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Indow to the World and Library Services Under the Provisions of Circulation and Repair Staff: Larry W Winter, 2008 Vol This publication was supported in Jones, Administrative Assistant; Terry Corn, whole or in part by the Institute of Museum Library Assistant. indow to the World and Library Services under the provisions of Circulation and Repair Staff: Larry W Winter, 2008 Vol. 12, No. 1 the Library Services and Technology Act as Conner, Materials Manager; Jerry Clinard, Ed Byrne, Editor administered by the State of Tennessee. Dwight Davis, Ron Gross, Billy Kirby, Ryan Newsletter of the Tennessee Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped Window to the World is published Darks. 403 Seventh Avenue North, Nashville TN 37243-0313 quarterly by the Tennessee Library for Reader Advisors: Ed Byrne, Annette Phone: (615) 741-3915 or (800) 342-3308 Fax: (615) 532-8856 the Blind and Physically Handicapped, E-mail: [email protected] Tennessee State Library and Archives, Hadley, Sarah Kanervo, and Francine Sharpe. Department of State. It is available on Joyless in Mudville A Material Guy cassette, in braille, and on the web at www. In providing information to readers, tennessee.gov/TSLA/lbph. Please call We’d like to present this item as The Tennessee LBPH sends out an the announcement of products and services the Library at (800) 342-3308 to request a Good News/Bad News story, but the average of 1100 DVs, large print, braille, and should not be considered an endorsement alternate formats. good news angle seems a little thin. Due cassette books a day. Each day, on average, or recommendation by the Library. to budget wrangles in Washington and we get 1100 back. That’s 1100 items that Administration and Staff subsequent reductions in National Library have to be scanned in, opened and checked, The Honorable Riley C. Darnell, Service funding, the new NLS Digital Talking often rearranged or repaired, frequently Secretary of State; Jeanne Sugg, State Book players didn’t go into production this rewound, and always re-shelved. winter as planned. As a result, we can’t Librarian & Archivist; Ruth Hemphill, Department of State, Authorization No. start sending them out this spring as we had It’s a big job, and doing it is the work of Director; Donna Cirenza, Assistant Director; 305303, 6,500 copies, March 2008. This LBPH Material Handlers like Dwight Davis, Carmelita Esaw, Computer Specialist; Ann public document was promulgated at a promised. We apologize. cost of $.06 per copy. the subject of this month’s Staff Profi le. In The latest word we have is that the new addition to these duties, which he shares digital players will go into production later with our four other Material Handlers, Dwight this year, and we should begin receiving a also acts as our Magazine Czar, duplicating limited number of new players in early 2009. and distributing the Readers Digest and The only good side to this announcement is Guideposts issues that come from American for patrons who want to stick with cassette Printing House for the Blind. books. Because of the delay, we and the NLS will continue to support cassette A Nashville native who attended North books for at least two years longer than we High School here, Dwight joined LBPH fi ve originally planned. years ago. Prior to joining us, he worked seven years as a long-haul driver for Red Since the delay of the new players Ball Express and then for 16 years as a puts even more pressure on our aging fl eet driver for Overton Distributors. of cassette players, please be careful with the ones you currently hold. Be sure to send Dwight is married to Frances Davis, back malfunctioning players as quickly as who also works for TSLA in our Library Address correction requested correction Address possible, preferably with the colored form Technical Services department. He has telling us what’s wrong. And please do one daughter and three grandchildren. He Nashville TN 37243-0313 TN Nashville check around to see if you still have any describes himself as a “simple, easy-going 403 Seventh Avenue North Avenue Seventh 403 extra players you need to return. We need to man” who enjoys listening to fantasy novels and Physically Handicapped and Handicapped and Handicapped Physically and get unused players back, in order to get them like the Hunter’s Blades series by R. A. Tennessee Library for the Blind Free Matter for the Blind the for Blind the Matter for Free Library Tennessee repaired and back into service quickly. Salvatore. Dwight currently plans to continue Both of the programs cost hundreds Vampires have been “out of the coffi n” Ms. Luna has been recognized in the Arts working for LBPH until age 62, and then of dollars. For the adventurous, however, for two years and most are living off of a category for her achievements in music. retire. He says that he plans to devote his LBPH assistant director Donna Cirenza has synthetic blood formula, True Blood. Since Ms. Luna, a member of the celebrated retirement to fi shing every day and playing uncovered another option. It’s called NVDA, Sookie cannot read vampires’ minds, she TSB Chorale, is completely blind and a few hands of Spades with his friends on and it is a free, open-source screen reader likes being in their company and ends up must memorize every note she sings. Ms. the weekends. To be honest, it sounds like for Windows-based computers that one can falling for Bill. She also gets pulled into their Georgette Seay, her voice instructor, and a pretty good plan to this editor. download at nvda-project.org. Installing sometimes creepy crowd of acquaintances Ms. Judy Denning, TSB’s choral director, open-source software generally isn’t a game and their complicated political environment. Nashville History Buffs have been instrumental in helping Ms. Luna for computer novices, but the low cost factor Sookie fi nds herself in several very sticky and develop her talents. If you’ve ever wondered about the may tempt the more expert. sometimes frightening situations. It’s always provisions of Nashville’s fi rst Vermin Law, her vampire friends that she can count on, Ms. Luna and her parents will travel to You can get a demonstration of a screen circa 1797, or what Granny White did to get a and too often it’s the humans who are to Boston in April to offi cially receive the award. reader in action at any of Tennessee’s fi ve Pike named after her, you need to check out blame for the dangers and destruction. Congratulations, Brittney! Technology Access Centers. Visit ataccess. the new website for the Nashville Historical org/community/centers.lasso for locations The series starts with Dead Until Dark Newsletter at nashvillehistoricalnewsletter. Presidential Proclamations and contact information. [Ms-BPH (RCX00849)], Living Dead in googlepages.com/home. It’s a good one. Dallas [Ms-BPH (RCX00871)], and Dead To Kathy Lauder, our colleague in the The World [Ms-BPH (RCX00986)}, available For those who want to read what the LBPH Recommends: Archival Technical Services Section of TSLA, through interlibrary loans. It continues with leading presidential candidates have to is one of the editors of the website, which say for themselves, LBPH can provide the Romances are Being Revamped, By Dead As A Doornail (RC 64117), Defi nitely is well designed and easy to read. For following titles. Reader Advisor Sarah Kanervo Dead (RC 63483), and All Together Dead those of you who want to view it in larger (RC 64954). By Senator Hillary Clinton, we have type, remember that Microsoft Windows Everyone is familiar with the boy- People of all ages will be able to Living History in both English (BR 14703, LP offers a screen magnifi er. Just go to the next-door heartthrob but what about the enjoy and laugh at the situations in which 07961, RC 55882) and Spanish (RC 60983) “Programs” menu and click the folder labeled vampire-next-door? Paranormal romance 25-year-old Sookie fi nds herself, especially editions. We also have It Takes a Village “Accessories.” Choose the “Accessibility” is one of the most popular and fastest as she tries to defl ect advances from Sheriff in large print (LP 05690) and can obtain a folder and then click on “Magnifi er.” This growing subgenres in romance today. Most Eric Northman, an 1100-year old Viking cassette version on interlibrary loan. utility can enlarge characters and images people probably think of Dracula and evil, vampire. Ask for the Southern Vampire on the screen up to nine times. bloodsucking, murderous creatures when By Senator Barack Obama, we have they think of vampires. But in today’s series to get a taste of this new wave of Dreams from My Father (RC 43877) and The Tech-notices romances they are the strong, handsome, fun, adventurous—and mostly harmless— Audacity of Hope in both English (BR 16808, Those of you who would prefer listening sensual—and bloodsucking—heroes that paranormal romances. RC 63126) and Spanish (RC 62990). to your computer rather than straining to make the heroine go weak in the knees. TSB Student Garners International Award By Senator John McCain, we have view a monitor can check out a number of Author Charlaine Harris writes the Tennessee School for the Blind Faith of My Fathers (RC 48807), Worth the options for screen readers, programs that Southern Vampire series, which follows (TSB) has announced that TSB student Fighting For (LP 09369, RC 56852), Why literally read the information on a computer Sookie Stackhouse, a small town waitress and LBPH patron Brittney Luna recently Courage Matters (LP 08176, RC 58324), monitor aloud. Screen readers allow the who can read minds.
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