[nabs-l] Information About The Braille Monitor

[Elizabeth Mohnke]

Hello All,

The information provided below comes from the website of the National 
Federation of the Blind. In addition to these subscription options, you can 
also read it online by visiting the publications section of the NFB Website 
as well as Newsline. I hope this information is helpful for those who may 
not be familiar or subscribed to the Braille Monitor.

Elizabeth

The Braille Monitor is the leading publication of the National Federation of 
the Blind. It covers the events and activities of the NFB and addresses the 
many issues and concerns of the blind. The Braille Monitor offers a positive 
philosophy about blindness to both blind readers and the public at large; 
serves as a vehicle for advocacy and protection of civil rights; addresses 
social concerns affecting the blind; discusses issues relating to 
employment, education, legislation, and rehabilitation; and provides news of 
products and technology used by the blind.

To learn more about our flagship publication, consider Kenneth Jernigan's 
1993 article entitled, "Concerning History and the Braille Monitor."

The Braille Monitor has been the voice of the nation's blind since 1957.

To subscribe, change your format, or change your mailing address, please 
contact the NFB by mail; by phone at 410-659-9314, ext. 2344; or by e-mail 
nfbpublications at nfb.org. Please indicate which format you would like to 
receive: large print (14-point), Braille, or USB drive.

Eleven issues of the Braille Monitor are published each year (August and 
September are combined into one issue and cover our annual national 
convention). Braille Monitor subscribers in the U.S. are invited to help 
cover the subscription cost ($40) when possible. However, subscriptions 
mailed to foreign countries are invoiced at $75 USD per year, and Canadian 
subscriptions are invoiced at $50 per year. Checks should be made payable to 
the National Federation of the Blind and sent to the NFB, attention Braille 
Monitor, 200 East Wells Street at Jernigan Place, Baltimore, Maryland 21230.

Email Subscriptions

If you would like to receive the magazine electronically for free, you may 
sign up online to receive the Braille Monitor by e-mail. (Please note: This 
is the only way to sign up to receive the Braille Monitor by e-mail.)
To remove yourself from the electronic distribution list of the Braille 
Monitor, send a message containing the line "signoff brl-monitor"--to the 
Monitor subscription tool. Be sure to send it from the account where you are 
currently receiving the Braille Monitor. When the electronic distribution 
software has removed you from the list, it will send you an acknowledgement, 
confirming that you have indeed signed off the list.