[nabs-l] overdrive and public library access

[Sophie Trist via nabs-l]

She's right about the CD's. I often go to my public library with 
a reader who knows what genres I'm into--sci-fi fantasy--and 
helps me look over the CD's. It's a good way to access free 
audiobooks.

 ----- Original Message -----
From: Lillie Pennington via nabs-l <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
To: Ashley Bramlett <bookwormahb at earthlink.net>,National 
Association of Blind Students mailing list <nabs-l at nfbnet.org
Date sent: Mon, 19 May 2014 22:41:28 -0400
Subject: Re: [nabs-l] overdrive and public library access

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

Sent from my iPhone

 On May 18, 2014, at 7:48 PM, Ashley Bramlett via nabs-l 
<nabs-l at nfbnet.org> wrote:

 Hi all,

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

 It seems to me we get minimal access at university libraries; 
like only  one pc with jaws and most databases are not real 
accessible.
 But, at public libraries, we cannot even use the pcs.

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

 So questions.

 1. does your library have jaws, zoomtext, or any software for 
the vi population?
 2. Most libraries use overdrive for e resource material. This 
means ebooks, e-audiobooks, and evideos. Is overdrive accessible? 
If you used it for an e audiobook, how is it divided up? by 
chapter? I’m sure its not as much as our daisy books.

 3. If you’ve gone to a library to  get books that you might 
read via your own CCTV, magnifier, or with a reader, were the 
staff helpful?

 Also, anyone want to comment on what electronic resources they 
found accessible at public libraries using your own equipment 
like a laptop?
 Our libraries have free wireless access so I’m sure this is 
pretty standard elsewhere. So, you could bring your own equipment 
in  and search the databases. I’m wondering if encyclopedias 
like Gale Reference library or Grolier online are usable. My 
hunch would be yes, but have not tried. I plan to though as I 
would like to do some research on historical famous composers and 
women soon.

 Thanks.
 Ashley
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