The topic for the Thursday, December 12, 2024, Many Faces of BARD program will be Advanced Searching: A Deep Dive into the NLS Catalog.

The program will begin with a presentation by Dominick Spinelli, Head of the Collections Development Section at NLS.

The NLS New Amazon Alexa Smart Speaker app for BARD.

If you would like to sign-up for My Talking Books skill on Amazon Alexa-enabled smart speakers, please complete a Patron Registration Form at

Join us for our next NLS Music Notes meeting on Tuesday, November 19, at 7:00 p.m. eastern time via Zoom.

Our topic will be Popular Music Lead Sheets (PMLS)—a publication produced by the NLS Music Section.

On November 26, the That All May eRead online program will be an open forum. We will take as many questions as possible during the hour.

We have canceled the December program, as it would fall on New Year’s Eve.

The Patron Engagement Section is offering a new program to assist patrons using the My Talking Book Skill on their smart speaker.

The program will be held on the third Thursday of each month from 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. eastern time.

The topic for the Thursday, November 14, 2024, Many Faces of BARD program will be Using BARD on the HIMS SensePlayer.

The program will begin with a presentation by Cory Kadlik, Assistive Technology Manager at Perkins Library.