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1. Bookshare and EasyReader: The Perfect Solution That Will Keep Your Students Reading During This Extended Break

March 26th, 2020 at 12:00 PM PDT

Join Bookshare and Dolphin for a 30-minute webinar on two different days where you will learn how to download the free Dolphin EasyReader app on your home devices, sync it with your child’s Bookshare account, and set reading preferences.
Register here
https://yourdolphin.com/en-gb/webinars/100148677

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2. Important Notice to Library Borrowers

Dear Perkins Library Patrons,

Due to evolving Coronavirus (COVID-19) concerns, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker issued an Executive Order requiring all non-essential businesses to close effective Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Executive Order extends until April 7, 2020.

The Perkins Library falls into this category, so no Library mail will be sent out after March 24. Additionally, we ask borrowers to hold all Library materials until you are notified that we are able to receive them by return mail.

In the absence of Library materials, you may wish to consider signing up for our Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service. This service allows you to download titles directly to an Android, Kindle Fire, or iOS device for easy playback. You can also download the books to a USB drive for use with our digital player. To start using BARD,
simply fill out the application available here.
https://nlsbard.loc.gov/NLS/ApplicationInstructions.html

If you wish to learn more about our BARD service, please contact Cory Kadlik at (617) 972-7580 or email Cory.Kadlik@Perkins.org.

We understand the hardship this situation may cause for you. We also feel the loss of not being able to serve you during these uncertain times. We will resume operations as soon as we can ensure the safety of all concerned.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Kim Charlson, Executive Director
Perkins Library

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jesse_the_k

Yipes! I can't imagine finding someone to testify to my reading disability so I can fill out the NLS form.

Another nifty thing is that the Internet Archive has quit controlling who can access their stuff. They provide a variety of formats for the scanned materials, including DAISY and ePub.

https://archive.org/NEL

To address our unprecedented global and immediate need for access to reading and research materials, as of today, March 24, 2020, the Internet Archive will suspend waitlists for the 1.4 million (and growing) books in our lending library by creating a National Emergency Library to serve the nation’s displaced learners. This suspension will run through June 30, 2020, or the end of the US national emergency, whichever is later.

During the waitlist suspension, users will be able to borrow books from the National Emergency Library without joining a waitlist, ensuring that students will have access to assigned readings and library materials that the Internet Archive has digitized for the remainder of the US academic calendar, and that people who cannot physically access their local libraries because of closure or self-quarantine can continue to read and thrive during this time of crisis, keeping themselves and others safe.

This library brings together all the books from Phillips Academy Andover and Marygrove College, and much of Trent University’s collections, along with over a million other books donated from other libraries to readers worldwide that are locked out of their libraries.