<div dir="ltr">Hello everyone!<br><br><div>We are committed to continuing to serve you through this time in a safe and helpful way. Please continue to contact us with questions or requests.<br>While most of our staff are working remotely, we are checking email and voicemail throughout the day. Email us at <a href="mailto:reference.desk@maryland.gov">reference.desk@maryland.gov</a> or<br>call us at 410-230-2443. <br><br>We remain closed to the public at our location at 415 Park Avenue, so please do not plan to visit us until further notice.<br><br>We are working with a very limited staff on-site in keeping with practices recommended by the State of Maryland. We are sending out digital books, Braille books, and large print books on a daily basis. Please keep your books for at least two weeks after you've finished with them. This will help us to make sure we are not overwhelmed with returns for processing. This lets us concentrate on getting books out to you.</div><div><br></div><div>BARD and Bookshare; we are encouraging all LBPH patrons to take time to explore BARD, BARD mobile, and Bookshare. These services are free and provide immediate access to hundreds of thousands of books! </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><font size="4">Upcoming Teleconference:</font></div><div>April 8, 2020<br>Vitamin D: What You Need to Know<br><br>Vitamin D. We've all heard of it. But what is it? It's often called the Sunshine Vitamin, but what does it actually do for us? Join Dr. Mona Habibi for a discussion on the role of Vitamin D in our body. Learn how Vitamin D is produced, discuss the best time to have our Vitamin D levels checked, and how to supplement it when it is low. Register here: <a href="http://bit.ly/UMETelCon">http://bit.ly/UMETelCon</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>For a full listing of our teleconferences:<a href="http://bit.ly/LBPHTelCon"> http://bit.ly/LBPHTelCon</a></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div>This is a rapidly changing situation, so please keep up with what we're doing to continue to serve you, including online and teleconference programming, at our website:</div><div><br><ol><li>Website at <a href="http://www.lbph.maryland.gov">www.lbph.maryland.gov</a></li><li>Blog at <a href="https://mdlbph.blogspot.com/">https://mdlbph.blogspot.com/</a></li><li>Facebook at <a href="https://www.facebook.com/MDLBPH">https://www.facebook.com/MDLBPH </a><br></li></ol><div>If you have any questions, please let me know off list! </div></div></div><div><br>Best,</div><div><br></div><div>Ashley</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial;border-collapse:collapse">
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<p style="line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif">Ashley M. Biggs</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><br>
<i>Outreach Librarian</i><br>Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped<br>Maryland State Library<br>415 Park Avenue<br>Baltimore, Maryland 21201-3603<br>
<br>410-230-2430 (office) | 667-209-1563 (cell) | 410-333-2095 (fax)<br>
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