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<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Peter---<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Guys
like you keep guys like me on our toes. I'll reply to your points below
my signature<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Cordially,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=6 color="#ff6600" face="Freestyle Script"><span
style='font-size:26.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";color:#FF6600'>Ed Morman<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Edward
T. Morman, MSLS, PhD<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Director,
Jacobus tenBroek Library<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>NATIONAL
FEDERATION OF THE BLIND JERNIGAN INSTITUTE<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on"><font
size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>200 East Wells Street</span></font></st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>
at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Jernigan Place</st1:address></st1:Street><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font size=4
face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Baltimore</span></font></st1:City>
<st1:State w:st="on">MD</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">21230</st1:PostalCode></st1:place><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>410.659.9314
x2225<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>410.685.2340
(fax)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>There
is a Braille literacy crisis in <st1:country-region w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">America</st1:place></st1:country-region>.
For the whole story, go to <a href="http://www.braille.org/">www.braille.org</a>
. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Peter asks</span></font></b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'>: I'd be curious to know if Ed or anyone
knows when the digital files to made available via the Web from the Jacobus
TenBroek Library will go online. At last report this was supposed to happen at
the end of last year. It is now 2010 and they are still not available online</span></font>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>Ed replies</span></font></i></b><i><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>:</span></font></i><font size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt'> </span></font><i><font
size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:Arial;font-style:
italic'>I’m not sure what you’re thinking of. We had indeed
promised to have the online catalog up and running by the end of the year.
I regret that we were unable to do so. I am hopeful of it being available
with a few weeks. <o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><i><font size=5 face=Arial><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
font-family:Arial;font-style:italic'>If by “digital files” you are referring
to our sound archives, then there has been some miscommunication. I can
tell you that we are now working on an application for a six-figure grant to
get all of our audiovisuals digitized and accessible through the web<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Peter asks: </span></font></b><font
size=5><span style='font-size:16.0pt'>I did however see the listing of
collections of the TenBroek Papers on the JTBL Page. Will these too eventually
become available via the Internet. Currently one can only access them by
visiting the Jacobus TenBroek Library in person.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=5 color=black face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:16.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Ed Replies: </span></font></i></b><i><font color=black
face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:italic'>I’m
pleased that you noticed this. This is the first fruit of our project
funded by the National Historic Publications and Records Commission. We
are on schedule to have completed basic processing of the tenBroek paper, and
will continue with the NSF corporate archives. Be aware that there are
hundreds of thousands of pieces of paper in the tenBroek papers. Very
few, if any, repositories are able to put an entire collection of this size
online. Eventually we will make selected items available through the web,
mainly as “teasers.” It will be necessary to come to <st1:City
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Baltimore</st1:place></st1:City> to consult the
collection as a whole.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><font size=5 face=Garamond><span style='font-size:
16.0pt;font-weight:bold'>Peter asks:</span></font></b><font size=5><span
style='font-size:16.0pt'> The deadline for submitting name
suggestions for the Jacobus TenBroek Digital Data Collection was December 15.
That date has long since passed yet that page is still active. I'd like to know
if that deadline has been extended? If not has a name been selected? <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=4 color=black face=Garamond><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><b><i><font size=4 color=black face=Arial><span
style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black;font-weight:bold;
font-style:italic'>Ed replies: </span></font></i></b><i><font
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-family:Arial;color:black;font-style:
italic'>My apologies. I received only two submissions. Since the
catalog was not ready to be put online, I thought I’d wait for some
more.. I will check with Mark Riccobono about extending the deadline and
making an official announcement.<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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