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DanFlasar at aol.com
DanFlasar at aol.com
Mon Mar 4 19:54:58 UTC 2013
The Wolfner Library also has been recording books local Missouri interest
that are available via WolfPac.
You can hear more about it by calling your reader advisor at Wolfner -
but I'll send out a note on how to do this. As I mentioned in an email in
November, a consortium of NLS sponsor libraries across the states are
offering access to each others locally recorded books. Idaho is one and I
believe S. Carolina also. I'll send a link later today.
Dan
In a message dated 3/4/2013 1:30:13 P.M. Central Standard Time,
freespirit.stl at att.net writes:
As you can see, this came to the bard talk list, but I thought it might
interest at least some of you.
From: Szuwalski, Eura
Sent: Monday, March 04, 2013 12:53 PM
To: bardtalk at yahoogroups.com
Subject: [bardtalk] Registering with WTBBL - from a librarian at WTBBL
Dear BardTalk members,
My name is Eura Szuwalski and I am the Electronic Services and Instruction
Librarian at the Washington Talking & Book & Braille Library
(http://www.wtbbl.org/). I follow this informative listserv to stay ahead of patron
concerns/problems related to downloading audio books on BARD.
After reading all of the buzz this past weekend, I wanted to clear up some
information regarding our downloadable books.
The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) produces books of
local interest and titles that have not been considered by the National
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) in studios at the
library in Seattle, WA with assistance from our volunteers, many of whom
have been recording for years. We then put the books up on our site for
download for patrons of our library and patrons of other network libraries who
have registered.
We use the same file format as NLS. At this time, we have not been
approved to put our local books on BARD and we do not have an estimated date for
when or if this will happen. To download our books, please email us at
wtbbl at sos.wa.gov with your full name, your city and state of residence and your
year of birth. You can also call at 206-615-0400 and provide the same
information by phone. Just say you want to register for local downloadable books
or ask for Tyler. We use your contact information to verify you are a
patron with your network library and your year of birth will become your
password.
Once you are registered, you will go tohttp://www.wtbbl.org/login.aspx to
log into the site with the username and password (year of birth) that our
patron registrar, Tyler, will give to you.
There is a search box with drop down menu (only text box on the page),
which will allow you to search by title, author, narrator and date. You can
also browse the "Books Recently Added" section for new young adult and adult
books. Below this section, the remaining books are listed by adult and
young adult and then alphabetically by author's last name.
As many members have mentioned, we try to be prompt with questions and
concerns about our books and service. We are open Monday-Friday, 8:30 AM to
5:00 PM (PST) and closed on most government holidays.
I hope this information is helpful and I welcome any questions. Since I am
often on the phone helping patrons learn how to download and answering
patron requests, I will try to respond as quickly as I can.
Thank you,
Eura
Eura Szuwalski
Electronic Services and Instruction Librarian
Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
2021 9th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121-2783
Direct: 206.386.1254
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