[Nfbc-info] FW: Fwd: Urgent Message to all Northern California NLS BARD Patrons

[Eric Calhoun]

Original Message: 
From: Chela Robles <cdrobles693 at gmail.com>
To: Eric Calhoun <eric at pmpmail.com>
Subject: Fwd: Urgent Message to all Northern California NLS BARD Patrons
Date: 
Thu, 26 Sep 2013 16:39:47 -0700

Hey Eric you may want to pass this along to CCB and NFBC-Info lists and 
any other lists where you know Northern Californians this is very 
important and if they arleady got the news and it is me who is late in 
getting it, then tell them to ignore but I thought I'd circulate this 
since the date is coming p rather bloody quick my friend.


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Urgent Message to all Northern California NLS BARD Patrons
Date: 	Thu, 26 Sep 2013 20:12:43 +0000
From: 	Braille and Talking Book Library at CSL <btbl at library.ca.gov>
To: 	Braille and Talking Book Library at CSL <btbl at library.ca.gov>



Dear Northern California NLS Network Library BARD Patron,

We're writing to give you advance warning in case there is a federal 
government shut down next week. If the federal government closes 
effective October 1, 2013, the National Library Service (NLS) will be 
forced to shut down the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) and 
other online databases such as the Voyager catalog until a federal 
spending plan is approved.  The Braille and Talking Book Library in 
Sacramento, Fresno Talking Book Library for the Blind, and San Francisco 
Public Library for the Blind and Print Disabled will remain open to 
serve you, but we may be limited in our ability to use NLS products and 
services.

You may wish to download additional books before October 1 in the event 
access to BARD becomes unavailable for an undetermined interval.

Sincerely,

Mike L. Marlin,

Director, Braille and Talking Book Library

California State Library

900 N Street, Suite 110

PO Box 942837

Sacramento, CA

94237-0001

ALA Councilor At Large

Email: mike.marlin at library.ca.gov <mailto:mike.marlin at library.ca.gov>

Phone: (916) 651-0812

Toll FREE in CA: 1-800-952-5666

Fax: (916) 654-1119

Web site: www.btbl.ca.gov <http://www.btbl.ca.gov/>