Exploratorium: Get on the BARD Wagon, downloadable books now available from TBBS!

1. Nebraska Library Commission
Talking Book and Braille Service
402 471-4038 800 742-7691 http://www.nlc.nebraska.gov/tbbs/
Join the BARD Wagon Using BARD
BARD is your free online Step 1: Sign up for BARD.
resource for students Step 2: Log in.
with a reading disability
or a visual or physical
impairment that interferes with the
use of print.
Qualifications
Students who are unable to use
regular print materials as a result of a
temporary or permanent disability
may receive service.
Schools send a list of qualifying
students to Talking Book and Braille Step 3: Choose your book and download
Service each year. If a school has not it to your computer.
been an active borrower in the
previous five years, they need to
submit their contact information on
“Application for Free Talking Book
Service — Facility”.
Resources
Whether the subject is literature,
social studies, or science, there are
reading materials to complement the Step 4: Copy the book to a flash drive or
curriculum and spark student cartridge.
interest. Both books and magazines
are available. Get on BARD.