Blog Entry List

Starting this Thursday, August 11, 2022, a monthly program called The Many Faces of BARD will be offered to our patrons! Every second Thursday at 7:00 p.m. Eastern Time the program will cover one aspect of BARD (the Braille and Audio Reading Download) usage. Each program will start with a brief presentation, followed by a Q&A session about the presentation and BARD related questions for the remainder of the hour. At the end of each program, next month’s topic will be revealed.

We’ve added four new titles to our NOBLE collection! All recorded in our studios, these newest additions include The Life and Times of Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe, Longneedle, Adulting at the Moto-Lodge: A Humours Family Life Romp, and our Writing Contest Winners from 2020 and 2021! Download them and listen to them on your talking book player or give us a call and we can send them to you on your next cartridge! The Life and Times of Asheville’s Thomas Wolfe DBC06120

Are you participating in our Kids Summer Reading program this year? Here are some Ocean themed books you can download or order from us today!Youth 9-13Astronaut, Aquanaut DB096576Highlights the differences and similarities between the deep ocean and outer space. Discusses the danger--and attraction--of exploring both of these vast domains, the technology involved, and amazing discoveries. For grades 4-7. 2018.What Makes an Ocean Wave? Questions and Answers about Oceans and Ocean Life DB055174

We are pleased to present the stories from the 2020 and 2021 Writing Contests in an audio format! Each of the entries were judged based on their clarity, spelling, grammar, creativity, and impact. We received so many fantastic entries and the judging process was difficult.

ABLS Adult Summer Reading List for 2022. This year's theme is Oceans of Possibilities.

Books from the Black History Month Read-In 2022 in accessible format from ABLS.

Happy BARD Day for October 2021. September 2021 was a great month for downloading audio and braille

Here is September 2021's 10 Most Wanted Books List from NCLBPH

This all new episode of Heard Any Good Books Lately? for September 2021 offers some good reading for fall.

Perhaps in 1964, if you are old enough; you heard about a bus painted in psychedelic colors named Furthur being driven across the country by a promising young writer named Ken Kesey. Accompanying him were an assorted group of artists, aging beatniks, writers and just people along for the journey

Here are the 10 most downloaded BARD audio titles for August 2021

Here are the 10 most downloaded BARD braille titles for August 2021

Happy BARD Day. August 2021 was a great month for downloading audio and braille

Here is August 2021's 10 Most Wanted Books List from NCLBPH

This 11th episode of Craig's Desk features how to set your default languages for searches in BARD, finding foreign language materials on our website and more on the NLS Marrakesh project.