JPL Presentation at 2016 TOOLS FOR SUCCESS - FAMILY CONFERENCE, February 4th, 2016

To find Chris and Susan's presentation at the 2016 TOOLS FOR SUCCESS - FAMILY CONFERENCE click on the following link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w6jtd3yr8x8pm1r/The%20Library%20A%20User%27s%20Guide%20presentation%202-3-16%20update.pptx?dl=0

Talking Book titles read at the Tuesday February 2nd WJCT Radio Reading Service broadcast

Here is a list of the newly received Talking Book titles read by Chris & Jerry at this morning's WJCT Radio Reading Service broadcast:

Fiction:
DB082046, Positive by David Welllington
DB082047, The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen
DB082132, Kings and Emperors by Dewey Lambdin
DB082051, The Miniaturist by Jessie Burton
DB082069, Maggie Bright: a Novel of Dunkirk by Tracy Groot
DB082082, The Wood's Edge by Lori Benton
DB082078, Little Black Lies by Sharon Bolton
DB082117, The Best of All Possible Worlds by Karen Lord
DB082283, The Hanging Girl by Jussi Adler-Olsen
DB082540, Who Let the Dog Out? by David Rosenfelt

Nonfiction:
DB082112, The Copernicus Complex: Our Cosmic Significance in a Universe of Planets and Probabilities by Caleb Scharf
DB082173, The Sphinx: Franklin Roosevelt, the Isolationists, and the Road to World War II by Nicholas Wapshott
DB082182, Primates of Park Avenue: A Memoir by Wednesday Martin
DB082719, A House of My Own: Stories from My Life by Sandra Cisneros
DB082752, Wildflower by Drew Barrymore
DB082772, M Train by Patti Smith
DB082790, The Power of I Am: Two Words that Will Change Your Life Today by Joel Osteen
DB082855, The Witch of Lime Street: Seance, Seduction, and Houdini in the Spirit World by David Jaher
DB082841, Fortunate Son: My Life, My Music by John Fogerty
DB082893, Magna Carta: The Birth of Liberty by Dan Jones
DB082601, Home Fires: The Story of the Women's Institute in the Second World War by Julie Summers
DB082689, Underground in Berlin: A Young Woman's Extraordinary Tale of Survival in the Heart of Nazi Germany by Marie Jalowicz Simon

2016 North Florida Regional Braille Challenge, Jacksonville

Check out the WJCT report on last week's 2016 North Florida Regional Braille Challenge at the Main Library.

http://news.wjct.org/post/blind-northeast-florida-students-braille-having-pen-and-paper

Jacksonville Women with a Visual Impairment who are 'Job Ready'

Check out the WJCT report on three local women who are visually impaired and seeking employment.

http://news.wjct.org/post/looking-work-frustrating-jacksonville-women-who-cant-see

25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act

NLS - That All May Read

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) has launched a new outreach campaign called "That All May Read". This campaign is intended to provide information about the NLS's free service to those with a visual or physically disability that prohibits them from reading standard or large print. For this campaign they seem to be highlighting the availability of electronic resources, specifically the BARD database and BARD Mobile app. Currently the BARD Mobile app is only available on Apple devices. An app for Android devices is currently in the testing phase and may be released very soon.

Here is a link to the website: www.loc.gov/ThatAllMayRead

Here is a link to the Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/libraryofcongress/posts/10152764620538059


 

Step Up For Students Special Needs Scholarship

Step Up For Students is a state organization that seeks to alleviate educational challenges to students in Florida who live in or near poverty or have special needs. In order to assist the families/care givers of such students Step Up For Students offers scholarships.

For students with special needs they offer a Personal Learning Scholarship Account Program (PLSA) that can assist in the financing of specialized programs and approved providers; adaptive technology and, even, college savings accounts. With this money parents/caregivers of students with special needs can purchase things like tablet PCs, Braille displays, screen magnifiers, voice recognition programs, etc. The acquisition of such adaptive technology devices and programs can then allow the student to use apps like BARD Mobile, Learning Ally and other educational apps provided by the Jacksonville Public Library.

For more information visit their website: http://www.stepupforstudents.org/