Columbus Library for Accessible Services

Due to staffing changes at the Columbus Library for Accessible Services, effective March 31, we will be posting about CLASS related topics on our main page. If you aren't following us there now, please check us out: Chattahoochee Valley Libraries

Upcoming Library Expo Focuses on the Visually Impaired All sorts of resources and representatives will be available.

An old post, but worth sharing.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/alltechconsidered/2012/02/13/146812288/braille-under-siege-as-blind-turn-to-smartphones

Fascinating article.

Lessons On Blindness, 'For The Benefit Of Those Who See' Writing about a school for the blind in Tibet, Rosemary Mahoney faced her own fear of losing sight.

Our offices are closed until Monday, December 30th at 10:00 am. We hope you and your family are having a wonderful holiday season!

For The Fallen - Laurence Binyon "At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them." Moved by the opening of the Great War and the already high number of casualties of the British Expeditionary Force, in 1914 Laurence...

GLASS: A Resource for the Music Lover Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services (GLASS) distributes books in audio and in Braille to serve the needs of the blind and the physically impaired

http://youtu.be/MKmnNwVOGp0

ALERT:
Due to the federal government shutdown as of Tuesday, October 1, 2013, Library of Congress personnel (including all NLS staff) are furloughed. BARD servers are shut down for the duration. BARD Service will be restored as quickly as possible, once NLS staff are allowed to return to work. We truly regret any inconvenience this may cause you. Your local CLASS staff is available to assist you in any way possible. Please contact us at 706-243-2688 or [email protected].

http://www.wtvm.com/story/23595289/starbucks-to-offer-braille-giftcard?t=2013-10-02T20%3A30%3A09Z

Starbucks to offer Braille gift card A Braille gift card will now be available at all Starbucks registers.