Reader's Corner

With hundreds of thousands audio and braille books and magazines available from NLS, for some patrons it’s hard to know where to start when searching. Collections Connections, a free email newsletter from the NLS Collection Development staff, can help! Each month it highlights fiction and nonfiction titles focused on a timely theme. To sign up, send your name and email address to the Collection Connections team at connections@loc.gov. You can unsubscribe yourself from the list at any time.

The NLS Patron Engagement Section presents some patron-based reading events that offer some behind the scenes looks at how books and reading materials are created, reading technology support and insight about BARD (the Braille and Audio Reading Download service) and kinds of patron services to help you read more. All these programs are offered remotely as a web-based conference:

• NLS Patron Corner (Zoom link) - a quarterly event that offers various reader-focused topics every quarter starting June 2022 and continuing on the second Monday of the third month of each quarter at 7 pm Eastern Time. The first four sessions will be June 13, 2022; September 12, 2022; December 12, 2022; and March 13, 2023.
  • When you join this Zoom event, you will be in the waiting room until the program starts. When you enter the room, your phone or computer will be muted. Please stay on mute unless you are called on. If you want to ask a question, you may raise your hand by pressing Alt Y on your computer or Star 9 on your phone. Once you are called on, press Alt A on your computer or Star 6 on your phone to unmute yourself. Finally, this meeting will be recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded, we ask that you avoid speaking during the session.
• The Many Faces of BARD (Zoom link) - a monthly event that happens on the second Thursday of each month at 7 pm Eastern Time, starting on August 11, 2022. Each event will cover one aspect of BARD (the Braille and Audio Reading Download) usage. It happens on the second Thursday of each month at 7 pm Eastern Time.
  • When you join this Zoom event you will be placed in a virtual waiting room until the program begins. When you enter the room,you will be on mute, and you should remain on mute unless the host calls upon you to speak. If you want to ask a question, you may raise your hand by pressing Alt Y on your computer or Star 9 on your phone. Once you are called on, press Alt A on your computer or Star 6 on your phone to unmute yourself. Finally, this meeting will be recorded. If you do not wish to be recorded, we ask that you avoid speaking during the session.