teacher educ academy april tbbc v3
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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 [email protected]
Tara Kehoe, Reader [email protected]
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
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
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: [email protected] or [email protected]
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 [email protected]
800-792-8322 ext 804
Tara Kehoe, Reader [email protected]
800-792-8322 ext 805
2300 Stuyvesant AveTrenton NJ