[nabs-l] bard web site

Wed Oct 2 14:04:45 UTC 2013

Hi,
I agree with Tyler and others who say we should keep NLS services free and 
this includes Bard!
Its only ocassionally the congress cannot agree on a budget and shuts the 
government down.
I know I loved talking books too as a kid and we would not have gotten that 
if we had to pay.
My family already paid for extra items like talking calculators, braille 
paper, and labeling supplies.
My sighted counterparts can go to free public libraries! I should be able to 
have a free library too.
Ashley

-----Original Message----- 
From: Littlefield, Tyler
Sent: Tuesday, October 01, 2013 9:56 PM
To: National Association of Blind Students mailing list
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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