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OLIS News and Updates

There will be no LORI Delivery on Monday, October 13, 2025 in observance of Columbus Day.
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Register for the What's New in iOS 26 boutique today! From the National Federation of the Blind Center of Excellence.

What’s New in iOS 26

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The Fall 2025 Delivery Item Count will take place from Sunday, October 26 to Saturday, November 1, 2025. Participation is required for all LORI libraries.
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Join us for our next NLS Music Notes webinar on Tuesday, October 21, at 7:30 p.m. eastern time via Zoom

For this NLS Music Notes webinar, we will be joined by singer, pianist and NLS Music Section patron Holly Connor.

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The topic for the Tuesday, September 30, 2025, That All May eRead online program will be NLS eReader Searching: Tips and Tricks.

We will open the program with a brief presentation and demonstration and then we will answer your questions about the Zoomax and HumanWare Braille eRead

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Attention, directors! LORI Certification closes Monday, Sept. 15 for academic, public and special libraries and Tuesday, Sept. 30 for school libraries.
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OLIS has scheduled two virtual data workshops with U.S. Census Bureau for the fall.

OLIS is pleased to announce two virtual workshops focused on using data available from U.S. Census Bureau.

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The topic for the Thursday, September 18, 2025, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be Everyday Use Examples for My Talking Books, Part 2.

After the presentation and demonstration, we will answer any questions you have about the My Talking Books skill for Alexa-enabled smart speakers.

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