Blog Entry List

The Many Faces of BARD

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.

Four New Books on NOBLE!

We’ve added four new titles to our NOBLE collection!

Kids Summer Reading List 2022

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!

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Astronaut, Aquanaut DB096576

Writing Contest Winners

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.

Adult Summer Reading List 2022

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

Accessible Books for Black History Month Read-In 2022

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

Happy BARD Day - October 2021

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

10 Most Wanted Books - September 2021

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

Heard Any Good Books Lately? September 2021 edition

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

A New Allen's List - Merry Pranksters and The Grateful Dead

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

BARD Roundup - August 2021 top 10 braille downloads

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

BARD Roundup - August 2021 top 10 audio downloads

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

Happy BARD Day - September 2021

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

10 Most Wanted Books - August 2021

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

A New Episode of Craig's Desk Podcast

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.