[Dtb-talk] Status of BARD

[Mike Freeman]

No. Short-term, at least, this has little to do with the budget. A lot of
Library of Congress systems are down including the one that handles on-line
copyright registration applications. Over the past few years, there have
been several reports which stated that many Library of Congress computer
systems, among other things, should be modernized. However, few of those
reports of which I am aware indicated a viable mechanism for funding the
improvements. And here's where the budget might come into the mix. We're
eventually going to end up with another budget crisis wherein some will wish
to kick the financial can down the road while others think we should shut
the government down etc. We've been down this road before.
But for the present, BARD is just one of the NLS systems that isn't working.

Mike Freeman


-----Original Message-----
From: Dtb-talk [mailto:dtb-talk-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Cheryl
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Sent: Saturday, September 05, 2015 9:56 AM
To: Discussion of Digital Talking Books
Cc: Cheryl Fields
Subject: Re: [Dtb-talk] Status of BARD

Thank you, does this have anything to do with the budget? If so, How can we
make our voices heard on the importance of maintaining this site. Peace,
Cheryl

On 9/4/15, Andrews, David B (DEED) via Dtb-talk <dtb-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> As some of you know, BARD, NLS's digital book download site has been 
> down for several days.  Apparently the Library of Congress is having 
> various communications problems. NLS has recently said that the site 
> will be down for several more days, probably through Tuesday.
>
> Dave
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