Talking Books News

NLS continues to make improvements to BARD. To take advantage of these improvements, patrons’ devices must be running one of the more recent versions of the BARD software.

Listed for each of the platforms or products below is the minimum required version.

The topic for the Tuesday, October 27, 2026, That All May eRead online program will be Care and Use of NLS eReaders: Troubleshooting and Other Miscellany.

On Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 7 p.m. eastern time, the NLS Patron Engagement Section will host a Patron Corner.

The topic for this program is Celebrating 20 Years of BARD: Part Two.

The Thursday, October 15, 2026, Smart Speaking to the Smart Speaker online program will be canceled. The program will resume on November 19, 2026.

To review past programming, please go to

The Talking Books Library at the Office of Library & Information Services is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

If you are a new staff member and haven't heard about the free audiobooks from the RI Talking Books Library, or you would just like to hear about the ne

Our next book discussion on The Librarian of Burned Books by Brianna Labuskes - DB 122153 will be on Tuesday, September 22 @ 2 pm.

Join Talking Books Library staff and members for a lively discussion on selected books.