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OLIS News and Updates

The Tuesday, July 29, That All May eRead online program will be an open forum. We will answer your questions about the Zoomax and HumanWare Braille eReaders for the entire hour.

The program will begin at 7 p.m. eastern time and will last for one hour.

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Tuesday, July 22, 2025, 6:00pm - 7:30 pm EDT New York Public Library, in collaboration with the NYU Center for Disability Studies.

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July 19th, 2-3:30 pm. Learn techniques for drawing raised lines: you don’t need vision to learn to draw! We’ll explore different kinds of drawing exercise each time we meet.

This month’s prompt: ‎

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Chancey Fleet Assistive Tech Coordinator, Technology Programs at Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library

Tuesday, July 22, 2-3:30 PM Eastern 

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The FY2026 LORI Resource Sharing Certification is open—find training links and documentation on the Certification page.
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It's time to start taking a closer look at 2025 children's books with the first 2026 RI Mock Newbery reading list.
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