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FROM: <SSTbooks@aol.com>
REC'D: 11/10/99, 10:39 PM

A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
for the info. Cynthia Parker

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <Mvalan@mpl.org>
REC'D: 11/11/99, 8:23 AM

>From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aunt would be eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library of Congress. The library serving New Jersey residents is:
New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
POB 501
Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
800.792.8322
<njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is completed and returned, she would receive service by postage-free mail for the handicapped, so she would incur no costs.
HTH,


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
for the info. Cynthia Parker

FROM: <SSTbooks@aol.com>
REC'D: 11/11/99, 7:35 PM

Thanks so much for your response. I also mentioned talking books to the
customer. She says her aunt only wants large print paperbacks. Her sight loss
is new enough that she is still reluctant to use audiobooks. Do you think her
local library in Atlantic City can supply those paperbacks? Thanks again for
the info. Cynthia Parker

Parker--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----

In a message dated 11/11/99 9:30:15 AM, Mvalan@mpl.org writes:

<< From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aunt would be
eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library of Congress. The
library serving New Jersey residents is:
New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
POB 501
Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
800.792.8322
<njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is completed and
returned, she would receive service by postage-free mail for the handicapped,
so she would incur no costs.
HTH,


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
for the info. Cynthia Parker

FROM: <ahendon@dorsai.org>
REC'D: 11/11/99, 8:31 PM

Marsha had a very good point. I was surprised to learn (when
touring the Andrew Heskell Library for the Blind in Manhattan) that
you don't have to be blind to use the Talking Book Program. You
have to be physically unable to use regular books. Not being able
to hold the books would be a qualification. The library will provide a
special tape player because the books aren't recorded in a
standard cassette format.

Aliso

> >From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aun
t would be eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library
of Congress. The library serving New Jersey residents is:
> New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
> POB 501
> Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
> 800.792.8322
> <njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
> Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is
completed and returned, she would receive service by
postage-free mail for the handicapped, so she would incur no costs.
> HTH,
>
>
> Marsha J. Valance
> Regional Librarian
> Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
> 813 West Wells Street
> Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
> Phone: 414/286-3010
> FAX: 414/286-3102
> Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>
>
> "That All May Read"
>
> >>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
> A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
> for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
> hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
> anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
> for the info. Cynthia Parker
>


Alison Hendon
ahendon@amanda.dorsai.org

"Though my soul may set in darkness,
It will rise in perfect light,
I have loved the stars too fondly
To be fearful of the night...."
- Sarah Williams, "The Old Astronomer to His Pupil"

FROM: "Kathy Mitchum" <kdm@ckls.org>
REC'D: 11/12/99, 10:21 AM

Here at our System headquarters, our Sub Regional Talking Books Dept.
provides services to anyone unable to use regular books because of
disabilites, permanent or temporary. This includes not only the
audiocassettes, but can include Braille, etc. Sending Large Type Books is
a big part of their services too!

At 08:38 PM 11/11/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Thanks so much for your response. I also mentioned talking books to the
>customer. She says her aunt only wants large print paperbacks. Her sight
loss
>is new enough that she is still reluctant to use audiobooks. Do you think
her
>local library in Atlantic City can supply those paperbacks? Thanks again for
>the info. Cynthia Parker
>
>Parker--------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------
>-----
>
>In a message dated 11/11/99 9:30:15 AM, Mvalan@mpl.org writes:
>
><< From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aunt would be
>eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library of Congress. The
>library serving New Jersey residents is:
>New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
>POB 501
>Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
>800.792.8322
><njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
>Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is completed and
>returned, she would receive service by postage-free mail for the
handicapped,
>so she would incur no costs.
>HTH,
>
>
>Marsha J. Valance
>Regional Librarian
>Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
>813 West Wells Street
>Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
>Phone: 414/286-3010
>FAX: 414/286-3102
>Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>
>
>"That All May Read"
>
>>>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
>A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
>for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
>hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
>anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City?
Thanks
>for the info. Cynthia Parker
>
Kathy Mitchum
ILL/Ref/Rural Serv/Tech Serv, Dept. Head
Central Kansas Library System
kdm@ckls.org

FROM: "Marsha Valance " <Mvalan@mpl.org>
REC'D: 11/12/99, 1:53 PM

Every library is different. She needs to phone her local PL to see if they carry LP paperbacks, and if so, the size of their collection.


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/11 7:38 PM >>>
Thanks so much for your response. I also mentioned talking books to the
customer. She says her aunt only wants large print paperbacks. Her sight loss
is new enough that she is still reluctant to use audiobooks. Do you think her
local library in Atlantic City can supply those paperbacks? Thanks again for
the info. Cynthia Parker

Parker --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-----

In a message dated 11/11/99 9:30:15 AM, Mvalan@mpl.org writes:

<< From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aunt would be
eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library of Congress. The
library serving New Jersey residents is:
New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
POB 501
Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
800.792.8322
<njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is completed and
returned, she would receive service by postage-free mail for the handicapped,
so she would incur no costs.
HTH,


Marsha J. Valance
Regional Librarian
Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
Phone: 414/286-3010
FAX: 414/286-3102
Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>

"That All May Read"

>>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
for the info. Cynthia Parker

FROM: "Dorothy Bodhaine" <dbodhain@vlc.lib.mi.us>
REC'D: 11/16/99, 4:38 PM

Have her local library interloan them for her. Libraries with large print
collections have several in their collection.

Dorothy Bodhaine
St. Charles District Library
104 W. Spruce St.
St. Charles, Mi 48655
dbodhain@vlc.lib.mi.us


On Thu, 11 Nov 1999 SSTbooks@aol.com wrote:

> Thanks so much for your response. I also mentioned talking books to the
> customer. She says her aunt only wants large print paperbacks. Her sight loss
> is new enough that she is still reluctant to use audiobooks. Do you think her
> local library in Atlantic City can supply those paperbacks? Thanks again for
> the info. Cynthia Parker
>
> Parker--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> -----
>
> In a message dated 11/11/99 9:30:15 AM, Mvalan@mpl.org writes:
>
> << From your description, it sounds as if your friend's aunt would be
> eligible for the Talking Book Program from the Library of Congress. The
> library serving New Jersey residents is:
> New Jersey Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
> POB 501
> Trenton, NJ 08625-0501
> 800.792.8322
> <njlbph@njsl.tesc.edu>
> Your friend's aunt could request an application. Once it is completed and
> returned, she would receive service by postage-free mail for the handicapped,
> so she would incur no costs.
> HTH,
>
>
> Marsha J. Valance
> Regional Librarian
> Wisconsin Regional Library f/t Blind & Physically Handicapped
> 813 West Wells Street
> Milwaukee, Wi 53233-1436
> Phone: 414/286-3010
> FAX: 414/286-3102
> Email: <mvalan@mpl.org>
>
> "That All May Read"
>
> >>> <SSTbooks@aol.com> 11/10 10:42 PM >>>
> A customer in my used bookstore in MD,was asking for large print paperbacks
> for her aunt in NJ. She is losing her sight and also has trouble holding
> hardback books in her hands,due to arthritis. Says she will read just about
> anything. What library services are available to her in Atlantic City? Thanks
> for the info. Cynthia Parker
>
>
>

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