[Nfbofsc] A Post from Blind Bargains.com

[Vicki Phillips]

Below is an email from the Texas Library about a survey by invitation
, but our Talking Book Services here in SC should also know something
about this. For those of us who use the NLS library services, it would
be good for us to let them know what we think if we are invited to
take their survey. Gallup is a long-standing poll taker. Please
forgive any redundancy, and see below.
Cordially, Vicki Phillips
 Check Your Mailbox, Your Inbox And Even Your Spam Folder Because The
Library of Congress Wants to Hear from You
Joe Steinkamp Mar 11, 2019 4:23 PM ET
 The following email was sent out to patrons of the Talking Book
Library of Texas on March 1st. Those in other States may want to check
in with their own local libraries if they have not seen a message,
like the one listed below, if they are interested in participating in
the survey. We'll update this story with more information as it comes
along, but for now, here is the text of the email sent to Texans. Note
that contact information for the NLS program in your state will be
different than that listed here.
"Beginning in early March, a sample of 10,000 reader/patrons across
the country who currently use services provided by the Library of
Congress's National Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped also known as NLS will be invited to participate in a
nationwide survey.
The information collected from this survey will guide NLS as they move
forward on a variety of projects to enhance and expand the braille and
talking- book program.
As a part of NLS's cooperating network of libraries, the Texas State
Library and Archives Commission's Talking Book Program encourages
invited patrons to respond to the survey at their earliest
convenience.
Insights gathered from this survey will help us better understand the
needs of all of our patrons. You may receive an invitation by mail,
email, or phone.
In order to ensure ease of use, readers selected for the survey will
be given the option of responding in a number of ways to their
invitation. Once you have received your invitation, if you have
questions, please feel free to contact Gallup Support at
galluppoll at gallupmail.com
or call 1-888-297-8999.