Library
Staff
Newsletter
of the Pinellas Talking Book Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
You will find two special announcements
in this newsletter. One concerns the Pinellas Talking Book Library’s new
Friends Group. We have had several Friends meetings with interesting speakers,
and feel sure this next speaker will also discuss issues important to our
patrons and their families. Please join us at the next Friends Meeting, Monday
September 24th at 9:00 a.m. Afterwards,
stay to tour the library and meet your Reader Advisor. Be sure to check out
several books while you are here, and maybe a Descriptive Video as well.
The second announcement is from The Watson Center, located on Bryan Dairy Road in Largo. They would like for you to know about several classes they will be sponsoring this fall and invite you to attend. Size is limited, so sign up right away.
FRIENDS OF THE PINELLAS TALKING BOOK
LIBRARY INVITE YOU AT ATTEND
A
Community Education Series, presented by The Watson Center, is being sponsored
by the PTBL Friends group for the September meeting. Learn more about the
services available to Pinellas County residents who live with vision impairment
and blindness and do not know where to turn in the Specialized Services for
People Who are Blind and Visually Impaired seminar.
Also
learn how to move around in the community safely with Travel Techniques for
Persons Who are Visually Impaired and how to make traveling with a blind
person easier with Tips for Guiding a Visually Impaired or Blind Person.
Seminars
will provide information that could save your sight or the sight of someone you
love.
All presentations are presented by Molly
Koon Kellogg, Community Education and Advocacy Manager at The Watson Center.
For more information, please call 441-9958.
NEW
DESCRIPTIVE VIDEOS
Descriptive
videos are selected contemporary and classic movies specially adapted for the
visually impaired. The soundtrack includes narration that describes visual
elements such as action, settings, costuming, and gestures without interfering
with actual dialog or sound effects.
Several
new titles have recently been added to the Descriptive Video collection. To
order these or other movies, please call us at 441-9958:
DVS
10201 Charade
DVS
10208 A Walk in Your Shoes
DVS
10209 Little Bill
DVS
10210 Franklin the Turtle
DVS
10211 Gomer Pyle: USMC:
Captain
Ironpants
DVS
10212 Andy Griffith: the Runaway Kid
DVS
10213 Ten to Midnight
DVS
10214 Blue Hawaii
DVS
10215 Assignment Discovery: the Human
Body
DVS
10216 Assignment Discovery: an Inside
View: the Flu
“LIST
FOR AMERICA”
The Notable Books Council of the Reference and User Services Association has compiled its year 2001 list of outstanding books for the general reader:
Fiction:
RC
50848 Blind Assassin by
Margaret Atwood
RC
50950 Amazing Adventures
of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
RC
49263 Disgrace by J. M.
Coetzee
RC
51848 Last Samurai by
Helen DeWitt
RC
50089 Anil’s Ghost by
Michael Ondaatje
RC 50261 White Teeth by Zadie Smith
Non-Fiction:
RC
50517 From Dawn to
Decadence: 500 Years of Western Cultural Life, 1500 to the Present by Jacques
Barzun
RC
49737 A Heartbreaking
Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
RC
50310 Genome: The
Autobiography of a Species in 23 Chapters by Matt Ridley
RC
51667 Bruce Chatwin by
Nicholas Shakespeare
RC
51481 In Siberia by Colin
Thubron
NEW!
ACCESS TECHNOLOGY
WEEKEND
AND EVENING COURSES
AT
THE WATSON CENTER*
Have you been yearning to learn how
to use Jaws for Windows (JFW) with Microsoft Excel? Have you been putting
off learning how to maximize the full potential of your new Braille n’ Speak
because you just don’t have the time? Then these courses are for you.
Starting
in October, The Watson Center will begin offering 13 new evening and weekend
courses, designed for people with limited time, and a desire to learn more about
adaptive technology. Parents whose children use adaptive technology, and who
want to learn more about it, are also encouraged to attend.
Qualified
professionals will teach the courses, and they will be approximately 13 hours in
length. The course offerings are:
Braille n’ Speak/Braille Lite (6 hours)
Type n’ Speak (6 hours)
JFW Introduction
JFW
Intermediate
JFW
Advanced
Using
JFW and the Internet/E-mail
Using
JFW and Microsoft Excel 2000
Using
JFW and Quicken
Introduction
to Zoom Text
Introduction
to Magic
Using
Connect Outloud
Using
JFW and Microsoft Word
Scanners
and scanning software
Size is limited to four students for better individual instruction. Register early to ensure your space in class. For more information about tuition, or to register, call Heather Dixon at (727) 544-4433 x260.
The Watson Center is growing and expanding to meet the needs of the visually impaired consumer. In addition to the courses, stop by our Sight Shoppe and see what access technology is available for you to purchase. We look forward to serving your needs. For more information about The Watson Center, visit our website at www.watsoncenter.org.
*Submitted
for publication by Heather Dixon of The Watson Center.
Have
You Read a Great Book? Don’t Pass It Along
It’s so tempting! You’ve listened to a terrific book and you want to share it with a friend who also uses Talking Books. What would be the harm in just passing it along?
Well,
just like a public library, PTBL has long lists of readers waiting for terrific
books, so if you pass your copy along, those who have specifically requested
that book must wait even longer. Also, we will have no way of knowing that your
friend has read the book, and may send it to them a second time thinking they
have never read it. So tell you friend about the book and they can request a
copy for themselves.
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Library
StaffLaurie
Talerico Marianne
Morawetz
Assistant
Librarian Library
Assistant
taleril@tblc.org
morawem@tblc.org
You
may reach us Monday—Friday 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
(727)
441-9958
(727)
441-3168 TDD
(727)
441-9068 FAX
Pinellas
Talking
Book
FREE Matter FOR THE
1330 Cleveland
Street
BLIND OR HANDICAPPED
Clearwater, FL 33755-5103