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Connecting people with information through libraries

New Jersey State Library

Talking Book &

Braille CenterUCT Teacher Education AcademyApril 15, 2016

Elizabeth Burns, Head of Reader Serviceseburns@njstatelib.org

Tara Kehoe, Reader Servicestkehoe@njstatelib.org

2300 Stuyvesant AveTrenton NJ

800-792-8322

New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center

TBBC www.njstatelib.org/tbbc

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)

NLS Eligibility• Struggle to read standard print or hold a book due

to:• Physical Impairment• Reading Disability• Vision Impairment• Blind

• Impairment can be temporary or permanent

What?• Audiobooks, audio magazines, audio newspapers• Audiobook players• Braille• Large Print• Downloading – Braille and Audio

Audiobooks & Player

Braille

www.brailleink.org

Large Print• Newspapers: 8 point• Adult books: 10 to 12 point• Minimum size large print: 14 point• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

Children’s Books• Novels: 10 to 12 point• Middle Grade: 14 point• Early Readers: 16 point• Picture Books: 16 to 24 point• Minimum size large print: 14 point• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

Trapped by Michael Northrop

Audio?

WorldCat?

NLS Catalog!

By Mail Delivery

How to Find Books?• TBBC Catalog• NLS Catalog• BARD – Braille and Audio Reading Download• Call• Write• Email• Subscribe to Bi-monthly publications• Favorite subjects and authors

http://opac.njlbh.org/opacnj/

NLS Catalog!

BARD• Braille and• Audio• Reading• Download

• At Nlsbard.loc.gov

• Email address and password required

Download

Braille Technology

www.hims-inc.com/products/braille-sense-plus

BARD Mobile App

Call: 800-792-8322

Write:2300 Stuyvesant AveTrenton, NJ 08618

Email: tbbcyouth@njstatelib.org or tbbc@njstatelib.org

Bi-monthly Publications

Reading Preferences • Humor• School stories• Family stories• Nature and Animals• Poetry• History• Science Fiction• Biographies• Mysteries

• Dr. Seuss• Sarah Pennypacker• Ron Roy• Cynthia Rylant• Rick Riordan • Dan Gutman• Jacqueline Woodson

Elizabeth Burns, Head of Reader Serviceseburns@njstatelib.org

800-792-8322 ext 804

Tara Kehoe, Reader Servicestkehoe@njstatelib.org

800-792-8322 ext 805

2300 Stuyvesant AveTrenton NJ