[Ohio-talk] Fw: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] NLS Oral History Project

[Dr. JW Smith]

For those attending the Convention in Orlando please read on.

jw

Dr. J. Webster Smith
President National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
P.O.BOX 458 Athens, Ohio, 45701-0458
Phone Number - 740-592-6326
"Changing What it Means to be Blind"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wilson, Joanne" <JWilson at nfb.org>
To: <nfbaffiliatepresidents at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2011 11:44 AM
Subject: [NFBAffiliatePresidents] NLS Oral History Project


> Ed Morman, Director of the Jacobus tenBroek Library, has asked me to send 
> you the following message:
>
> Dear affiliate presidents,
>
> MaryBeth Wise, a network consultant at the National Library Service for 
> the Blind and Physically Handicapped, has begun work on an oral history 
> project about the NLS.  The purpose of this project is to create a 
> historical record of the personal stories, challenges, and triumphs 
> experienced in the development of the Braille and Talking Books programs. 
> Ms. Wise is particularly interested in the transition to digital 
> technology and wishes to interview a sampling of stakeholders in the work 
> of the NLS-including NLS staff, narrators, and, of course, patrons of the 
> service.
>
> In order to speak with as many NLS patrons as possible in a short period 
> of time. Ms. Wise is planning to join us in Orlando, where she hopes to 
> interview a cross-section of Federationists who use NLS services.  Ms. 
> Wise has already interviewed Marc and Patricia Maurer, both of whom 
> enthusiastically support her efforts.
>
> I am writing to you today to ask you to identify NLS patrons in your 
> affiliate who might be interested in being interviewed.  Ms. Wise would 
> like to speak with long-time patrons who accessed audio books on disc, 
> cassette, and digital formats, as well as younger patrons who began 
> accessing NLS services more recently. She is also interested in 
> individuals with varying levels of experience with computers and 
> technology-from those who do not have internet access and do not use 
> computers at all, to individuals who use many technologies to access 
> information. The interviews will be one-on-one and will last approximately 
> 30 to 45 minutes.
>
> Individuals interested in scheduling an oral history interview should 
> contact MaryBeth Wise at 301-651-6861 or by email at 
> mbwise1 at verizon.net<mailto:mbwise1 at verizon.net>.  Interviews will be 
> scheduled throughout the convention at any time other than when general 
> sessions are happening.  The room is not yet set, but it will be in a 
> convenient place in the convention hotel.
>
> Thank you for your cooperation.
>
>
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