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NLS Operations Alert

No. 18-82

DATE          :    October 31, 2018
TO                :    Network Libraries
FROM         :    Meredith Beckhardt, Head, Reference Section
SUBJECT   :    New documents released in October 2018


The following new or revised documents are available from NLS:


On the NLS website<http://www.loc.gov/nls>:
Bibles and Other Sacred Writings in Special Media<https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/services/reference-publications/guides/>, MP3 (more information below)
Current Literature<https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/news/reference-news-added-entries/current-literature-volume-44-issue-4/>, Volume 44, Issue 4
Disability Awareness for Children Pre-K through Grade 6<https://www.loc.gov/nls/resources/general-resources-on-disabilities/disability-awareness-children-pre-k-sixth-grade/>, 2018
News,<https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/news/quarterly-newsletter-news/news-july-september-2018/> July-September 2018

On the Network Library Services website:
Focus on Native Americans<https://www.loc.gov/nlsold/networkdocs/native/focus18-02.html>, 18-02

At the multistate centers:
Braille Book Review, September-October 2018 (CA6185)
Magnifying Devices, 2018, print (CR009)
Talking Book Topics, September-October 2018 (CA5161)

We are pleased to announce that two reference guides have been narrated by the NLS Studio: Blindness and Visual Impairments: Information and Assistance Organizations and Bibles and Other Sacred Writings. The MP3<https://www.loc.gov/nls/about/services/reference-publications/guides/> formatted versions are on the NLS website. To request a copy of the 3GP audio file (NLS format) that has navigation markers to be used a master for duplication, please contact Meredith Beckhardt, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>.

BONUS: NLS received 15 braille copies of each of the 2018 editions of What You Need to Know When You Get Retirement or Survivors Benefits and Retirement Benefits from the Social Security Administration. If you are interested in a copy, please contact the Reference Section.

For your convenience when ordering publications, please find attached a list of all current Reference Section publications with their stock numbers.

Attachment: NLS Reference Guides handout [MS Word (DOCX)/ 3 p.]

For more information, contact:
Meredith Beckhardt
Head, Reference Section
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