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OLIS News and Updates

The topic for the Thursday, August 8, 2024, Many Faces of BARD program will be An Open Forum: Part 2.

In July, we had an open form in which all of our download tech support provided answers to your questions.

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There will be no LORI delivery on Victory Day - Monday, August 12, 2024.
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After 57 years, NLS is—literally—on the move.

It’s been 57 years since NLS—then known as the Library of Congress’s Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped—moved from Capitol Hill to a form

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Thanks to the Marrakesh Treaty and expanded book acquisition, NLS continues to add more international language books to their catalog than ever before.

To help patrons and network library staff locate these titles, NLS is pleased to announce the current issue of the online publication International

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Join Talking Books Library staff to find out how your library can become an institutional member to provide FREE books, magazines and music materials for the print disabled.

Thursday, August 22 @ 10:30 am.  This session will be 1 hour.

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LORI Resource Sharing Certification renewal and new applications are open July 15 through September 15, 2024. (The school library deadline is September 30, 2024).
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On Tuesday, July 30, at 7 p.m. eastern time, the Patron Engagement Section will launch a new monthly program called That All May eRead on Zoom.

This program, occurring the last Tuesday night of each month, will focus on using the NLS Braille eReaders.

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