[nabs-l] Matilda Ziegler Magazine update

[Antonio Guimaraes]

I find it interesting that only two sources for books for the blind were mentioned, ad tat Bookshare was not one of them.

When was the last time you ordered something from AFB?

Way to possibly mention only one partner, and one obligatory source of books, NLS.

I didn’t read the Ziegler, bt lots of people outside of the United States did, and they are not eligible to receive NLS materials.

I think they made the right decision, but they did not justify it with sufficient background information.

There is no longer a need to have materials available from Ziegler. The magazine fulfilled its purpose, but times have changed.

It just didn’t seem like they really thought hard about pointing readers to other legitimate sources of information.

Antonio




On Jul 25, 2014, at 2:12 PM, Roanna Bacchus via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> Hi Nabs members hope you are doing well.  This is a message from the Matilda Zeigler Magazine for the Blind.
> 
> ---- Original Message ------
> From: "Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind" <editor at matildaziegler.com
> Subject: Matilda Ziegler Magazine
> Date sent: Sat, 26 Jul 2014 04:00:06 +1000
> 
> July 25, 2014
> 
> As you are aware the Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind has been suspended for the past several months pending a review by the Board of Directors of The E.  Matilda Ziegler Foundation for the Blind.  Considerable time was spent evaluating its substance, breadth of distribution, and readers' responses.  With heavy heart the directors voted to discontinue the weekly magazine and use the Foundation's resources solely for scientific research through grants to highly innovative medical researchers who are making important advances in vision research.
> 
> We've come a long way from when my great grandmother, Electa Matilda Ziegler, founded the magazine in 1907 with the goal of producing reading material for the blind "as much as possible like that published for the seeing." Raised type books of the era were expensive, and the freely circulated magazine helped to fill an information void.
> 
> Today's blind and those with visual impairment can obtain books and magazines in Braille, on cassette, and in DVD or CD format from the National Library Service and the American Foundation for the Blind.  Radio, television, internet, and commercially produced audio books have all become accessible, and provide resources that could not have been imagined in 1907.
> 
> Your emails and letters show that we've touched the lives of thousands of blind and vision impaired people.  The Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind was once described by Helen Keller as a "godsend," and Mark Twain described it as "one of the noblest benefactions of his lifetime." We hope to realize a medical breakthrough that will be worthy of the same praise.
> 
> On behalf of the E.  Matilda Ziegler Foundation Board I sincerely thank you for your loyal readership over our many years.
> 
> Cynthia Ziegler Brighton
> President
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