[OPLINLIST] LSTA Funds Available: Special grant program for Services to the Blind and Physically Handicapped

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

Please excuse multiple postings...

 

The State Library of Ohio, in partnership with Universal Low Vision Aids
(ULVA), is pleased to announce a special LSTA grant opportunity to Ohio
libraries.  

 

Through this partnership ULVA is offering, for a limited time, eligible
libraries the ability to purchase the VictorStream Reader at a
discounted price.  Through the LSTA process, the local cash match for
each VictorStream Reader unit will be $92.50.

 

The VictorStream Reader is an ultra-compact unit for the blind and those
with visual impairments.  Fitting into the palm of a hand, the Reader
allows users to download books, from novels to textbooks and complex
manuals.  Perhaps most importantly the VictorStream Reader is compatible
the National Library Services' (NLS) new digital talking books.  A
wealth of content is available for use on the Readers.

 

As NLS begins to distribute the new digital reader, the VictorStream
Reader offers another option for library patrons.  

 

More information on the VictorStream Reader can be found at:  
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/dtb_players/compact_m
odels/_details/id_81/victorreader_stream.html

 

The RFP for the VictorStream Reader grants can be found at 
http://oh.webjunction.org/ohlstaspecial.  

 

The two page proposal must be submitted electronically to Missy Lodge, 
mlodge at sloma.state.oh.us by midnight on November 1, 2009.  Funded
proposals will run from January 1, 2010 - June 30, 2010.  In order to
qualify for the discount, equipment must be purchased from ULVA between
January 1, 2010 and March 31, 2010.

 

Questions should be addressed to Missy Lodge at mlodge at sloma.state.oh.us
or 800-686-1532 or 614-644-6914.

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

www.library.ohio.gov

 

 

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