[nabs-l] bard web site

[I. C. Bray]

PREACH IT TYLER!


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Littlefield, Tyler" <tyler at tysdomain.com>
To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list" 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 9:56 PM
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] bard web site


: It's good if you have the money to pay. I'd rather not see bard go the
: same way as RFBD (whatever they're calling that mess now). There's also
: stuff like web braille. If it goes down every 20 years when congress
: can't agree on something, so be it I suppose, but it's worth remembering
: that not everyone has the money to pay for these subscriptions to 10
: different companies. Bard is free and should remain that way for these
: people, as it is a great service. I got a lot of books from the talking
: book librariy when I was younger and I certainly know we didn't have the
: money to subscribe me to all sorts of different paid services.
: On 10/1/2013 9:48 PM, Peter Donahue wrote:
: > Good evening,
: >
: >      Paying a subscription to protect our accessible book collections 
from
: > governmental boondoggling is okay in my book. Bring it on!
: >
: > Peter Donahue
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Joe" <jsoro620 at gmail.com>
: > To: "'National Association of Blind Students mailing list'"
: > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
: > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:16 PM
: > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] bard web site
: >
: >
: > I'm all for making government much smaller, but privatizing the NLS arm 
of
: > the LOC is probably not the best case scenario. People would have to 
pay,
: > not an issue for gainfully employed people but certainly a problem for 
the
: > 70% unemployed folks already on a low income. Me, I'm really not sure 
why
: > the BARD site is down. Skeleton crews consist of at least a few IT 
staff,
: > and it seems odd there is not a single person who can keep an eye on the
: > servers. Then again, the government is dumb enough to try to rope off
: > national monuments here in DC that can easily be accessed outside. Red,
: > blue, they're all a little cray cray.
: >
: > Joe
: >
: > -----Original Message-----
: > From: nabs-l [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Peter 
Donahue
: > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 7:29 PM
: > To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
: > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] bard web site
: >
: > Good evening everyone,
: >
: >      Perhaps it's time to privatize the NLS making it immune to 
government
: > shutdowns in the future. Bookshare.org and BLIO are our shining stars 
during
: > this time so we need not be without books to read.
: >
: > Peter Donahue
: >
: >
: > ----- Original Message -----
: > From: "Kirt" <kirt.crazydude at gmail.com>
: > To: "National Association of Blind Students mailing list"
: > <nabs-l at nfbnet.org>
: > Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 5:48 PM
: > Subject: Re: [nabs-l] bard web site
: >
: >
: > That entirely depends on when Congress decides to get it's act together. 
Ask
: >
: > your representative. :-)
: >
: > Sent from my iPhone
: >
: >> On Oct 1, 2013, at 4:45 PM, "justin williams" 
<justin.williams2 at gmail.com>
: >> wrote:
: >>
: >> Do we know when the bard site will be up again?
: >>
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