[NFBV-Announce] BARD will be offline on Thursday May 7, 2020 from 8am - 12pm

[Sarah Patnaude]

From Annette Carr

> Passing on information posted on the BARD website this morning: 
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> BARD will be taken offline on Thursday May 7, 2020 for a duration of 4 hours. From 8:00 A.M. until 12:00 P.M., all times Eastern.
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> During this time, the web site will be upgraded to include the following new features:
> The ability to subscribe to a book series.
> Manage your book and magazine subscriptions from your BARD main page. Note, this does not include any magazines you may receive through the Magazine On Cartridge program via the United States Postal Service.
> When changing a BARD password, you will not be able to use any of your previous 11 passwords.
> Any newly created BARD passwords must not include special characters. Note, any existing passwords that already use special characters can continue to be used and do not need to be changed.
> The BARD interface can now be changed to display text in Spanish.
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