TBBC

1. Connecting people with information through libraries
New Jersey State Library
Talking Book
&
Braille Center
UCT Teacher Education Academy
April 15, 2016

2. Elizabeth Burns, Head of Reader Services
eburns@njstatelib.org
Tara Kehoe, Reader Services
tkehoe@njstatelib.org
2300 Stuyvesant Ave
Trenton NJ
800-792-8322

3. New Jersey State Library
Talking Book & Braille Center

4. TBBC www.njstatelib.org/tbbc

5. National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped
(NLS)

6. NLS Eligibility
• Struggle to read standard print or hold a book due to:
• Physical Impairment
• Reading Disability
• Vision Impairment
• Blind
• Impairment can be temporary or permanent

7. What?
• Audiobooks, audio magazines, audio newspapers
• Audiobook players
• Braille
• Large Print
• Downloading – Braille and Audio

8. Audiobooks & Player

9. Braille
www.brailleink.org

11. Large Print
• Newspapers: 8 point
• Adult books: 10 to 12 point
• Minimum size large print: 14 point
• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

12. Children’s Books
• Novels: 10 to 12 point
• Middle Grade: 14 point
• Early Readers: 16 point
• Picture Books: 16 to 24 point
• Minimum size large print: 14 point
• Typical large print: 16 to 18 point

13. Trapped
by Michael Northrop

14. Audio?

15. WorldCat?

17. NLS Catalog!

21. By Mail Delivery

22. How to Find Books?
• TBBC Catalog
• NLS Catalog
• BARD – Braille and Audio Reading Download
• Call
• Write
• Email
• Subscribe to Bi-monthly publications
• Favorite subjects and authors

23. http://opac.njlbh.org/opacnj/

24. NLS Catalog!

25. BARD
• Braille and
• Audio
• Reading
• Download
• At Nlsbard.loc.gov
• Email address and password required

26. Download

27. Braille Technology
www.hims-inc.com/products/braille-sense-plus

28. BARD Mobile App

30. Call: 800-792-8322
Write:
2300 Stuyvesant Ave
Trenton, NJ 08618
Email: tbbcyouth@njstatelib.org or tbbc@njstatelib.org

31. Bi-monthly Publications

32. Reading Preferences
• Humor
• School stories
• Family stories
• Nature and Animals
• Poetry
• History
• Science Fiction
• Biographies
• Mysteries
• Dr. Seuss
• Sarah Pennypacker
• Ron Roy
• Cynthia Rylant
• Rick Riordan
• Dan Gutman
• Jacqueline Woodson

34. Elizabeth Burns, Head of Reader Services
eburns@njstatelib.org
800-792-8322 ext 804
Tara Kehoe, Reader Services
tkehoe@njstatelib.org
800-792-8322 ext 805
2300 Stuyvesant Ave
Trenton NJ