[OPLINLIST] State Library of Ohio Board Awards $13, 598 in LSTA Grants to Five Libraries to Purchase VictorReader Stream Players

[Marsha McDevitt-Stredney]

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The State Library of Ohio is pleased to announce that the State Library
Board recently awarded $13,598 in IMLS Library Services and Technology
Act (LSTA) Special Grants to help five libraries purchase VictorReader
Stream digital players. The VictorReader Stream digital player is an
ultra-compact unit for the blind and those with visual impairments. The
libraries receiving the grants include Birchard Public Library, Fremont;
Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library, Chillicothe; Cleveland State
University, Michael Schwartz Library, Cleveland; Public Library of
Cincinnati & Hamilton County, Cincinnati; and Shawnee State University,
Clark Memorial Library, Portsmouth.

Fitting into the palm of a hand, the Reader allows users to download
books ranging from novels to textbooks and complex manuals. "I am
pleased that librarians are committed to serving all members of their
library communities.  The VictorReader Stream is an excellent resource
for serving blind and physically disabled patrons," said State Librarian
of Ohio, Jo Budler.  "Placing the VictorReader Streams in libraries will
allow users with visual disabilities to download a large amount of
content.  It is compatible with many digital library collections
including the National Library Services' (NLS) new digital talking books
and the Ohio eBook Project." 

The State Library of Ohio, in partnership with the LSTA Advisory
Council, representatives of the National Federation of the Blind, and
Universal Low Vision Aids, collaborated to develop this special grant
program and discounted pricing for the VictorReader Stream.   The grant
will enable the five libraries to purchase the VictorReader Stream
Library Edition from Universal Low Vision Aids for the discounted price
of $370 per unit.  With the grant, each unit will cost a library $92.50
to be matched by $277.50 in IMLS LSTA federal funds. 

 

Birchard Public Library, $1,665, for the purchase of 6 VictorReader
Stream machines. The Library plans to partner with the Sandusky County
Board of Developmental Disabilities (SCBofDD). SCBofDD will use the
VictorReader Streams with their Next Chapter Book Club.  SCBofDD and the
Library's Outreach Department will market the machines directly to
patrons.

 

Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library, $555, for the purchase of 2
VictorReader Stream machines to be made available to patrons of the
Library's Special Services Department.

 

Cleveland State University, Michael Schwartz Library, $2,775, for the
purchase of 10 VictorReader Stream machines. The Library partners with
the Occupational Therapy Department and the Office of Disability
Services to provide services to students through the Library's Adaptive
Technology Lab. VictorReader Streams will be used to offer alternative
formats of student textbooks.

 

Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County, $8,325, for the purchase
of 30 VictorReader Stream machines to complement and enhance the
services and adaptive equipment designed to meet the needs of PLCHC
blind and visually impaired users. Users will be able to download a
variety of material and the machines are compatible with the National
Library Services' digital talking books.

 

Shawnee State University, Clark Memorial Library, $278, for the purchase
of one VictorReader Stream machine to be made available through the
Student Success Center Special Needs Services.

 

To view a YouTube video of Ohioan Eric Duffy demonstrating the features
of the VictorReader Stream go to: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy7UlyZf_aQ.

 

More information on the VictorReader Stream can be found at: 
http://www.humanware.com/en-usa/products/blindness/dtb_players/compact_m
odels/_details/id_81/victorreader_stream.html. You can also see a
Humanware Technologies YouTube video about the VictorReader Stream at: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g54Y8kdrsHk.

 

 

 

 

 

Marsha McDevitt-Stredney

Marketing & Communications Director

274 E. 1st Avenue

Columbus, OH 43201

Tel: 614-644-6875

Fax: 614-466-3584

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