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February
2008
N E W S L E T T E R
Beverlee Babcock, Librarian - 586-286-1580
Wednesday
Evening Hours End In March
The
Macomb LBPH will be closed Wednesday evenings beginning March 5.
The library was open until 9 p.m. since May 2007, but few patrons
took advantage of the extended hours. The Macomb LBPH will
be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Arrangements
can be made to pick up or return books after regular business
hours by contacting the library at 586-286-1580.
Military
Veterans
The
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is required by
federal law to give preference to veterans. If you are a
veteran of American military service, please call us at
586-286-1580 so we can verify that your military service is noted
in your computer record so you can receive priority treatment in
library service.
Get
a Clue @ Your Library - 2007 Summer Reading Program
Nicholas
Lippard was the grand prize winner for the children and teen 2007
summer reading program, “Get a Clue @ Your Library”.
Nicholas read at least 15 minutes per day for a total of 12 hours
of reading. His name was entered in the grand prize drawing
and was the lucky winner. Nicholas chose the Armadillo Army
Software educational video game as his grand prize.
Congratulations Nicholas! Other participants included in the
grand prize drawing and receiving participation prizes were Jeremy
Levi, Robert Lippard and Douglas Paulsell. Watch for this
year’s program, “Catch the Reading Bug”.
Save
the Date - June 3
The
Macomb LBPH will celebrate its 25th anniversary of service to
Macomb County residents. Dr. Lylas Mogk, director of the
Henry Ford Visual Rehabilitation and Research Center will be the
featured speaker.
Word
Link Game
Select
a book to read. The next book you read after that must
contain a word from the title of the previous book. Continue
this format and see how many books you can read that are linked.
For example: Painted House by John Grisham; House of Sand
and Fog by Andre Dubus; Carved in Sand by Cathryn Ramin. The
person with the longest link will receive a cassette collection of
12 classic radio shows. Complete eight and receive one entry
in the grand prize drawing for your own personal cassette player
donated by the Macomb Intermediate School District.
Participants reading eight or more books will receive a talking
calculator. Thank you, Joe Slisinger, for recommending this
game.
Word
link begins Feb 19 and ends April 4.
Downloadable
Books from NLS
Patrons
can participate in the pilot test for digital downloadable books.
This program allows patrons to download digital talking book files
over the Internet and play them back through a digital talking
book player. You must be a member of the Library for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped to participate. You must
also have a digital talking book player. The Victor Reader
Stream by Humanware was recently demonstrated to the staff for
this purpose. Visit www.humanware.com
or call 1-800-722-3393 for information about this product.
To apply for this program visit www.nlstalkingbooks.org/dtb,
read the application instructions and click on the enrollment
form.
Assistive
Technology Web Site
Visit
www.atxchange.org to
purchase or sell assistive technology equipment in Michigan.
The service is free.
Learning
Disabilities Association of
America International Conference
The
conference will be held Feb. 27 to March 1 in Chicago. Visit
www.LDAAmerica.org for
the conference brochure and online registration.
Book
Discussion Kits
Prepackaged
book discussion kits containing seven large print books of the
same title are available for you to share with your family,
friends or neighbors so you can enjoy a lively and fun book
discussion. The following five titles will be added to the
collection.
Ball,
Donna. Smoky Mountain Tracks. (Mystery)
Brown,
Rita Mae. The Hounds and the Fury. (Mystery)
Miller,
Linda Loel. Man from Stone Creek. (Romance)
O’Brien,
Tim. In the Lake of the Woods. (Mystery)
Wood,
Monica. Any Bitter Thing. (Domestic Drama)
Free
Computer Training
Accessible
Computer Training (A.C.T.) offers basic computer training
using screen reader or magnification software in the Macomb LBPH.
Internet access, e-mail, word processing and other computer
concepts are taught. Call Beverlee Babcock at 586-286-1580
for information and registration.
eBlind
offers advanced computer instruction and adaptive technology
computer training. Sessions are 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on the
second and fourth Thursdays of each month in the Macomb County
Library computer lab. For more information and reservations
contact Bruce Bullard at 1-888-325-4631.
Library
Closings
The
library will be closed on the following holidays:
February
18th - Presidents Day
March
21st - Good Friday (Open from 9 a.m. to noon)
Macomb
Library for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped
is
a public service of the Macomb County Board of Commissioners.
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