Network Bulletin No. 05-19
Date: April 15, 2005
Subject: Reference materials
Index term Subject Index to Network Bulletins and Other Reports
The January-December 2004 __Subject Index to Network Bulletins and Other NLS
Reports __is enclosed. We welcome your comments on the usefulness of this annual
index and any ideas for improvement.
Enclosure
For further information contact:
Linda Redmond
Head, Reference Section
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Subject Index to Network Bulletins and Other NLS Reports
January-December 2004
Note: This document is a subject index to network bulletins and the occasional reports to the
network that are listed below. Network bulletins are indexed by bulletin number alone; other
reference documents have their alphabet symbols before the numbers.
AR Automation Report OA Operations Alerts
M&A Machines and Accessories OT Other Transmittals
MS Media Services PR Publications Report
NA Focus on Native Americans TIE Timely Information
Exchange*
*TIE: electronic messages sent to a select group of e-mail addresses
Subject Network Bulletin
or Report Number
Added Entries
spring 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
summer 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
fall 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
winter 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
Address list
address list for cooperating libraries . . . . . . TIE 04-04
ALA Standards
draft revision of the Revised Standards and Guidelines of Service for the
Library of Congress Network of Libraries for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped, 1995
04-19, 04-61
Automated copy allotment
April MARC download available. . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-13, 04-14
bibliographic download and WebNet availability . . . . . TIE 04-18
bibliographic downloads Bill Clinton's My Life . . . . . TIE 04-24
delivery verification report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-05
MARC download for April. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-13
MARC download for June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-19
Automation activities
NLS WebNet, READS hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-26
WebNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-16
Awards
draft proposal for an NLS/BPH Network Library of the Year award 04-29
nomination for the Francis Joseph Campbell Citation and Award 04-64
Schneider Family Book Award. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-28
Book collection
announced book pulled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-06
book number changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-12
braille titles from JBI International. . . . . . . . . . . . 04-40
cassette book warranty address . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-17
print/braille book BR 16008 cancelled. . . . . . . . . . . . 04-67
rush book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-20,TIE 04-22
unassigned book numbers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-37
Books wanted
December 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. OT
January 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
February 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
March 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
April 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
May 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
June 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
July 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
August 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
September 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
October 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
November 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
Braille Book Review
Braille Book Review book number corrections . . . . .TIE 04-29
Braille mailing containers
mailing supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-65
Budget, NLS
NLS share of program costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-13
Certification and eligibility
number of blind and vision-impaired Americans expected to
increase 04-38
Collection development
Collection Development Advisory Group 2004 recommendations and NLS
responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-33
Comprehensive Mailing List System (CMLS)
canceled or suspended patrons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .04-54
comparing and reconciling patron data. . . . . . . . . . . . 04-55
Data Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-01, 04-02
NLS systems at Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-04
NLS WebNet, READS hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-26
patron birth year entries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-26
two new features on NLS WebNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-16
WebNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-16
Digital Long-Term Planning Group
report from the May 2003 meeting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-06
Digital talking books
article in AccessWorld magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-44
Executive Summary: Current Strategic Business Plan on cassette 04-69
flash memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-57
NLS Business Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-02
RAID Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-01
technical requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-24
Excess and Redistribution Program (XESS)
annual XESS cycle for braille titles . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-30
fall 2004 cycle announced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-45
spring 2004 cycle announced. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-12
Factsheets
2005 Calendars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
Magazines Produced by Network Libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . OT
Selected Sources for Electronic Texts. . . . . . . . . . . 04-56
Selected Veterans Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . 04-14, 04-56
Sources for Purchase of Cassette Players and Player-Recorders
Compatible with Recorded Materials Produced by the National Library Service
(NLS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-14, TIE 04-09
Focus on Native Americans
Native American program at the National Conference . . . NA 04-01
Native American titles in process. . . . . . . . . . . . NA 03-04
Machine repair
E-1 machine repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-10
machine repair annual statistics report. . . . . . . . . M&A 04-05
Machines
CBM identification label reorder request . . . . . . . . M&A 04-04
current warranty status on playback machines . . . . . . M&A 04-01
headphone amplifier device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M&A 04-03
instructions for shipping C-1 cassette machines to MSCW. . . 04-31
National Audio Equipment Advisory Committee recommendations
and NLS responses, 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .M&A 04-02
Telex E-1 warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . QA 04-07
Magazines
Braille Book Review book number corrections. . . . . . TIE 04-29
January-February Talking Book Topics . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-03
reporting form for Magazines Produced by Network Libraries 04-41
Spider magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 01-21
titles selected for six-month pilot test . . . . . . . . . . 04-03
Vital Speeches of the Day, a new QA magazine . . . . . . . 04-02
Media services
"A Good Book is Worth Sharing" . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS 04-02
MSCE Quality Assurance Program
Grand Canyon Women added to the program. . . . . . . . . .04-18
Narrators
"About the Narrator" web site launched . . . . . . . . . . .04-09
National Conference of Librarians Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals,
2004
agenda and registration form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-07 04-07
agenda and registration information. . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-21
correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-11
hotel reservations for national conference . . . . . . . TIE 04-08
resolutions and NLS responses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-66
resource information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-15
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National outreach and communication projects
2005 campaign kickoff. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-59
new toll-free number 1-888-NLS-READ. . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-08
NLS announces 10ý Talking-Book Club. . . . . . . . . . . . 04-62
NLS Bestseller Report
December 2003. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
January 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
February 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
March 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
April 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
May 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
June 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
July 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
August 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
September 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
October 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
November 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
December 2004. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
NLS International Union Catalog
web links to search the NLS catalog. . . . . . . . . 04-17
NLS Operations Alerts
correction on Network Bulletin 04-62 . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-05
Data Management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-01, 04-02
distribution list. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-50
IRS 2004 tax forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-06
NLS systems at Data Management . . . . . . . . . . . . .
OA 04-04
new toll-free number 1-888-NLS-READ. . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-08
press releases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-03
Telex E-1 warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OA 04-07
NLS public web site
revised home page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-53
Promotional materials
"A Good Book is Worth Sharing" . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS 04-02
poster image on web. . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-25, TIE 04-25A
poster release . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . MS 04-01
Publications
Creating an Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .TIE 04-07
Creating an Annotation and brochures about machine-repair volunteers
04-15
Readership and Circulation
2004 annual reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-58
2004 semiannual reports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-23
Reading at Risk. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-39
READS
NLS WebNet, READS hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-26
Reference materials
Braille Literacy: Resources for Instruction, Writing Equipment, and Supplies
04-60
correct web site for the 2004 Library Resources. . . . . TIE 04-23
Deaf-Blindness: National Organizations and Resources, 2004 . 04-36
Facts: 2005 Calendars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OT
Facts: Magazines Produced by Network Libraries . . . . . . . . OT
Facts: Selected Sources for Electronic Texts . . . . . . . 04-56
Facts: Selected Veterans Organizations . . . . . . . 04-14, 04-56
Facts: Sources for Purchase of Cassette Players and Player-Recorders Compatible
with Recorded Materials Produced by the National Library Service (NLS)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-14, 04-56, TIE 04-09
Guide to Spoken-Word Recordings: Popular Literature, 2004. . 04-56
Information for Travelers with Physical or Visual Disabilities, 2002 04-56
Library Resources for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 2004 04-43
Physical Disabilities: Information and Advocacy Organizations, 2003 04-14
recorded reference documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-56
Subject Index to Network Bulletins and Other Reports . . . . 04-20
Staff, network
2005 schedule of orientation for network staff . . . . . . . 04-49
Florida libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-28
vacancies
Colorado. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-01, 04-22
District of Columbia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . -04, 04-35
Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-48
Missouri. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-42, TIE 04-27
New Jersey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-11
Oregon. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-63
South Carolina. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-32
Utah. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-68
Virginia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-46
Staff, NLS
deputy director appointed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-10
direct-dial telephone numbers and e-mail addresses . . . . . 04-08
head, Inventory Management Section . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-51
information technology specialist appointed in the Engineering
Section 04-52
travel plan for FY 2005, network requests for NLS staff
visits 04-34
Surveys
annual network survey and the Network Library Database . . . 04-05
biennial catalog order form. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PR 04-01
braille music survey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-27
NLS patron survey. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 04-25
Talking Book Topics
January-February Talking Book Topics . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-03
Timely Information Exchange (TIE)
address list for cooperating libraries . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-04
announced book pulled. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-06
April MARC download available. . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-14
bibliographic download & WebNet availability . . . . . . TIE 04-18
bibliographic downloads Bill Clinton's My Life . . . . . TIE 04-24
book number changes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-12
Braille Book Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-29
cassette book warranty address . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-17
correct web site for the 2004 Library Resources. . . . TIE 04-23
correction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-11
correction to poster image on web. . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-25A
Creating an Annotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-07
delivery verification report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-05
E-1 machine repair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-10
Florida libraries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-28
hotel reservations for national conference . . . . . . . TIE 04-08
January-February Talking Book Topics . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-03
MARC download for April. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-13
MARC download for June . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-19
NLS Business Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-02
NLS WebNet, READS hotline. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-26
poster image on web. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-25
RAID Inc.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-01
resource information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-15
rush book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-20,04-22
Spider magazine. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 01-21
staff vacancy, Minnesota . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-27
stock number for Facts: Sources for Purchase of Cassette Players and
Player-Recorders Compatible with Recorded Materials Produced by the
National Library Service (NLS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-09
WebNet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TIE 04-16
Volunteers
national recognition for library and machine-repair volunteers 04-47
Web-based audio magazine program
titles selected for six-month pilot test . . . . . . . . . . 04-03
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