[IL-Talk] FW: Braille on Demand Pilot Project Announcement (National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled)

[denise avant]

FYI.

 

 

Denise Avant, ESQ

1st Vice President

National Federation of the Blind of Illinois

For more information about NFBI,

Go to www.nfbofillinois.org

 

From: Patrice Johnson <patjohn at chipublib.org> 
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2022 7:46 PM
To: denise avant <davant1958 at gmail.com>; 'Patti S Chang'
<pattischang at gmail.com>
Subject: Braille on Demand Pilot Project Announcement (National Library
Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled)

 

Greetings,

 

Please share the following announcement from the National Library Service
(NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled with local NFB Chapter members:

 

"As part of its braille modernization initiative, NLS is launching the
Braille-on-Demand pilot project on Monday, June 20, 2022. This project will
allow active NLS patrons to request and receive one hard-copy braille title
per month, which they can retain for their personal use. If an individual
who is not registered as a patron submits an order, NLS will refer the
individual to their local network library to begin the process of becoming a
patron.

 

Braille titles will be limited to books that are currently available on
BARD, the NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download service. At this time,
requests are limited to one book per patron per month. Only complete titles
will be distributed. Requests for partial titles (for example, volume one of
a three-volume book) will result in receiving the entire book.

 

The form to request a braille-on-demand book can be found linked from
<https://urldefense.com/v3/__https:/www.surveymonkey.com/r/NLSbrailleondeman
d__;!!B24N9PvjPQId!fmetHhi0_7SwDnH-_aT1CQReL0ajtvu2OL3P28iVithpF-cK6A7IyRd67
mAHecPIy-6kUu6OMIKpTUH662ZacKVFFhIDj1E$>
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NLSbrailleondemand. Patrons may complete the
form themselves or contact their network library for assistance. They may
also contact NLS Reference at nlsref at loc.gov <mailto:nlsref at loc.gov>  for
assistance in completing the form. Please feel free to make the direct link
to the form available on your local website."

 

 

For more information, please contact,  <mailto:brailleondemand at loc.gov>
brailleondemand at loc.gov.

 

 

Patrice Johnson | Manager - Assistive Resources and Talking Book Center
Harold Washington Library Center | Chicago Public Library
<https://www.chipublib.org/> 
400 S. State St. | Chicago IL  60605| 312 747 4001

arc at chipublib.org