OLIS News and Updates

NLS BARD Support: BARD Express Release

NLS is pleased to announce the release of BARD Express, version 3.0.0.7 [3.0.0.7].

This release includes the long-awaited BARD Express Player, which allows patrons to choose an audio book or magazine from their BARD Express bookshelf a

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Many Faces of BARD, August 8

The topic for the Thursday, August 8, 2024, Many Faces of BARD program will be An Open Forum: Part 2.

In July, we had an open form in which all of our download tech support provided answers to your questions.

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Delivery Holiday - August 12

There will be no LORI delivery on Victory Day - Monday, August 12, 2024.

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The National Library Services, NLS Moves

After 57 years, NLS is—literally—on the move.

It’s been 57 years since NLS—then known as the Library of Congress’s Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped—moved from Capitol Hill to a form

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International Language Quarterly

Thanks to the Marrakesh Treaty and expanded book acquisition, NLS continues to add more international language books to their catalog than ever before.

To help patrons and network library staff locate these titles, NLS is pleased to announce the current issue of the online publication International

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Talking Books Library Info Session

Join Talking Books Library staff to find out how your library can become an institutional member to provide FREE books, magazines and music materials for the print disabled.

Thursday, August 22 @ 10:30 am.  This session will be 1 hour.