Idaho Commission for Libraries

In this issue:

• Digital Players Arrive!
• Good News: NFB-Newsline
• RFB&D Individual Membership is now FREE
• Recent Donations to TBS
• TBS Awareness Day
• Magazine Corner
• New Books Order Form
• Overdue Notices
• 2010 TBS Calendars
• TBS Advisory Committee
• 10-Square Club

In this Issue:
- Library Highlight: Lewiston City Library
- TBS Awareness Day
- Donations
- Magazine Corner
- New Books on Tape Order Form
- Digital Transition Update
- Volunteer Appreciation Event
- Be Part of TBS Quality Control
- New ICFL Employee
Online order form can be found at: http://libraries.idaho.gov/TBS/CurrentBooks/Spring2009

In this Issue:

• Library Highlight: Madison Library District
• Reading Alternative: LibriVOX
• TBS Changes in 2009
• Magazine Corner
• New Books on Tape Order Form
• New ICFL Employees
• Upcoming Volunteer Appreciation Week
• Volunteer Spotlight
• Biennial Survey Highlights
• TBS 10 Squared Club

The Talking Book Service has more than audio 68,000 book and 70 magazine titles to select from. The collection contains fiction and non-fiction topics ranging from astronomy to westerns. Reading levels vary from very easy to adult. Books are available in many languages in addition to English.

Access the Catalogs

Idaho Talking Book Service Catalog (KLAS)

The Idaho Commission for Libraries works in partnership with the local community to promote and deliver services to people with special needs.

The Idaho Talking Book Service loans books and magazines in audio format for people unable to read standard print material due to a physical disability. The disability can be temporary or permanent.

This free service provides the following to registered users:

• Books, magazines, and playback equipment

Eligibility

To be eligible for the Talking Book Service, a person must:

• Be legally blind, with vision in the better eye of 20/200 or less with corrective glasses, or
• Have a visual field no greater than 20 degrees in diameter, or
• Be unable to see well enough or focus long enough to read standard print, even with corrective glasses, or