A special program entitled “Introducing Services for Blind and Visually-Impaired Persons” will be held in the Community Room at the Long Branch Free Public Library, 328 Broadway, Long Branch, from 2-4 p.m. on March 19. All are welcome to attend. This program is free and open to the public.
Liz Burns, Head of Readers Services at Trenton’s Talking Book and Braille Center, is the featured program speaker, and will explain the recent improvements that have been made to the Outspoken Library. The Outspoken Library provides information on the no-cost, home-delivered, accessible reading services of the New Jersey State Library Talking Book and Braille Center (TBBC). TBBC serves New Jersey residents of all ages who have difficulty reading printed books due to physical impairment, reading disability or vision challenges. TBBC is a regional library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the U.S. Library of Congress and is a bureau of the New Jersey State Library.
Ms. Burns will discuss other services offered by the Talking Book and Braille Center, including audiobooks and magazines and the Digital Talking Book Machine, and how to register for them at the Long Branch Free Public Library.
Librarian Janet Birckhead will talk about the library’s large print and audiobook collections. Stanley Soden, director of Independent Living Services at MOCEANS Center for Independent Living, Long Branch, will speak about the services available locally through MOCEANS.
If unable to attend the program, anyone interested in the Library’s Outspoken Kiosk, which can be found in the Large Print collection at the Main Library on Broadway, may contact the library staff for assistance using this free service.
