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<DIV>Greetings to all!</DIV>
<DIV>Received from Ken Lawrence.</DIV>
<DIV>Please read and share with others.</DIV>
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<DIV>Joe </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Subject:</B> the friends fall 2020 newsletter. </DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<P class=MsoNormal>Hi joe here is the friends of the library
newsletter.
Please share to our distribution list. Message follows
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greetings fellow federationists. Here is the fall 2020 newsletter of the
friends
of the NJ library for the blind and physically handicapped. It does
contain complete info on how to join. Newsletter follows.
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<P class=MsoNormal>THE FRIENDS OF THE NEW JERSEY LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND AND
HANDICAPPED, INC.</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>FALL 2020 NEWSLETTER</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The mission of the Friends shall be to support and
promote
the services and programs of the NJ State Library Talking Book and Braille
Center.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Message from the President</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Greetings members and perspective members,</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>This amazing year continues. While the library
remains
closed for in person work the business of the support system that is the
Friends
of the NJ Library goes on. All the officers were reelected in our June
meeting which took place via teleconference. Folks are still able to
download from the BARD site and folks can participate in and are partaking
in
library services. I have my BARD account going thanks to a bit of help
from our director Adam. All is a go for the start of my second term as
your President. During this time, our primary and biggest concern is
of
course building up our membership and the outreach to all of the blind in NJ
and
to all of the different organizations that serve the blind and who are
contributors to blindness organizations. We want to see a big turnout
on
our conference line the day after my birthday when I gavel things to
order. The complete info of how to join appears later in this
newsletter. Our golf event is likely as of this writing off so we will
likely discuss the fund raising and outreach efforts the Friends will be
doing
in this quite different time, but that effort does go on. As your
President, I can say I am ready for the challenge and hope all our regular
members and the new ones that hopefully will be coming in are ready to step
up
to the plate. Looking forward to seeing you all virtually at our
meeting
on Saturday December 5, 2020. Respectfully submitting, Ken Lawrence,
President of the Friends of the NJ Library for the blind. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Meeting Information</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The next meeting of the Friends will be held on Saturday,
December 5, 2020 from 10:00 AM until 12:00 PM. With respect to our
safety,
we have decided to conduct this meeting via conference call. We hope
you
will consider joining us for an informative and important meeting. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please note that this is not a toll-free number.
Please
dial 605-468-8005. Enter the access code 425 373#. You will be
asked
to press 1 after the access code is repeated correctly.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Annual Dues are due</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Our new fiscal year started on July 1, 2020. If you have
not
already paid, please do now. Dues should be mailed in. A membership
form
is attached to this newsletter. Individual member dues are $10.00 and
$25.00 for a family. For those that normally pay at the meeting please pay
by
mail.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>TBBC Update by Adam Szczepaniak</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Capitol Complex remains closed to state
workers.
All state workers continue to work offsite. This includes the State
Library and TBBC. TBBC has received permission for a limited presence
in
the library since early September.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>While staff has been working offsite, all services
offered by
the library are available. Staff are returning all telephone and email
messages usually in a few hours depending upon the volume of calls.
Staff
can remotely access patron accounts and perform all needed services such as
ordering books.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Audiobooks are duplicated and mailed each day.
While
incoming mail is quarantined for health reasons, TBBC can send out
additional
digital cartridges without waiting for a cartridge to be returned.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Since TBBC has been placing multiple books on a
cartridge,
patrons can have as many or as few titles as they wish. Also, since
last
August no patron has to wait for a book to be returned. TBBC can
produce
as many copies of an audiobook as is requested.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Digital talking book players as well as other equipment
requests have been fulfilled. NLS has not reported on the next
generation
of digital players but TBBC continues to have a supply to meet demands.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>NLS’s program on the Braille eReader Pilot Project began
over
the summer. TBBC was placed in the second phase of this pilot.
With
staff on site, we hope to begin our participation in November. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>TBBC’s golf tournament has been postponed and rescheduled
for
June 2021 at the request of the Bedens Brook Country Club.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>CONTACTING TBBC</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The building may be closed, but they are still working!
If
you want to get in touch with TBBC, please call the 800 number,
800-792-8322,
and dial extension 861 to leave a message. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Because returning calls to you are coming from staff
working
outside the library, they will be marked as "private" or "anonymous." If you
block private or anonymous numbers, we will be unable to call you back.</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>All returning calls will only be made by staff on
weekdays
from 9 AM until 3 PM. </P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Or you can email TBBC at tbbc@njstatelib.org</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Options for Reading the Friends’ Newsletter</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The newsletter is available in Large Print, E-Mail, on
our
website http://friendsnjlibraryfortheblind.org and for those who do not have
computers, by telephone on Newsline. You can access these Newsletters with a
Newsline subscription and a touch-tone telephone. If you do not have a
Newsline
subscription, contact Reader Services at the New Jersey Talking Book and
Braille
Center at 1-800-792-8322 to get signed up for a Newsline subscription.
If
you have a Newsline subscription, but do not remember your login
information,
contact Christian Riehl at the above number extension 821. Once you have
secured
your login information, dial in to the service by calling 1-888-882-1629, or
the
local dial up number provided to you for accessing the service. Follow the
prompts for logging in and reading the Newsletters. Choose option 2 off the
main
menu for your state’s information channel, followed by option for the
blindness
groups, then the option for the Friends Newsletters. Happy reading.
</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please check out our website for information on community
services as well as present and past copies of our newsletters at
http://friendsnjlibraryfortheblind.org/</P>
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<P class=MsoNormal>THE FRIENDS OF THE NJ LIBRARY for the BLIND MEMBERSHIP
FORM</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Name:
___________________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Address:
_________________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>City, State, Zip:
____________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Telephone (with area code):
__________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>E-mail address:
____________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Preferred Media Format:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>LP____ E-mail_____ or None I will
read
online_____</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I am eligible for TBBC Services: Yes ___ No ___</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Individual Member $10.00 ___ Family
Membership
$25.00 ___</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Donation $ _________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Donation in Memory or Honor of Name:
__________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Send acknowledgment for memorial gift to:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Name:
____________________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Address:
__________________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>City, State, Zip:
______________________________________________</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>I have made a bequest in my will _____</P>
<P class=MsoNormal> </P>
<P class=MsoNormal>Please return this form together with your check payable
to:</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>The Friends of the NJLBH</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>PO Box 434, Woodbridge, NJ 07095</P>
<P class=MsoNormal>EM 10/20</P>
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