[nabs-l] overdrive and public library access

[Sophie Trist via nabs-l]

She's=20right=20about=20the=20CD's.=20I=20often=20go=20to=20my=20public=20l=
ibrary=20with=20
a=20reader=20who=20knows=20what=20genres=20I'm=20into--sci-fi=20fantasy--an=
d=20
helps=20me=20look=20over=20the=20CD's.=20It's=20a=20good=20way=20to=20acces=
s=20free=20
audiobooks.

=20-----=20Original=20Message=20-----
From:=20Lillie=20Pennington=20via=20nabs-l=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To:=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20<bookwormahb at earthlink.net>,National=20
Association=20of=20Blind=20Students=20mailing=20list=20<nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date=20sent:=20Mon,=2019=20May=202014=2022:41:28=20-0400
Subject:=20Re:=20[nabs-l]=20overdrive=20and=20public=20library=20access

I=20can't=20answer=20most=20of=20your=20questions,=20but=20I=20can=20answer=
=20some.=20The=20
databases=20I=20used=20when=20I=20was=20using=20databases=20for=20a=20resea=
rch=20paper=20
were=20accessible.=20The=20only=20tricky=20part=20is=20getting=20the=20text=
=20of=20the=20
article=20since=20the=20database=20generally=20only=20provides=20a=20citati=
on=20and=20
abstract.=20I=20just=20googled=20the=20article=20name=20and=20author=20name=
.=20Once=20I=20
had=20the=20full=20text=20I=20pasted=20it=20in=20a=20word=20doc=20in=20my=20=
drop=20box=20in=20a=20
folder=20where=20I=20kept=20stuff=20relating=20to=20my=20paper.=20You=20sho=
uld=20be=20
able=20to=20use=20most=20databases=20at=20home.
In=20terms=20of=20audio=20books,=20your=20library=20may=20have=20a=20collec=
tion=20of=20
CDs=20that=20are=20audio=20books.
Hath

Sent=20from=20my=20iPhone

=20On=20May=2018,=202014,=20at=207:48=20PM,=20Ashley=20Bramlett=20via=20nab=
s-l=20
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org>=20wrote:

=20Hi=20all,

=20Well,=20I=20have=20a=20library=20card=20and=20may=20soon=20find=20out=20=
what=20I=20can=20
use.

=20It=20seems=20to=20me=20we=20get=20minimal=20access=20at=20university=20l=
ibraries;=20
like=20only=20=20one=20pc=20with=20jaws=20and=20most=20databases=20are=20no=
t=20real=20
accessible.
=20But,=20at=20public=20libraries,=20we=20cannot=20even=20use=20the=20pcs.

=20This=20has=20bothered=20me=20for=20some=20time=20as=20an=20active=20citi=
zen.
=20Do=20you=20access=20your=20public=20library?
=20Now,=20I=20realize=20we=20cannot=20read=20print.
=20But,=20with=20jaws,=20we=20can=20use=20the=20e=20audiobooks=20and=20evid=
eos.

=20So=20questions.

=201.=20does=20your=20library=20have=20jaws,=20zoomtext,=20or=20any=20softw=
are=20for=20
the=20vi=20population?
=202.=20Most=20libraries=20use=20overdrive=20for=20e=20resource=20material.=
=20This=20
means=20ebooks,=20e-audiobooks,=20and=20evideos.=20Is=20overdrive=20accessi=
ble?=20
If=20you=20used=20it=20for=20an=20e=20audiobook,=20how=20is=20it=20divided=
=20up?=20by=20
chapter?=20I=E2=80=99m=20sure=20its=20not=20as=20much=20as=20our=20daisy=20=
books.

=203.=20If=20you=E2=80=99ve=20gone=20to=20a=20library=20to=20=20get=20books=
=20that=20you=20might=20
read=20via=20your=20own=20CCTV,=20magnifier,=20or=20with=20a=20reader,=20we=
re=20the=20
staff=20helpful?

=20Also,=20anyone=20want=20to=20comment=20on=20what=20electronic=20resource=
s=20they=20
found=20accessible=20at=20public=20libraries=20using=20your=20own=20equipme=
nt=20
like=20a=20laptop?
=20Our=20libraries=20have=20free=20wireless=20access=20so=20I=E2=80=99m=20s=
ure=20this=20is=20
pretty=20standard=20elsewhere.=20So,=20you=20could=20bring=20your=20own=20e=
quipment=20
in=20=20and=20search=20the=20databases.=20I=E2=80=99m=20wondering=20if=20en=
cyclopedias=20
like=20Gale=20Reference=20library=20or=20Grolier=20online=20are=20usable.=20=
My=20
hunch=20would=20be=20yes,=20but=20have=20not=20tried.=20I=20plan=20to=20tho=
ugh=20as=20I=20
would=20like=20to=20do=20some=20research=20on=20historical=20famous=20compo=
sers=20and=20
women=20soon.

=20Thanks.
=20Ashley
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