[OPLINLIST] ILL question

[Paula Buco]

Posting message on behalf of Jim Buchman, Head Patron & Catalog Services at the State Library of Ohio....



The State Library of Ohio working in collaboration with the Ohio Library for the Blind & Physically Disabled (OLBPD), which is part of the Cleveland Public Library, offers Talking Book services to Ohio residents who are blind or physically disabled.  This service is part of a nation program administered by the National Library Service (NLS).

http://www.loc.gov/nls/

Through the program, qualified individuals are provided a cassette player and books on tape at no cost.  Books are sent to individuals via US Mail as Free Matter for the Blind.  When the individual is finished with the book, they return the material postage free via Free Matter Mail and more books are sent.  

The program is currently transiting from cassette tapes to digital books, which uses USB technology.  This transition will take several years to fully implement. 

Please contact me or access the State Library's web site if you want additional information about the Talking Book Program.

http://www.library.ohio.gov/PCS/tlk_bk

Jim Buchman, Head Patron & Catalog Services

State Library of Ohio

Phone: 614.644.6954

Fax: 614.644.7004

www.library.ohio.gov

The State Library of Ohio provides services and resources to assist state government and libraries in providing the best service to all.

-----Original Message-----

From: oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org [mailto:oplinlist-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf Of refreed at oplin.org

Sent: Wednesday, December 09, 2009 5:42 PM

To: oplin

Subject: Re: [OPLINLIST] ILL question

 

> Hello,

>     Our person that takes books to the nursing home had a question the 

> other day, is there anything out there for folks to use in the nursing 

> homes setting, that are for the blind? At this time we do book's on 

> CD's, but we were just wondering if there was something else out 

> there, that was low costing? Any suggestions or ideas, would be appreciated.

> Happy holiday's to all

> Linda Hermiller-ILL Dept.

> Putnam County District Library Ottawa, Ohio

> 419-523-3747

> hermilli at oplin.org

 

What do the rest of you think about using Playaways?  The buttons are very easy to tell apart, even in the dark, but I don't know about the use of earbuds or headphones.

 

Cynthia Gaynor

Head of Reference

Reed Memorial Library

Ravenna OH 44266

 

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