[Dtb-talk] The Global Voice

Tue Jan 19 13:40:00 UTC 2010

Hi there!
The Global Voice is an internet radio station which strive to bring the 
blind and the sighted together.

Here is a direct link to my show, and you can also sample other programs 
from there.

http://TheGlobalVoice.info/gallery.php?show=thing

Just go there and choose the listen link to here the latest show.  I think 
you will enjoy it.  You can also forward this message to any of your friends 
who might find it interesting.

David
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>   1. The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary load (Greg Kearney)
>   2. Re: The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary load
>      (Grover Zinn)
>   3. Re: The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary load
>      (Greg Kearney)
>   4. re The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary loan
>      (Tim Gillett)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 11:00:13 +0800
> From: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
> To: Friends of the DAISY Consortium <friends at mail.daisy.org>,
> Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary load
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> In the past the Association for the Blind of Western Australia would
> get interlibrary loan books from the National Library Service in the
> United States but it looks like that option is no longer available to
> international libraries at this time.
>
> It strike me a pity that in the process of adopting an international
> standard the NLS/LOC appears to have decided to no longer engage in
> international interlibrary loan. So as a result an option once open to
> us is now closed.
>
> See the letter we received when we requested a title below:
>
> ---Start of enclosed letter----
>
> From: Yealuri Rathan Raj [mailto:raj at loc.gov]
> Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 9:33 PM
> To:
> Subject: Re: Fwd: Interlibrary Loan
>
> Thank you for your request to borrow digital books.  We are not
> loaning digital books to foreign libraries at this time.
>
> Thank you
>
> Y. Rathan Raj
> Overseas Librarian
> National Library Service for the Blind
> and Physically Handicapped
> Library of Congress
> Washington, DC 20542
>
> ----- End of enclosed letter ---
>
> -- 
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 2
> Date: Sun, 17 Jan 2010 23:07:22 -0500
> From: Grover Zinn <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu>
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary
> load
> Message-ID: <ECD127C5-6A84-4406-9FA6-4748AE1E7DF5 at oberlin.edu>
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>
> I wonder to what degree (the answer is totally opaque) this has to do
> with the digital format and agreements with publishers concerning the
> new digital cartridges versus the old tape cassettes?
>
> Just curious.
>
> best
>
> Grover z
> Grover Zinn
> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
> Oberlin College
> Oberlin, OH 44074
> grover.zinn at oberlin.edu
>
>
>
> On Jan 17, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>
>> In the past the Association for the Blind of Western Australia would
>> get interlibrary loan books from the National Library Service in the
>> United States but it looks like that option is no longer available to
>> international libraries at this time.
>>
>> It strike me a pity that in the process of adopting an international
>> standard the NLS/LOC appears to have decided to no longer engage in
>> international interlibrary loan. So as a result an option once open to
>> us is now closed.
>>
>> See the letter we received when we requested a title below:
>>
>> ---Start of enclosed letter----
>>
>> From: Yealuri Rathan Raj [mailto:raj at loc.gov]
>> Sent: Friday, 15 January 2010 9:33 PM
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: Fwd: Interlibrary Loan
>>
>> Thank you for your request to borrow digital books.  We are not
>> loaning digital books to foreign libraries at this time.
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>> Y. Rathan Raj
>> Overseas Librarian
>> National Library Service for the Blind
>> and Physically Handicapped
>> Library of Congress
>> Washington, DC 20542
>>
>> ----- End of enclosed letter ---
>>
>> -- 
>> Gregory Kearney
>> Manager - Accessible Media
>> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
>> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
>> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>>
>> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
>> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
>> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
>> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
>> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>>
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> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 12:22:25 +0800
> From: Greg Kearney <gkearney at gmail.com>
> To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary
> load
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> <bd78e611001172022u7c8de916r5da2e7a38d361096 at mail.gmail.com>
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> The irony in all of this is if they were to send us tapes today we
> would have to convert them to DAISY digital talking book format to
> send them on to the user here.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 18, 2010 at 12:07 PM, Grover Zinn <grover.zinn at oberlin.edu> 
> wrote:
>> I wonder to what degree (the answer is totally opaque) this has to do 
>> with
>> the digital format and agreements with publishers concerning the new 
>> digital
>> cartridges versus the old tape cassettes?
>>
>> Just curious.
>>
>> best
>>
>> Grover z
>> Grover Zinn
>> William H. Danforth Professor of Religion, emeritus
>> former Associate Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
>> Oberlin College
>> Oberlin, OH 44074
>> grover.zinn at oberlin.edu
>>
>>
>>
>> On Jan 17, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Greg Kearney wrote:
>>
>
> -- 
> Gregory Kearney
> Manager - Accessible Media
> Association for the Blind of Western Australia
> 61 Kitchener Avenue, PO Box 101
> Victoria Park 6979, WA Australia
>
> Telephone: +61 (08) 9311 8202
> Telephone: +1 (307) 224-4022 (North America)
> Fax: +61 (08) 9361 8696
> Toll free: 1800 658 388 (Australia only)
> Email: gkearney at gmail.com
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:24:50 +0800
> From: "Tim Gillett" <tim.gillett at optusnet.com.au>
> To: <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: [Dtb-talk] re The end of NLS/LOC international interlibrary
> loan
> Message-ID: <A1D1D77DA109431C95C8EA79B82790CE at timf2697c3e4a7>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"
>
> The  quote from the NLS letter seems to refer only to digital interlibrary 
> loans, and only at the present time. This would appear to leave open the 
> possibility of digital international interlibrary loans in the future. Can 
> we assume NLS will continue to support international interlibrary   loan 
> of 4 track NLS format titles?
>
>>From my understanding, no large talking book producer, including NLS/LOC, 
>>is likely to attempt digital conversion (let alone full formatting to 
>>DAISY) of anything like all their analog based titles. The decision to 
>>convert or not to convert titles would, I would expect, need to be based 
>>on  the costs of conversion versus the expected benefits to readers. The 
>>copyright issue as it relates to format conversion  as already mentioned 
>>may well be another factor.
>
> For titles that would not be justified converting to digital or DAISY it 
> would seem a reasonable policy for NLS/LOC to continue interlibrary loans 
> in the  audio format in which the title exists, in this case, LOC analog 4 
> track.
>
> If so, would it not be easier in such a case as this for the client to 
> obtain, or for ABWA to loan to the client, a standard LOC 4 track/2 track 
> cassette player? That would appear to save both the LOC and the ABWA 
> having to specially convert and format a title solely for the purposes of 
> one international interlibrary loan. The client gets access, which one 
> assumes is the most important factor.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Tim Gillett
> Audio/Electronics Technician,
> Perth
> Western Australia
>
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