Vol. 37, No. 1
March 2007
DID YOU KNOW?
If you go out of state for the summer, we can send your books to your summer address. Give your librarian a call before you leave to set up a temporary address for your account and we will continue to serve you through the summer months. You can either take your machine with you or mail it to your summer address. If you prefer to mail the player to yourself, but don’t have a box, please call Michael in the machine area to request a box.
If your book suddenly sounds like the Chipmunks or Donald Duck, check to be sure your speed switch is pushed down on the 15/16 side. If the speed switch is okay then take the tape out of the player and tap it on a hard surface. We seem to have more problems with the tapes running fast during the summer months when the inside/outside temperature change is most extreme.
Reader Advisor Henry Hayden writes a quarterly book review that you can read on our website, http://www.lib.az.us/braille. Go the the Recommended Reading section to find his latest BookTalk. He also narrates his reviews as part of the recorded magazine NewslettersUnlimited. In addition, Henry coordinates a weekly book discussion group at the Arizona Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired, which is just across the street from us.
Our toll-free number works only within the state of Arizona, but you can contact us via email from anywhere in the world. Our address is btbl@lib.az.us. You can also fax requests to us at 602-255-4312.
If you use our online catalog to search for and/or order books and don’t find the book you are most interested in, don’t just give up on it. If it’s a very new book that you just heard about on a television or radio show, it is probably too new for us to have on order yet. Check back in a few months and we could have a record for it then. If it’s an older book, check with your librarian. It’s possible that you’ve made a small error in spelling or title or author information that led to no results. It’s also possible that another regional library recorded the book you’re interested in and we can get it for you through interlibrary loan.
If you move out of state, we can transfer your account to the regional or sub-regional library that serves your new address. Just give us a call and we will notify your new library that you are coming. You can even take your tape player with you if you want, but we need to confirm the serial number before you leave.