<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Greetings,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">The two books which had been removed from BARD are back in circulation. I found them this morning on the BARD iOS app.<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marci Carpenter<br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Aug 17, 2020, at 10:54 AM, Marci Carpenter <<a href="mailto:mjc59@comcast.net" class="">mjc59@comcast.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8" class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hello Friends,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">This weekend I and many of you noticed that two books which had recently been added to BARD were no longer there. This was very alarming and no explanation was given. As the National Federation of the Blind representative on the NLS Collection Development Advisory Group, I wrote to my colleagues and NLS and received the response below. I just checked my BARD app and there is now a notice about this issue posted there. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">From NLS: <o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">“All,<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">NLS apologizes for any confusion. We found that there were missing text and chapters in the Bolton and Trump books, so we are trying to restore them and get them back on BARD as soon as possible.<o:p class=""></o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class=""><o:p class=""> </o:p></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">We will keep you all updated. Again, apologies for not communicating this issue.</div></div></div></blockquote><br class=""></div><div class="">Part of the National Federation of the Blind’s commitment to literacy for blind people is our advocacy for access to all kinds of reading material. Public libraries notify patrons when there is a technical issue with a book and we have a right to that same information. We will continue to monitor the situation.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Your Colleague,</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Marci Carpenter, President</div><div class="">National Federation of the Blind of Washington and</div><div class="">Member, NLS Collection Development Advisory Group</div><div class="">206-604-5507</div><div class=""><a href="mailto:mjc59@comcast.net" class="">mjc59@comcast.net</a></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>