We’re thrilled to announce approximately 1,800 newly published titles from Crane Library at UBC. We received this batch of books in January, and after doing what we needed to do, we’re pleased to release the 1,300 MP3 files in live narration, and the 500 titles in e-text. We began working with Crane last year to exchange content, and now we can...
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Following the April 21st, 2015 release of the Federal Government’s 2015-2016 Budget Plan, Strong Leadership, people interested in accessible library service will be pleased to learn the federal government has committed to signing the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Marrakesh Treaty. The Treaty’s...
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We’re very happy to announce that we have just added 585 more DAISY
books to our collection. This is the final batch of a large purchase we
made from Recorded Books. For more about earlier batches, see our
January news story.As with previous...
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We recently received a large contribution from the Optasia Library of the Christian Ministry Resources for the Blind in the United States through the Commonwealth Braille and Talking Book Cooperative. The collection of over 1,200 titles focus on biblical, spiritual, and theological texts.
At this...
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We've just finished working with Post Hypnotic Press to purchase eighteen of their audiobooks for the NNELS collection. Post Hypnotic is a small, audiobook publisher founded in 2010 and based in New Westminster, BC. Almost all of these titles fill patron and library requests, and most of them are written by Canadian authors. We were able to...
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February 1st to 7th, 2015, is White Cane Week and it’s our pleasure to announce the addition of about 1,000 downloadable DAISY books to the NNELS collection, including hundreds of titles for children and young adults.
White Cane Week was created by the Canadian Council of the Blind to "create awareness of issues that confront the blind and...
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Updates and Edits
Mar. 16: Hooray! We'ved added All My Puny Sorrows, by Miriam Toews, and added it to the list of titles below.
Jan. 26: We've released Monkey Beach and added it to our list of available...
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Canadians with print disabilities, who are unable to read print materials, have access to a growing collection of downloadable audio and electronic books through public libraries. Today, the National Network for Equitable Library Service (NNELS) is pleased to announce that over 30 Freehand Books titles will be added...
