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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>All:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In an additional step to safeguard the NLS collection from improper use, beginning February 6, 2024, patrons will be allowed to download from </span><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/login/NLS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>BARD</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> no more than 250 books and magazines in any rolling thirty-day period. This includes both audio and braille titles across all platforms. It does not matter which platform or combination of platforms are used to download them. <b>A patron may download no more than 250 books and magazines in any rolling thirty-day period regardless of the format or the BARD interface used. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For example, a person could download 30 ebraille books using the NLS Braille eReader, 70 audio magazines via the BARD website, and 150 audio and braille books via the BARD Mobile app, reaching the thirty-day limit of 250. Likewise, a patron only using BARD Mobile to download books and magazines would also be limited to 250 titles in a rolling thirty-day period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The authorization limit is calculated by adding up the number of “unique titles” downloaded. This means a patron could download the same title on additional devices in that same thirty-day period without that download counting against the authorization limit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Don Olson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Customer Service Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><a href="mailto:dolson@loc.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>dolson@loc.gov</span></a> or, <a href="mailto:NLSPES@loc.Gov">NLSPES@loc.Gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><p class=MsoNormal>To unsubscribe from the NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE list, click the following link:<br><a href="http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?TICKET=NzM4OTI3IGNvb2tjYWZlQFNDLlJSLkNPTSBOTFMtUEFUUk9OQU5OT1VOQ0UgIPJG%2BCsVovyB&c=SIGNOFF" target="_blank">http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?TICKET=NzM4OTI3IGNvb2tjYWZlQFNDLlJSLkNPTSBOTFMtUEFUUk9OQU5OT1VOQ0UgIPJG%2BCsVovyB&c=SIGNOFF</a><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Steve Cook<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>You are invited to join us on the 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> Friday of each month at 8:00 PM Eastern for audio described movies using the below Zoom platform! <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'><a href="https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09">https://us02web.zoom.us/j/8032543777?pwd=QTVQd2RzN3l6QnNmZ0FmSnp6NG8vQT09</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Meeting ID: 803 254 3777<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual'>Passcode: 124578<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;line-height:normal'><b>From:</b> NLS Patron Announce <a href="mailto:NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV">NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV</a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Rorie, Tamara<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, January 12, 2024 8:54 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV">NLS-PATRONANNOUNCE@LISTSERV.LOC.GOV</a><br><b>Subject:</b> New Download Limits<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:63.0pt;text-indent:-63.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>All:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>In an additional step to safeguard the NLS collection from improper use, beginning February 6, 2024, patrons will be allowed to download from </span><a href="https://nlsbard.loc.gov/nlsbardprod/login/NLS"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>BARD</span></a><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> no more than 250 books and magazines in any rolling thirty-day period. This includes both audio and braille titles across all platforms. It does not matter which platform or combination of platforms are used to download them. <b>A patron may download no more than 250 books and magazines in any rolling thirty-day period regardless of the format or the BARD interface used. </b><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For example, a person could download 30 ebraille books using the NLS Braille eReader, 70 audio magazines via the BARD website, and 150 audio and braille books via the BARD Mobile app, reaching the thirty-day limit of 250. Likewise, a patron only using BARD Mobile to download books and magazines would also be limited to 250 titles in a rolling thirty-day period.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The authorization limit is calculated by adding up the number of “unique titles” downloaded. This means a patron could download the same title on additional devices in that same thirty-day period without that download counting against the authorization limit.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>For more information, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Don Olson<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Customer Service Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in'><a href="mailto:dolson@loc.gov"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:105%;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>dolson@loc.gov</span></a> or, <a href="mailto:NLSPES@loc.Gov">NLSPES@loc.Gov</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>