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Wolfner News 

Winter 2009

Robin Carnahan, Secretary of State

Join us for Wolfner Library's Adult Winter Reading Program

"Getting to Know You"

Earn points for prizes by doing something you love: reading! Register for Wolfner Library's Adult Winter Reading Program, "Getting to Know You." The focus of "Getting to Know You" is biographies and autobiographies. Our talented Reader Advisors will create book lists of biographies and autobiographies of all sorts of interesting people. Here are the categories:

Actors

Adventurers and Explorers

African Americans

Ancient History

Artists

Children

Composers

Disability Bios

Founding Fathers

Industrialists

Memoirs

Modern Musical Bios

Nobel Peace Prize Winners

Potpourri

Scientist Bios

Sports Figures

United States Presidents

Villains

Women

Writers

The Top 5 patrons who read the most digital or braille books during the program will be entered in a drawing for five grand prizes, which include a unisex talking watch and a Wolfner Library hooded and zippered sweatshirt. 

All other patrons who have read 12 or more digital or braille books during the program will be entered into a general prize drawing. 

If you haven't already gotten a digital player, call your Reader Advisor today to have one sent to you. They are easier to use than cassette players and have the best sound quality ever. Plus, digital books do not have to be rewound!

Thank you to the Library Users Group of Missouri for generously providing the prizes for the "Getting to Know You" Adult Winter Reading Program!

    .   "Getting to Know You" starts on January 20, 2010 and ends on March 31st, 2010. 

    .   Registration for "Getting to Know You" begins on January 20, 2010 and continues throughout the program.

    .   Patrons must be 18 years of age or older to participate in "Getting to Know You."

    .   To qualify for the prize drawing, you must read a minimum of 12 books during the program. 

    .   The final date to tell your Reader Advisor the total number of books you read is: March 31, 2010.

    .   Drawings for all prizes will be held on April 6, 2010

The "Getting to Know You" Adult Winter Reading Program is your chance to earn prizes for great winter reading, so get ready, get set, and read!

Digital players are flexible

Digital players are the simplest, most flexible players to use. All you have to do is push one cartridge into the player, and the book will play. The sound quality is better than ever before, and digital players allow you to place bookmarks and even set a "sleep" mode to tell the player when to turn off. Best yet, there is nothing to rewind with digital books. That's right: there is no rewinding with digital books. Call your Reader Advisor today to get your digital player. You'll be glad you did!

Finding Digital books in WolfPAC
Wolfner Library's Online Catalog

If you're one of our many patrons who have fallen in love with the digital player, and you want to know what digital books are available, just search WolfPAC, Wolfner Library's online catalog. 

http://wolfpac.sos.mo.gov/klasweb

    .   When you are logged in to WolfPAC, type a keyword, title, author or subject into the search box

    .   If you want to know what digital titles we have available for immediate loan, select the "Availability" drop-down arrow and select "Titles with Available Items"

    .   Next, go down to "Search Options" and select the "Media" drop-down arrow for a list of media types

    .   Finally, select "Digital" from the list of media types and submit the search

Your search results will all be digital books!

It's as easy as that. Enjoy reading your digital books in players with better sound, more flexibility, and no rewinding!

Music Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals

Overview

In 1962 a special music collection for blind persons was authorized by Congress as part of its free national library program of braille and recorded books and magazines. The Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), administers the music program through its Music Section. Music services are provided directly to NLS patrons from its headquarters in Washington, D.C., unlike the literary braille and recorded materials and playback machines that are distributed by a national network of cooperating libraries. These services include a circulating collection of braille, large-print, and recorded instructional materials and a subscription program of magazines produced in braille, on cassette, and in large print. Musical recordings intended solely for listening are not part of the music collection, as these materials are readily available from stores and local public libraries.

The Collection

The special music collection consists of more than 30,000 braille and large-print music scores, texts, and instructional recordings about music and musicians. Some items are purchased from national and international commercial sources. Other materials are selected and produced in braille and audio formats by NLS, with permission of composers, authors, and publishers. Some titles are developed solely for the NLS program. The collection materials range from beginning to advanced levels. Holdings are searchable online at nlscatalog.loc.gov. Individuals registered for NLS music services may borrow items for renewable three-month loan periods. Additional books about music and musicians are found in the general NLS collection circulated by the network of cooperating libraries. Materials not in our collection can sometimes be borrowed via international interlibrary loan.

The Music collection is available in braille, Web-braille, and large print formats. For more information, contact your Reader Advisor.

Join Wolfner Library's
Show-Me Downloads
Download talking books from home!

Your Wolfner Library digital player will play downloaded books. BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download) 

BARD has over 17,000 digital books and 40+ digital magazines!

Why wait for the postal service to deliver your books?

Download from BARD twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week!

You will need:

    .   A high-speed Internet connection

    .   An e-mail address

    .   Knowledge of navigating the Web, filling out online forms, downloading large items and unzipping files

As an added incentive, Wolfner Library is offering Missourians a 1GB blank cartridge and a cable to download digital books for the new digital players. 

Call your Reader Advisor to find out how to download books from BARD 1-800-392-2614

Or visit Wolfner Library online for the BARD application link: www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/

Note: Many, but not all, standard flash drives may also be used to play downloaded books in the digital players.

Wolfner Library Staff Listing

Richard J. Smith, Director of Wolfner Library richard.smith at sos.mo.gov

Deborah Stroup Coordinator of Volunteers deborah.stroup at sos.mo.gov

Archie Andrews Machines Coordinator archie.andrews at sos.mo.gov

Lisa Stamm Special Services Librarian

lisa.stamm at sos.mo.gov

Elizabeth Lang Youth Services Librarian elizabeth.lang at sos.mo.gov

Paul Mathews Reader Advisor A-Co paul.mathews at sos.mo.gov

Brandon Kempf Reader Advisor Cp-G brandon.kempf at sos.mo.gov

Ginny Ryan Reader Advisor H-L

ginny.ryan at sos.mo.gov

Cheryl Hassler Reader Advisor M-R cheryl.hassler at sos.mo.gov

Carol Mathews Reader Advisor S-Z carol.mathews at sos.mo.gov

Diann Stark Reader Advisor Institutions diann.stark at sos.mo.gov

Wolfner News is a quarterly publication of Secretary of State Robin Carnahan's Office.

Hours

Wolfner Library is open Monday through Friday

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Closed for state holidays.

Contact Information

Toll-free in-state phone number                  (800) 392-2614

Jefferson City area                                        (573) 751-8720

local phone number

Toll-free TDD phone number                      (800) 347-1379

E-mail address                                               wolfner at sos.mo.gov

Web site address www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/

Wolfner's online catalog http://wolfpac.sos.mo.gov/klasweb

Richard J. Smith, Director

Wolfner Library

Jefferson City, MO  65102 

Phone:  573-522-2767

Email: richard.smith at sos.mo.gov

Web Site: http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/

Not sure what to read next? Find a good DIGITAL book at: http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/readings.asp

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