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| **NLS Staff Present: | **NLS Staff Present: | ||
| - | Pamela Davenport\\ | + | **Carolyn Sung**, Chief, Network Division\\ |
| - | Carolyn Sung\\ | + | **Steve Prine**, Assistant Chief, Network Division\\ |
| - | Steve Prine\\ | + | **Deborah Toomey**, Head, Network Services Section\\ |
| - | Deborah Toomey\\ | + | **Vickie Collins**, Network Consultant\\ |
| - | Vickie Collins\\ | + | **MaryBeth Wise**, Network Consultant\\ |
| - | MaryBeth Wise\\ | + | **Pamela Davenport**, |
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| **Network Chairs:**\\ | **Network Chairs:**\\ | ||
| - | Danielle Miller, Western Conference\\ | + | **Danielle Miller**, Western Conference\\ |
| - | Barbara Penegor, Southern Conference\\ | + | **Barbara Penegor**, Southern Conference\\ |
| - | Catherine Durivage, Midlands Conference\\ | + | **Catherine Durivage**, Midlands Conference\\ |
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| **NLS:** There is a braille producers conference going on today. Karen Kenenger is in attendance as is Judy Dixon. All of the braille producers are attending. They are brainstorming on changing and increasing braille production. This is preliminary conference to the Braille Summit that is to be held in Massachusetts in June 2013.\\ | **NLS:** There is a braille producers conference going on today. Karen Kenenger is in attendance as is Judy Dixon. All of the braille producers are attending. They are brainstorming on changing and increasing braille production. This is preliminary conference to the Braille Summit that is to be held in Massachusetts in June 2013.\\ | ||
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| **NLS:** Suggest posing your questions to Judy Dixon at the open forum. (Update per NLS open forum – any braille-aware device with text-to-speech capabilities)\\ | **NLS:** Suggest posing your questions to Judy Dixon at the open forum. (Update per NLS open forum – any braille-aware device with text-to-speech capabilities)\\ | ||
| - | **Chairs:** We noticed that the latest NLS job announcement doesn' | + | **Chairs:** We noticed that the latest NLS job announcement doesn' |
| **NLS:** Yes. No Library of Congress job posting will require a MLS for a 1410 job. The job requirements are built into the knowledge, skills and abilities and not based on a degree.\\ | **NLS:** Yes. No Library of Congress job posting will require a MLS for a 1410 job. The job requirements are built into the knowledge, skills and abilities and not based on a degree.\\ | ||
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| **Chairs:** Has NLS worked on reaching out to optometrists or ophthalmologists at a national level?\\ | **Chairs:** Has NLS worked on reaching out to optometrists or ophthalmologists at a national level?\\ | ||
| - | **NLS: We have made endeavors in the past. We have exhibited at their conference, but tend to have more luck with optometrists than ophthalmologists. Some ophthalmologists considered it a failure if they cannot cure a person’s eyesight problems.\\ | + | **NLS:** We have made endeavors in the past. We have exhibited at their conference, but tend to have more luck with optometrists than ophthalmologists. Some ophthalmologists considered it a failure if they cannot cure a person’s eyesight problems.\\ |
| **NLS:** We are still working on the demographics survey.\\ | **NLS:** We are still working on the demographics survey.\\ | ||