grade Deaf/HH students from Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf, Multiply Disabled teens from ESC -Hunterdon County, Open to Public Certified therapy dogs courtesy of Kindred Souls Canine Center Are on site at each story hour
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