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| ===== WLBPD@AADL [MI1B] ===== | ===== WLBPD@AADL [MI1B] ===== | ||
| - | WLBPD@AADL provides materials and support to Youth and Adult book clubs in the following ways:\\ | + | WLBPD@AADL provides materials and support to book clubs in the following ways:\\ |
| * Downloads selection(s) onto cartridges for all eligible participants | * Downloads selection(s) onto cartridges for all eligible participants | ||
| * If more than one selection is chosen (some book clubs are choosing two selections per meeting), bookshelf instructions are included | * If more than one selection is chosen (some book clubs are choosing two selections per meeting), bookshelf instructions are included | ||
| * Book club guides are produced in-house (see AADL Book-Club-to-Go info below) for each selection and provided to book club leaders in both Large Print and audio formats | * Book club guides are produced in-house (see AADL Book-Club-to-Go info below) for each selection and provided to book club leaders in both Large Print and audio formats | ||
| - | * Book club books are labeled with a "WLBPD Produced" | + | |
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| - | Ann Arbor District Library' | + | Ann Arbor District Library' |
| * 10 copies of the featured book (1 copy in Large Print, if available) | * 10 copies of the featured book (1 copy in Large Print, if available) | ||
| * 1 copy of a movie on DVD, if available | * 1 copy of a movie on DVD, if available | ||
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| * Tips for book groups on how to select discussion titles | * Tips for book groups on how to select discussion titles | ||
| * Book club resources; web sites and print | * Book club resources; web sites and print | ||
| - | * An evaluation form for a limited period of time following the launch | ||
| * An inventory tag listing all items included in the canvas zippered tote | * An inventory tag listing all items included in the canvas zippered tote | ||
| Low-vision book clubs may request any titles available through the NLS collection and with enough notice, if guides are not already prepared, they will be produced. | Low-vision book clubs may request any titles available through the NLS collection and with enough notice, if guides are not already prepared, they will be produced. | ||
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| The book group meets on the first Monday of the month, excluding holidays. | The book group meets on the first Monday of the month, excluding holidays. | ||
| - | ===== Georgia Library for Accessible Services | + | ===== Braille and Talking Books @ Taylor Community Library [MI1N] ===== |
| - | * Goals: To encourage | + | Brown Bag Talking Book Discussion meets on the second Wednesday of each month, and lasts 60-90 minutes. People bring their lunches to eat while discussing. |
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| - | * The Clubs are facilitated by volunteer | + | Two talking books are discussed each meeting. Readers can read both, either, or neither of the books. Sighted people reading a print version of the book are also welcome at the discussion. |
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| + | Every month, the group gets a lists of five possible talking books for discussion. Each person is allowed to vote for two books. The two books with the highest votes are passed out at the following month' | ||
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| + | At the meeting, a large print handout is provided that gives the book summaries for today' | ||
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| + | ===== Michigan Braille and Talking Book Library (MI1A, Regional) ===== | ||
| + | Book club held the second Saturday of every month. Members rotate choosing the books and leading the discussions. Virtual only at this time. | ||
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| + | ===== Georgia Library | ||
| + | * Goals: To encourage | ||
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| + | * The Clubs are facilitated by volunteer | ||
| * Each Group has 5-8 members.\\ | * Each Group has 5-8 members.\\ | ||
| * ALL books are from NLS collection. Book club members recommend books for the group to read.\\ | * ALL books are from NLS collection. Book club members recommend books for the group to read.\\ | ||
| - | * GLASS is responsible for downloading the book selections for each member of the books clubs.\\ | + | * GLS is responsible for downloading the book selections for each member of the books clubs.\\ |
| - | * The GLASS librarian meets with the group facilitators via conference call once every other month to exchange ideas and make recommendations.\\ | + | * The GLS librarian meets with the group facilitators via conference call once every other month to exchange ideas and make recommendations.\\ |
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| + | ===== Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled [UT1A] ===== | ||
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| + | Utah State Library for the Blind and Disabled Book Group\\ | ||
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| + | * The book group is sponsored by the Library for the Blind and Disabled, but is open to anyone who wants to participate. | ||
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| + | * The book group meets for an hour on the afternoon of the 2nd Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September, and November. | ||
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| + | * We require that the books discussed be available in DB format and prefer that they also be available in Braille and Large Print if possible. | ||
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| + | ===== Library for the Blind and Print Disabled @ San Francisco Public Library | ||
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| + | * The Book Club meets the second Saturday of the month for 90 minutes. Our reading choices can include fiction, nonfiction or biographies selected by participants at the end of the meeting. The group chooses books for up to five months ahead.\\ | ||
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| + | * Staff creates cartridges containing all of the upcoming selections and provides instruction on using Bookshelf to navigate among titles. For patrons who ask not to use the bookshelf feature, staff provides individual titles for those patrons.\\ | ||
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| + | * In our monthly email blast, we include a list of San Francisco Public Library branch book club selections that are available in an accessible format, either NLS recording or downloadable Overdrive audiobook. This is to support our patrons who may want to participate at neighborhood branches near their homes or with club focused on specific interests or needs, such as mystery, world literature or Spanish language.\\ | ||
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| + | ===== Texas Talking Book Program @ Texas State Library and Archives Commission | ||
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| + | *Our Book Club is currently meeting six times per year (every couple of months). We always have it on a Thursday or Tuesday at 7:00 pm Central time and it lasts one hour via conference call. We have a toll-free phone number so those of our patrons that want to participate can call in from anywhere in Texas. They don't need to have a computer or any type of special technology. All they need is a phone. | ||
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| + | *We send an email blast six weeks before the date of each book club. We also announce the book club dates and titles via our Newsletter and our blog. Patrons contact us if they want to RSVP. We send them the book on cartridge, or they download the title from BARD, depending on their preference. One week before the book club, the patrons that RSVPd get a reminder via email or phone (or both if they wish). | ||
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| + | *We try to pick varied titles: fiction, non-fiction, | ||
| + | ===== Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library [MO1A] ===== | ||
| + | If you were interested in Wolfner Library’s " | ||