[NFBNJ] Weekly Highlights from TBBC
joe ruffalo
nfbnj1 at verizon.net
Sat Jun 20 12:27:49 UTC 2020
From: New Jersey Talking Book & Braille Center <tbbc at njstatelib.org>
Date: June 19, 2020 at 3:21:32 PM EDT
To: Adam Szczepaniak <aszczepaniak at njstatelib.org>
Subject: Weekly Highlights from TBBC
Reply-To: tbbc at njstatelib.org
With revisions.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Weekly Highlights from TBBC
June 19, 2020
TALKING BOOK &
BRAILLE CENTER
A MESSAGE FROM THE NEW JERSEY STATE
LIBRARIAN
With summer officially starting this week, I
am pleased to announce that Stage 2 of NJ's reopening plan has begun,
permitting library curbside pickup. Pursuant to the provisions of Executive
Order No. 153 (2020), libraries are now permitted to reopen their outdoor
spaces to the public. However, patrons shall not be permitted to enter the
brick-and-mortar premises, but instead, shall be permitted to pick up or
drop off materials outside of the facility that they have already ordered
(“curbside pickup/drop-off”). Colonel Patrick J. Callahan, the State
Director of Emergency Management, signed Administrative Order No. 2020-15 on
June 13, 2020. The full executive order can be found here.
Additionally, I do have more exciting news
to share. The Braille eReader pilot project will begin in July. NLS needs
the user comments on the eReader to make the player a future model for our
patrons.
Speaking of needing input, the state’s
Commission for the Blind needs your thoughts on a statewide survey they are
conducting. More information is in the newsletter.
Both our book club and bingo games are
gaining more people.
Finally, this Sunday is Father’s Day. Luz
and Liz K. have a list of audiobooks on fathers for you to enjoy.
Enjoy our newsletter and please continue to
be safe.
Thank you,
Mary
Mary L. Chute
New Jersey State Librarian
CBVI STATEWIDE SURVEY
The New Jersey Commission for the Blind and
Visually Impaired is conducting a Comprehensive Statewide Needs assessment
to understand the needs of their customers, providers, and other
stakeholders. This will inform their State Plan and guide priorities and the
development of new initiatives.
We invite current and past CBVI consumers,
service recipients, and their family members to tell us about their
experience. Please click the link below to provide your input in this
accessible web survey form by July 3rd:
https://umassboston.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8q2r6MI6E46rk21
The survey will take about 10 minutes, and
the responses are anonymous. If you have any questions about the survey or
would prefer to use an alternative format, please contact Amanda Gerson at
Amanda.gerson at dhs.state.nj.us.
NLS BRAILLE eREADER PILOT PROJECT
The library is excited to announce that the
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) has invited
us to participate in the NLS Braille eReader Pilot Project. The pilot is
currently scheduled to begin in July of 2020 and will last six months.
TBBC is one of four Regional Libraries of
NLS selected for Phase 1 of the pilot project. The other three libraries
participating are:
a.. Kentucky Talking Book Library
b.. Iowa Library for the Blind
c.. Utah State Library Division
The NLS Braille eReader is a refreshable
braille display (an electro-mechanical device for displaying braille
characters) that will allow patrons to read braille books on digital
cartridges. Library patrons with Internet access will be able to download
braille from BARD on a 24/7 basis, will be able to maintain a braille
collection on the Braille eReader, and will no longer be required to receive
and return multiple volumes of cumbersome hard copy braille books through
the postal system.
The purpose of the NLS Braille eReader Pilot
is to test the functionality of the eReader devices, collect feedback from
pilot patrons, and validate distribution processes at network libraries. The
pilot libraries were selected based on criteria including region,
circulation system, and size, and on their ability to meet reporting
requirements and provide technical support during the pilot. The four
libraries will distribute 1,600 eReaders to Braille patrons. Staff training
begins on June 23rd.
The NLS Braille eReader Pilot Project will
lay the groundwork for the general distribution of braille eReaders, which
will increase access to digital braille materials, promote braille literacy,
and provide access to tens of thousands of braille titles in digital format,
supporting the NLS mission statement of assuring that all may read.
BARD WEBSITE NEWS
The BARD website was upgraded on Friday,
June 4, 2020. Upgrades include:
Subscribe to a book series:
a.. From the BARD main page, type the name
or part of the name of the series in the search field, such as Harry Potter,
and click the Go button.
a.. Under the Book Series heading on the
resulting page, all book series titles that include the words “Harry” or
“Potter” will be listed. Click the series of interest to display all
available books in that series.
a.. Under the heading Audiobooks or Braille
books, depending on which format you want, click the Subscribe button. BARD
will automatically add new titles in the series in the preferred format to
your wish list. The two other buttons in this area have to do with adding
currently available books in the series to your wish list. These buttons do
not subscribe you to the series.
A second way to subscribe to a book series:
a.. Locate a book by searching the catalog,
or through one of the BARD book lists, such as Most Popular Books or
Recently Added Books and Magazines, that you know is in the series of
interest.
a.. Open the book details by clicking the
title of the book.
a.. Click on the series name found in the
Book Details. This will open a web page that displays all the available
books in the series.
a.. Choose the Subscribe button under the
preferred format heading: Audiobooks or Braille books. New books in your
preferred format in the series will be automatically added to your wish list
when they become available on BARD. The two other buttons in this area have
to do with adding books to your wish list. These buttons do not subscribe
you to the series.
Managing Subscriptions:
In addition to subscribing to a favorite
book series, patrons can manage all of their subscriptions.
a.. From the BARD main page, click the
Subscriptions link. This page lists all book series and magazines you are
subscribed to.
a.. To opt out of any of the subscriptions,
click the Unsubscribe link following the item you wish to unsubscribe to. No
new magazine additions or books in the series will be added to your wish
list.
Passwords:
a.. Account-holders are not allowed to reuse
any of their previous 11 passwords.
a.. Patrons will not be able to change their
own password more than once per day. NOTE: BARD administrators can reset a
patron’s password without affecting the number of password changed by the
user
a.. BARD will no longer accept special
characters in new password. When creating a new password, account-holders
should not include special characters when creating new passwords. Note: If
a current password contains a special character, there is no need to create
a new password. Existing passwords that use special characters will not be
rejected by BARD.
Lastly, the computer code behind the website
will be improved to better allow for BARD to be moved to the cloud, making
way for future service improvements such as device synchronization
TBBC BOOK CLUB
TBBC’s book club keeps growing! You can be a
part of it, using either your computer or phone to join us every other
Friday at 1. Our next meeting is June 26. We will be discussing Kiss the
Girls and Make them Cry by Mary Higgins Clark, DB97632 (Download Kiss the
girls and make them cry), and also recent books we have been reading. To
register and find out more, call us at 800-792-8322 ext. 812 or email us at
tbbc at njstatelib.org
FREE FITNESS VIDEOS
If you have been stuck in the house, sitting
around for far too long or are just looking for ways to get you or your
family up and moving, check out some of these resources that School Library
Journal put together of various free online fitness videos.
FATHER DAY’S BOOK SUGGESTIONS
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young
Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson / DB44849
Albom, Mitch.
Some twenty years after college, Mitch Albom
rekindles his relationship with a former professor who is terminally ill.
His weekly visits with his dying mentor become a colloquium on the meaning
of life, and Albom gains insight into “love, work, community, family, aging,
forgiveness, and, finally, death.” Bestseller.
The Mamba Mentality: How I Play DB93941
Bryant, Kobe; Jackson, Phil; Gasol, and Pau;
Bernstein,
The former basketball star, who retired in
2016 after playing for the Los Angeles Lakers for twenty years, discusses
his career. He shares details of his workout schedules, mental preparations,
and technical descriptions of how he approached the game. Bestseller. 2018.
The Emperor of Ocean Park / DB90808
Carter, Stephen L.
African American law professor Talcott
Garland is drawn into a political conspiracy after his father--a disgraced
Supreme Court nominee--dies suddenly. Apparently the judge left clues
leading to evidence of crimes by former colleagues in high places and wants
his son to exact revenge. Some violence and some strong language. Commercial
audiobook. 2002.
Furious Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last
Trial of Harper Lee DB95234
Cep, Casey N.
The story of Alabama rural preacher Willie
Maxwell--accused of murdering five of his family members for insurance money
in the 1970s--and of the true-crime book about the case that Harper Lee,
author of To Kill a Mockingbird (DB 36414), worked on obsessively for years.
Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Pops: Fatherhood in Pieces / DB92129
Chabon, Michael.
A collection of essays on fatherhood from
the author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay (DB 50950).
Includes an account of his trip to the Paris Men's Fashion Week with his son
Abe, and describes how he gained an appreciation of Abe's passion for
design. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. Bestseller. 2018.
Lake of the Ozarks: My Surreal Summers in a
Vanishing America DB95362
Geist, William.
Emmy-award winning news correspondent and
author of Way off the Road (DB 66185) and Good Talk, Dad (DB 79190)
reminisces about working for his bombastic Uncle Ed as a teenager at a
resort in Lake of the Ozarks. Describes the tourism industry and jobs he
held. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Sh*t My Dad Says DB71730
Halpern, Justin.
Expanded version of the Twitter site the
screenwriter started after moving back in with his outspoken
seventy-three-year-old father, a retired nuclear-medicine doctor. Compiles
profanity-laden comments and advice the author received from childhood to
the present. Basis of a 2010 TV sitcom. Strong language and some
descriptions of sex. Bestseller. 2010.
Tinkers / DB71092
Harding, Paul.
As clock restorer George Washington Crosby
lies dying in his Massachusetts home, he hallucinates and channels his late
father Howard. A tinker and mystic, Howard worked as a traveling peddler to
keep his epilepsy a secret. Pulitzer Prize. Bestseller. Commercial
audiobook. 2009.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf DB93771
James, Marlon.
Tracker has a talented nose that lets him
find people even from miles away. He is hired by a slave trader to find a
missing boy, a quest that takes him across dangerous locales and into the
company of other mercenaries like the shape-shifting hunter Leopard.
Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Born a Crime: Stories from a South African
Childhood DB86608
Noah, Trevor.
The host of TV's The Daily Show shares his
coming-of-age story as the child of a white father and black mother in South
Africa. Their very union was considered a crime, and when the author was
born during apartheid, his biracial status made him an outcast. Violence,
strong language, and descriptions of sex. Commercial audiobook. 2016.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and
Inheritance / DB43877
Obama, Barack.
Obama, his father a Kenyan student and his
mother a white Kansan, struggles with issues of identity and ethnicity. A
Harvard Law School graduate, community organizer, and civil rights lawyer,
Obama recounts a life-changing pilgrimage to Kenya to meet relatives from
his father's other marriages. Some strong language
Miracle at St. Andrews DB94984
Patterson, James; De Jonge, Peter.
Travis McKinley is a former professional
golfer who feels like he's an amateur at the rest of life. He makes a
pilgrimage to the mythical greens at St. Andrews, the course where golf was
born, which feels like sacred ground to golfers like Travis. Unrated.
Commercial audiobook. 2019.
Gilead / DB59561
Robinson, Marilynne.
1950s. Dying seventy-six-year-old Gilead,
Iowa, minister John Ames writes a parting letter to his young son. John
reflects on the tensions between his pacifist father and militant
abolitionist grandfather (both preachers), the death of his first wife and
child, the gospel, a friend's transgressions, and life's eternal mystery.
Pulitzer Prize. Bestseller. 2004.
Every Tool's a Hammer: Life Is What You Make
It DB96393
Savage, Adam.
Special effects designer and cohost of the
television show MythBusters presents a guide to developing and nurturing
your creativity and problem-solving skills through making things. Shares
lessons learned through the years, including not waiting until everything is
perfect to begin and slowing down to prevent failure. Unrated. Commercial
audiobook. 2019.
The Twelve Lives of Samuel Hawley: A Novel
DB88019
Tinti, Hannah.
As the daughter of criminal Samuel Hawley,
Loo doesn't have a lot of stability in her life until she is twelve years
old. She and her father settle in her dead mother's hometown. While Loo
tries to adjust, flashbacks tell the tale of each of Samuel’s twelve bullet
wounds. Strong language and some violence. 2017.
A Father First: How My Life Became Bigger
Than Basketball / DB75553
Wade, Dwyane; Rivas, Mim Eichler.
Miami Heat superstar's memoir traces his
rise from a hardscrabble childhood in Chicago with a drug-addicted mother to
a basketball scholarship at Marquette University and an NBA contract.
Describes his 2008 divorce, custody battle for his two sons, and
determination to be a good father. 2012.
TBBC BINGO
A TBBC Bingo card is below. We will also
have a PDF of the card available where we keep all past issues of this
newsletter:
https://www.njstatelib.org/talking-book-braille-center/weekly-newsletter/
You can enjoy this from the comfort of your
own home! Some squares are about reading a book and some are about doing
something like signing up for BARD or visiting our website.
Let us know when you complete a row or
complete the whole TBBC Bingo card. The first five people to complete a row,
and the first three people to complete the whole card, will be recognized
and congratulated in our weekly newsletter.
Email us or call us when you've finished a
row or finished the whole card. And, if you need suggestions for books to
complete this challenge, email us or call us and we'll be glad to suggest
some books!
TALKING BOOK & BRAILLE CENTER CONTACT
INFORMATION
Toll-Free Number: (800) 792-8322 ext. 861
Local Phone Number: (609) 406-7179 ext. 861
Email Address: tbbc at njstatelib.org
Website Address: www.njstatelib.org/tbbc
STAY CONNECTED
Talking Book & Braille Center | 2300 Stuyvesant Avenue,
Trenton, NJ 08618-3226
Unsubscribe {recipient's email}
Update Profile | About Constant Contact
Sent by tbbc at njstatelib.org in collaboration with
Try email marketing for free today!
THIS IS A TEST EMAIL ONLY.
This email was sent by the author for the sole purpose of
testing a draft message. If you believe you have received the message in
error, please contact the author by replying to this message. Constant
Contact takes reports of abuse very seriously. If you wish to report abuse,
please forward this message to abuse at constantcontact.com.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://nfbnet.org/pipermail/nfbnj_nfbnet.org/attachments/20200620/7c098792/attachment.html>
More information about the NFBNJ
mailing list