Free Talking Books and Magazines Help Nebraskans Keep on Reading

Individuals with visual or physical disabilities may qualify for free talking books from the Nebraska Library Commission. No one needs to forego the pleasure of reading just because they cannot see regular print or hold a book or turn pages - not when recorded books, magazines, and playback equipment are free to any qualifying Nebraskan.

The Nebraska Library Commission’s Talking Book and Braille Service, working with the Library of Congress, offers 60,000 book titles and 100 magazines, mostly on cassette. The Library Commission’s studio records books and magazines about Nebraska and the Great Plains. A cassette player is loaned to each borrower. It has large buttons and can be adapted with finger extenders for the control keys and headphones for private listening.

All materials are mailed to borrowers and returned to the Talking Book and Braille Service postage-free. Application forms can be downloaded from www.nlc.state.ne.us/tbbs/tbbs11.html.

For more information contact Dae Oertli, Talking Book and Braille Service Director, 402-471-4005 or 800-742-7691, e-mail: doertli@nlc.state.ne.us or talking-book@nlc.stae.ne.us.

(taken out of the “NCompass newsletter Vol. 13 No. 3” from the Nebraska Library Commission)

ESU #8 UPCOMING ARTS EVENTS

Elementary Spring Art Festival
The ESU #8 Elementary Spring Art Festival is being held at ESU #8’s Main Office in Neligh, the South Conference Room. It begins on Friday, April 11 and continues through Wednesday, April 16, 2008!

ESU #8 High School Art Show
The ESU #8 High School Art Show is being held again at the Neligh Riverside Park Pavilion. It will begin on Monday, April 21 and will finish up on Wednesday, April 23, 2007!

Registration forms for both events will be sent out soon. Watch for it in your ESU #8 Van Mail bag. This information can also be viewed and/or downloaded from the ESU #8 web site. Simply go online to the ESU #8 homepage and click on the Art Department link.

If you have questions, please contact Bev Tillema, btillema@esu8.org or Teri Schacht, tschacht@esu8.org; 402.887.5041.

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i-SAFE incorporates classroom curriculum with dynamic community outreach to empower students, teachers, parents, law enforcement, and concerned adults to make the Internet a safer place.

i-SAFE knows you are busy and need a system of learning where you can stop, pause, and rewind at your convenience. i-LEARN Online and the i-Mentor Network are created as an "On Demand" system for you to learn safe and responsible use of the Internet at your own pace. i-SAFE provides the lessons you want, when you want them, all with the click of a mouse.

Taken from the i-SAFE website.