[Nfb-krafters-korner] off topic; changes to BARD site

Tue Jul 31 22:01:36 UTC 2012

Hi, do we know when the new features are going to be added to BARD? I am a 
freequent BARD user and I haven't seen them yet.
Kendra
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cathy" <flowersandherbs at gmail.com>
To: "'List for blind crafters and artists'" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 1:55 PM
Subject: [Nfb-krafters-korner] off topic; changes to BARD site


> Thought this might be of interest to many.
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> Cathy
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> Looks like there are quite a few changes coming to the Bard site. Not sure
> when these changes are going to take place.
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> BARD Detailed Modifications Summary
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> New materials on BARD
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> Braille materials-The more than 12,000 Braille books and magazines 
> currently
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> available through Web-Braille will be added to BARD. Braille materials 
> will
> continue to be accessible through active links in the NLS catalog as well 
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> through the web version of Braille Book Review. The current Web-Braille 
> site
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> will be phased out between three and six months after the new release of
> BARD.
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> Music books and scores-The more than 2,000 Braille music materials 
> currently
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> available through Web-Braille will be added to BARD. Most of these titles
> are scores (sheet music) for various instruments, including voice; there 
> are
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> also many standard music textbooks and method books. Braille music 
> materials
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> on BARD will have the prefix BRM.
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> The audio materials that will be available are instructional guides by
> instrument or music-appreciation presentations. Audio materials from the 
> NLS
> Music Section on BARD will have the prefix DBM.
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> Locally produced materials-The more than 2,000 locally produced Braille
> materials currently available through Web-Braille will be added to BARD.
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> Other materials that are submitted to NLS by network libraries and 
> external
> agencies, mostly books and magazines of local and regional interest, will
> soon be available on BARD. These materials will be identified by the
> prefixes BRC, DBC, or DBN.
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> New features on BARD
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> Details page-Each summary listing will soon be followed by a link to the
> title's details page, which will feature all of the information from the
> summary entry along with additional bulleted notes such as navigation
> information for audiobooks, the transcribing agency for braille books, and
> the producer (for both braille and audio titles), as well as other
> information from the NLS International Union Catalog. After the bulleted
> notes you will find the link to download the title and a link that will
> allow you to add the title to your wish list (described below). If a book
> has been removed from BARD because there is something wrong with the 
> digital
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> file, the date that NLS uploads the new, corrected file will appear on the
> details page below the Add to Wish List link.
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> Wish list-The My Wish List page was created to provide a place where you 
> can
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> store and access titles that you want to download at a later date. To add
> titles to your wish list you will select the Add to Wish List link which
> will soon be located on the details page. Once added the titles will be
> listed in reverse chronological order, with the most recently added title
> displaying first. Each title will be presented with its summary 
> information
> and two links-one to download the title, the other to delete the title 
> from
> the wish list. Titles will be automatically deleted once you have 
> downloaded
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> them. Titles that are already on your wish list will not display the Add 
> to
> Wish List link on the details page.
>
> Previous downloads-The My Previous Downloads page will display a list of 
> all
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> of the titles you have downloaded in reverse chronological order, starting
> with the most recent. Each title will have all of its summary information 
> as
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> well as the date that you downloaded it and a link to download the title
> again.
>
> Author search-You will be able to access a list of downloadable books by 
> the
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> same author by selecting that author's name on the title's details page.
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> BARD will search for all titles available by that author and display them 
> in
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> alphabetical order.
>
> Subject search-You will be able to access a list of downloadable books in
> the same subject category by selecting the desired subject on the details
> page of a title. BARD will search for all titles available in that same
> subject category and display them in alphabetical order.
>
> Narrator search-You will be able to access a list of downloadable books by
> the same narrator by selecting that narrator's name on the title's details
> page. BARD will search for all titles narrated by that person and display
> them in alphabetical order.
>
> Series search-You will be able to access a list of downloadable books in a
> series by selecting the series title on the details page. BARD will search
> for all titles available in that series and display them in the series
> order.
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> Other changes
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> Display options
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> With the incorporation of braille materials on BARD you will have the
> ability to choose which format(s) you would like to display (braille 
> and/or
> audio). To display either audio materials, braille materials, or both,
> select the Update Account Settings link toward the bottom of the page. Use
> the combo box next to the language "display format results," to select 
> Audio
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> Only, Braille Only, or Both. Note that the default is set to Both.
>
> When your settings are set to display both audio and braille materials,
> braille listings will always follow audio listings with the exception of
> those in your individual wish and previous downloads lists. In the 
> recently
> added and most popular books pages audiobook listings will be presented
> first, with a link at the top of the page to go directly to the braille
> results (Skip to Braille). Materials will be presented this way (audio
> first, then braille, with a link at the top to skip to braille
>
> results) consistently throughout the search and browse functions except in
> the magazine title list-where they are presented in alphabetical order 
> with
> the format following the title.
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> Additionally you will be able to limit your search and browse results to
> display only books and musical scores that were either produced by or
> specially acquired by NLS using a check box. This search limitation will 
> not
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> apply to magazines. Note that the check box default is set to display all
> books and musical scores on BARD.
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> Main page arrangement
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> The headings on the main page have been altered to include the new 
> materials
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> (braille music scores and sports schedules). Magazines will be included in
> the Recently Added Books list. There will also be several new links on the
> main page. One is a link to a page that will feature the music collection
> (instructional audio materials and braille scores) and will provide search
> and browse functions that result in music materials only. The second new
> link will be to a page that features your customizable wish list. And the
> third is a link to a page that will display your previous downloads.
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