[Nfbc-info] BARD Service Down

[Chela Robles]

Yes, do exactly as they say as for feedback and yes I gathered something 
was fishy with the LOC servers. Perhaps they need a bandwidth upgrade or 
maybe just maybe they need some time to figure out what is causing this 
then they hopefully will get back to us. In the meantime, I suggest you 
enjoy the books you do have at your leisure until it gets fixed. Smiles.

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On 9/2/2015 5:18 PM, Michael Hingson via Nfbc-info wrote:
> We can send comments, but I suspect they know and are just as anxious as we. Even so, people can comment if they think more pressure will help.
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> As I understand it BARD isn't the problem, but rather overall Library of Congress server maintenance.
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> Best Regards,
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> Michael Hingson
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nfbc-info [mailto:nfbc-info-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC via Nfbc-info
> Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2015 5:15 PM
> To: Braille and Talking Book Library at CSL <btbl at library.ca.gov>
> Cc: Lisamaria Martinez, NOMC <lmartinez217 at gmail.com>; NFB of California List <nfbc-info at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfbc-info] BARD Service Down
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> Is there anything as patrons of the library that we can do to ensure that our axis is restored? Do we need to make phone calls or send emails to ensure that the communication channels no that denying the blind and print disabled community access to books is a huge problem. Please tell us how we can help.
>
> Lisamaria
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>   from my iPhone
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>> On Sep 2, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Braille and Talking Book Library at CSL <btbl at library.ca.gov> wrote:
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>> Hello,
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>> If you are a BARD user you may have noticed that the BARD website and mobile app have not been consistently accessible over the last few days. The following is a message from the National Library Service regarding this issue:
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>> “NLS is experiencing technical problems with communication channels administered by the Library of Congress that are necessary to run BARD. We are making every effort to fix the problem and restore service.”
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>> This is all the information we have at the present time.  We do not know when the BARD service will be back up and running.  Please keep checking the BARD site to see if it has been restored.
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>> Thank you for your patience and understanding!
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>> Braille and Talking Book Library
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