[Ohio-talk] bard site

[Cheryl Fields via Ohio-talk]

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On 5/23/14, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> No.
>
> Barbara Pierce
> President Emerita
> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
> bpierce at oberlin.net
> 440-774-8077
>
> On May 23, 2014, at 8:49 AM, Cheryl Fields via Ohio-talk
> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>
>> Barb,  July 16 is Family fun and Learning Day, do you think if we
>> present a list to the speaker with a letter from nfb it would help?
>> Blessings, Cheryl
>>
>> On 5/23/14, Barbara Pierce via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>> 			I know that the NFB
>>> appoints a representative to an LLS committee. That person chairs the
>>> NFB
>>> Library Committee, which meets at convention. I think that those
>>> committee
>>> members of the NLS committee have some say about book choice. But there
>>> are
>>> people who do nothing but choose the books to be recorded. I suggest
>>> that
>>> you ask Will Reed of the Cleveland Library what he knows about the
>>> process.
>>> I do know that we have been told to give him our requests for old books
>>> to
>>> be released. I have tried this with no success as far as I can tell. I
>>> used
>>> to snag Frank Curt Silk at convention and plead with him directly for
>>> books
>>> that I wanted. That had a bit more chance of success. But since Karen
>>> does
>>> not bother to come to our convention or make herself known if she is
>>> there,
>>> that strategy does not work.
>>>
>>> Barbara Pierce
>>> President Emerita
>>> National Federation of the Blind of Ohio
>>> bpierce at oberlin.net
>>> 440-774-8077
>>>
>>> On May 23, 2014, at 6:53 AM, Marianne Denning via Ohio-talk
>>> <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I can't say for sure, but if there is a really popular author then the
>>>> books are added very quickly.  NLS would make the Harry Potter books
>>>> available within a few days after the hard cover book came out. BARD
>>>> is also in the process of digitizing the old collection so that is why
>>>> you will find books that were published a long time ago showing up.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/22/14, Jerry Purcell via Ohio-talk <ohio-talk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>>>>> Greetings,
>>>>>
>>>>>     Could anyone please give me a brief description on how bard
>>>>> chooses
>>>>> to
>>>>> add books to its download site.  David 			 just released a book at
>>>>> the
>>>>> end of April.  I didn't think it would be on bard for a while so I
>>>>> paid
>>>>> to
>>>>> download the book from audible.  I just noticed that the commercial
>>>>> version
>>>>> of the book was on the latest additions to the bard download site.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>           Thank you Jerry Purcell
>>>>>
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>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Marianne Denning, TVI, MA
>>>> Teacher of students who are blind or visually impaired
>>>> (513) 607-6053
>>>>
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