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Subject: FW: Wolfner News Fall
2008
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From: "Smith, Richard"
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Wolfner News
Fall 2008
Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State
Notes from the Director
Digital Players
In mid-June 2008, the Library of
Congress awarded
Shinano Kenshi/Plextor of Culver
City,
California, a contract to produce
the standard
and advanced digital talking-book
players. When
mass production commences,
Plextor, the
electronic equipment division of
Shinano Kenshi,
will produce twenty thousand
digital players a
month at a cost to NLS of $157 per
player
(including license fees). This is
good news in
that it is below the estimated
price of $200.
Wolfner Library, one of the eight
pre-launch
libraries in the country for the
digital
transition, will be shipped 500
players in
February 2009. Regular shipment of
mass-production players will
arrive at all libraries in early
May.
We need active readers to test the
new digital
talking book player during the
February 2009
pre-launch. If you are an avid
reader, please
call your reader advisor if you
want to be one of
the first to receive a NLS digital
talking book
machine next year! In addition,
call your reader
advisor to be put on the waiting
list for a new
digital talking book player to be
distributed starting in May of
2009.
Cartridges for Digital Books
In August, the Library of Congress
awarded a
contract to Northstar Systems Inc.
of Rancho
Cucamonga, California to
manufacture USB
flash-memory cartridges, which
will be used to
record audiobooks for distribution
to the NLS
cooperating network for
circulation to patrons
across the country and overseas.
The cartridges
purchased under this contract will
permit all NLS
recorded books to be issued on
either 512 MB or 1
GB cartridges. This will enable
each recorded
book to be contained on a single
cartridge,
greatly improving the current
patron's experience
of receiving multiple four-track
cassettes. In
addition, Northstar is obligated
to furnish
participating libraries and
interested patrons
with blank cartridges at prices
fixed in the contract.
The Friends of Wolfner Library has
earmarked
$50,000 for Wolfner to use for
blank cartridges.
Since the current price is lower
than half the
original estimate of $9.00,
Wolfner Library will
be able to purchase 10,000 instead
of 5,000 blank
cartridges to duplicate books.
Mailing Containers
LC Industries in Hazlehurst,
Mississippi, was
awarded the contract to produce
the digital
talking-book cartridge mailing
containers. Plans
are underway to make mailing
containers available
for network library purchase. The
current
projected price is $.70 each in
lots of 220 plus
shipping and handling. These
containers will be
identical to those used by NLS,
except that they
will be a different color and will
not bear the Library of Congress
seal.
Again the Friends have allocated
an additional
$3,000 toward the purchase of
mailing containers.
That will purchase about 4,000
mailing containers for Wolfner.
Veterans First!
Wolfner Library gives preference
in the
distribution of digital
talking-book players to
veterans first and then to members
of the
10-squared Talking-Book Club
(registered patrons
who are one hundred years of age
or
older). Public Law 89-522
provides that eligible
persons honorably discharged from
the U.S. Armed
Forces shall have preference in
borrowing library materials
produced by NLS.
Veterans, if you have not done so
already, please
contact your reader advisor to add
your name to
the list of veterans to be given
priority.
Richard J. Smith, Director
Service Recognition
In appreciation for the hard work
the Wolfner
Library staff provides in getting
needed reading
materials to patrons, an awards
ceremony was held
this summer in recognition of
service by
dedicated Wolfner staff. Awards
this year went to:
Paul Mathews for 30 years
of service
Bonnie O'Donnell for 20
years of service
Justin Stauffer for 10
years of service
And a belated 10 years of
service award to Rhea Dickrader
Secretary of State Robin Carnahan
handed our
award plaques and posed for photos
with the
awardees. The entire staff was
treated to ice cream at the
ceremony.
BARD
In the inaugural year of the
Braille and Audio
Reading Download (BARD) project,
Wolfner patrons
downloaded 5,167 titles from the
BARD website,
equaling 1.36% of the 378,877
cassette
circulation. Downloading books off
the Internet
is expected to increase with the
distribution of
the NLS digital machine next year.
For all the
trials and tribulations NLS has
had with the
transition, they should pat
themselves on the back because
BARD is a winner.
Read about the BARD program at
<https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/ApplicationInstructions.html>https://www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb/ApplicationInstructions.html
The NLS digital talking book will
have the
capacity to play BARD download
books on both a
blank NLS cartridge and standard
USB drive. In
addition, Wolfner Library
currently has a limited
number of third party vendor
players, the Victor
Reader Stream, that will play BARD
books to loan
to eligible readers. Requirements
for the Stream
player from Wolfner Library are:
. You must be a Wolfner
Library patron in good standing.
. You must have a
high-speed Internet
connection or regular access to
one.
. You must have a working
e-mail address
and knowledge of how to use it,
including handling attachments.
. You must have a
reasonable knowledge of
how to use the web, fill out forms
online,
download large items, and unzip
files.
. You must have a working
knowledge of
file management; that is, you must
be able to
create folders to put your books
in, and locate
the proper folders from which to
extract your books.
. You must download a
minimum of 3 NLS books a month.
. You must be comfortable
using small
electronic devices such as TV
remotes or cell phones.
Please call or email your reader
advisor if you
meet the above qualifications and
are interested
in borrowing a Victor Reader
Stream for use with the BARD
program.
Louis Braille: A Remarkable
Inventor
A blind eleven-year-old boy took a
secret code
devised for the military and saw
in it the basis
for written communication for
blind individuals.
Louis Braille, newly enrolled at
the National
Institute of the Blind in Paris,
spent nine years
developing and refining the system
of raised dots
that has come to be known by his
name.
The original military code was
called night
writing and was used by soldiers
to communicate
after dark. It was based on a
twelve-dot cell two
dots wide by six dots high. Each
dot or
combination of dots within the
cell stood for a
letter or a phonetic sound. The
problem with the
military code was that the human
fingertip could
not feel all the dots with one
touch.
Louis Braille created a reading
method based on a
cell of six dots. This crucial
improvement meant
that a fingertip could encompass
the entire cell
unit with one impression and move
rapidly from one cell to the next.
Braille himself was blind from the
age of three.
He was born in the village of
Coupvary near Paris
on January 4, 1809. One day he was
playing with a
sharp instrument belonging to his
father, a
harness maker. The child
accidently prodded one
eye with the tool and developed an
eye infection causing total
blindness.
Until 1819, Braille attended the
local village
school, where his superior mental
abilities put
him at the head of his class. He
received a
scholarship to the National
Institute of the
Blind, where he was the youngest
student. Soon
afterward, he began the
development of the
embossed code. In 1829 he
published the code in
_Procede pour Ecrire les Paroles,
la Musique et
la Plain-Chant au Moyen de
Points_, which also
contained a braille music code
based on the same six-dot cell.
Even after he had developed his
system for
reading and writing, Braille
stayed on at the
institute as an instructor.
Eventually an
incessant cough made it impossible
for him to
lecture and he had to return to
Coupvray.
He died there at the age of
forty-three, and was
buried in the family plot in the
village
cemetery. In 1952, on the
centennial of his
death, his body was ceremoniously
transferred to
the Pantheon in Paris. A monument
to Louis
Braille stands in the main square
of
Coupvary. 2009 marks the 200th
birthday of this remarkable man.
They Caught the Reading Bug!
This year, 102 children and 6
schools registered
for the 2008 summer reading
program at Wolfner
Library. Of those readers, 78
participated in the
"Catch the Reading Bug @ Your
Library" group for
younger children and 24
participated in the
"Metamorphosis @ Your Library"
group for teens. A
total of 66 participants succeeded
in reaching
the reading goal they chose at the
beginning of
the program. Those who completed
the program
earned t-shirts, prizes and a free
gift book, and
were entered in a grand prize
drawing. Thanks to
the Friends of Wolfner Library for
providing the prizes for the
program!
We hope to have just as many, or
more,
participants for our 2009 summer
reading program,
which will focus on the arts. The
theme for the
younger children's program is "Be
Creative @ Your
Library", and the teen theme is
"Express Yourself
@ Your Library". Happy Reading!
Elizabeth A. Lang,
Youth Services Librarian
Newly Recorded Missouri Books
Bindweed by Janis Harrison.
Everyone in town helps florist
Bretta Solomon
make sure her helper Toby, a
slow-witted man left
on his own since his mother died,
is doing okay.
But Toby is killed by a swarm of
bees
deliberately planted in his home,
and Bretta is
determined to find his killer.
Bretta Solomon series, book 6. MOD
130.
Reap a Wicked Harvest by Janis
Harrison.
In River City, Missouri, the
"wedding of the
year" is causing florist Bretta
Solomon one
headache after another. But just
when she thinks
things can't get any worse, two
wedding workers
die suspiciously on the same day,
and Bretta
can't help but think there's
something more
sinister in the air than love and
marriage.
Bretta Solomon series, book 6. MOD
108.
The Gold of Cape Girardeau by
Morley Swingle.
A treasure trove of gold is found
buried next to
a skeleton with a bullet hole in
its skull. Young
lawyer Allison Culbertson faces
the toughest
courtroom battle of her career to
prove the gold
belongs to her client. The secrets
of the gold
are revealed in an unforgettable
story that
transports the reader from a
modern courtroom to
the glory days of steamboating on
the
Mississippi, from young love on
the river to the
perils of living in a town of
split loyalties
during the Civil War. Swingle's
riveting tale
brings the Mississippi River
Valley's past to
lifecombining mystery, love,
greed, and
courtroom drama into a suspenseful
blend of
history and fiction. Winner of the
2005 Governor's Book Award. MOD
118.
Nobody's Boy by Jennifer
Fleischner.
George, a young slave living in
St. Louis,
Missouri, wrestles with the
injustices he sees
around him as he decides whether
or not to flee
his accustomed life and seek
freedom. MOD 170.
Black Storm Comin' by Dianne Lee
Wilson.
Twelve-year-old Colton, son of an
African-American mother and a
white father, takes
a job with the Pony Express in
1860 after his
father abandons the family on
their
California-bound wagon train, and
risks his life
to deliver an important letter
that may affect
the growing conflict between the
North and South. MOD 171.
Please call or email your reader
advisor to order a Missouri
talking book.
Wolfner Library Staff Listing
Richard J. SmithDirector of
Wolfner Library
<mailto:richard.smith@xxxxxxxxxx>richard.smith@xxxxxxxxxx
Deborah StroupCoordinator of
Volunteers
<mailto:deborah.stroup@xxxxxxxxxx>deborah.stroup@xxxxxxxxxx
Archie AndrewsMachines Coordinator
<mailto:archie.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx>archie.andrews@xxxxxxxxxx
Elizabeth LangYouth Services
Librarian
<mailto:elizabeth.lang@xxxxxxxxxx>elizabeth.lang@xxxxxxxxxx
Paul MathewsReader Advisor A-Co
<mailto:paul.mathews@xxxxxxxxxx>paul.mathews@xxxxxxxxxx
Brandon KempfReader Advisor Cp-G
<mailto:brandon.kempf@xxxxxxxxxx>brandon.kempf@xxxxxxxxxx
Ginny RyanReader Advisor H-L
<mailto:ginny.ryan@xxxxxxxxxx>ginny.ryan@xxxxxxxxxx
Cheryl HasslerReader Advisor M-R
<mailto:cheryl.hassler@xxxxxxxxxx>cheryl.hassler@xxxxxxxxxx
Carol MathewsReader Advisor S-Z
<mailto:carol.mathews@xxxxxxxxxx>carol.mathews@xxxxxxxxxx
Diann StarkReader Advisor
Institutions
<mailto:diann.stark@xxxxxxxxxx>diann.stark@xxxxxxxxxx
Wolfner News is a quarterly
publication of
Secretary of State Robin
Carnahan's Office.
Hours
Wolfner Library is open Monday
through Friday
8:00 a.m. 5:00 p.m.
Closed for state holidays.
Contact Information
Toll-free in-state phone number
(800) 392-2614
Jefferson City area
(573) 751-8720 local phone number
Toll-free TDD phone number
(800) 347-1379
E-mail
address
<mailto:wolfner@xxxxxxxxxx>wolfner@xxxxxxxxxx
Web site
address
<http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/>www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/
Wolfner's online catalog
wolfpac.sos.mo.gov/klasweb/
Richard J. Smith, Director
Wolfner Library
Missouri State Library
P.O. Box 387
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573-522-2767
In Missouri: 800-392-2614
Fax: 573-526-2985
Email: richard.smith@xxxxxxxxxx
Web Site:
http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/
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good book by
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at
<http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp>http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/adult.asp
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