September’s The Many Faces of BARD Virtual Program (Thursday, September 14th at 6:00pm)

On Thursday, September 14, 2023 at 6:00pm (central), the Patron Engagement Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) will hold its monthly virtual program called The Many Faces of BARD on Zoom.  The event is free to attend.

For this session of The Many Faces of BARD, Judy Dixon will demonstrate how to access BARD braille books located on your iPhone and read them with your braille display. Note that information in this session will apply to any braille display including the NLS Braille eReaders. After the demonstration, Judy and the rest of the NLS staff will take questions about the demonstration or anything else relating to BARD.

To learn more and join the conversation, visit The Many Faces of BARD page from NLS.

NLS’s Patron Corner Program Coming Up On Wendesday, July 26th

On Wednesday, July 26, at 6:00pm (central), the National Library Service for the Blind and Disabled (NLS) Patron Engagement Section will host the quarterly Patron Corner. This will be a special program to commemorate the 33rd anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and will feature a panel of speakers who will discuss their experiences before and after the passage of the ADA. Speakers include Annette Bay Pimentel, author of All the Way to the Top, and Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, the subject of that book, who as an eight-year old with cerebral palsy crawled up the steps of the US Capitol to draw attention to the ADA. Other panelists include Scott Marshall, a retired designated Federal Officer of the FCC Advisory Committee, and Mark Richert, International Coordinator for Overbrook School tor the Blind in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The session will run for 90 minutes and promises to be a lively discussion!

To learn more and join the conversation, visit the Patron Corner page from NLS.

The Patron Engagement Section at the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Print Disabled at the Library of Congress is hosting the quarterly program and will provide an opportunity for patrons to learn more about various services directly from NLS staff. Bring your questions and your thoughts about the NLS collection.

July’s The Many Faces of BARD Virtual Program (Thursday, July 13th at 6:00pm)

On Thursday, July 13, 2023 at 6:00pm (central), the Patron Engagement Section of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) will hold its monthly virtual program called The Many Faces of BARD on Zoom.  The event is free to attend.

The topic for The Many Faces of BARD program will be BARD: A Review of Using the Victor Stream Reader. For this session, our presenter will be Zhi Huang, our new Patron Education Training Specialist. After the presentation, we will answer questions about the presentation or any general BARD questions.

 

To learn more and join the conversation, visit The Many Faces of BARD page from NLS.

More Great Author Talks Coming Up from the NLS Summer Reading Program!

From June 25 to August 11, the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) is sponsoring a summer reading program for NLS patrons of all ages.  All events will be held virtually—so anyone, anywhere, can attend!

Patrons will receive details on how to join each event after they register.

  • Author Talk: Celia Perez, The First Rule of Punk
    Tuesday, July 11, at 6:00 p.m. (central)
    Designed for middle grades, but all are welcome
    Registration Link

  • Author Talk:  Annette Bay Pimentel and Jennifer Keelan-Chaffins, All the Way to the Top: How One Girl’s Fight for Americans with Disabilities Changed Everything
    Designed for K-5th grade, but all are welcome
    Saturday, July 22, at 12:00 p.m. (central)
    Registration Link 

  • Author Talk:  Kwame Alexander, The Crossover
    Designed for YA and middle grades, but all are welcome Thursday, July 27, at 6:00 p.m. (central) 
    Registration Link

  • Author Talk: Jenny Torres Sanchez, We Are Not from Here
    Designed for YA, but all are welcome
    Thursday, August 3, at 6:00 p.m. (central)
    Registration Link  

You can download a list of books in the NLS collection by the invited authors by clicking the following link: Books by NLS Summer Reading 2023 Authors

Image of a person with a megaphone with text SRP '23 Find Your VoiceAnd find information about our library’s Summer Reading Program at  https://iowalibrary.blog/2023-summer-reading-program/