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Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library That All May Read Wolfner Library About Wolfner Library & Its Patrons Wolfner Library has served print-disabled Missourians since 1938. Wolfner Library is Supported by Federal Funding

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Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library

That All May Read

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About Wolfner Library & Its Patrons

Wolfner Library

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Wolfner Library has served print-disabled Missourians since 1938.

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Wolfner Library is Supported by…

  • Federal Funding
  • State General Revenue
  • The Friends of Wolfner Library
  • Library Users of Missouri of the

Missouri Council for the Blind (MCB)

  • And other affiliates
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Approximately 2.4 percent of Missourians have vision difficulties...

(Source: American Fact Finder)

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Over 15% of Missourians have a form of physical disability that may prevent them from reading standard printed materials.

(Source: American Fact Finder)

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Less than 10% of books published annually are accessible to print-disabled individuals.

(Source: World Blind Union)

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Reviewing the numbers…

  • 13,000+ Individual Patrons
  • 2 years to 105 years
  • 61% Over 65
  • Average age 68
  • 2,100+ Institutions
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Reviewing the numbers…

  • Wolfner Library’s yearly

circulation rate: 500,000 titles circulated/year

  • Average circulation rate in

Missouri: 367,959 Wolfner Library users are avid readers!

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Over 50 Network Libraries

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Qualifying for Services

Wolfner Library

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Who Qualifies for Service?

  • Blind or Visually Impaired
  • Physically Disabled
  • Reading Disabled
  • Institutions and Schools
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  • Apply
  • Certify
  • Return

Application Process

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Who Can Certify Potential Patrons?

  • Librarians
  • Rehabilitations Teachers
  • Counselors
  • Case Workers
  • Social Workers
  • Therapists
  • Registered Nurses
  • Optometrists
  • Ophthalmologists
  • Doctors of Medicine
  • r Osteopathy*
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Patron Services

Wolfner Library

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Our Reader Advisors are our resident experts with over 137 cumulative years of experience helping patrons.

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  • Reference Assistance
  • Youth Services
  • Wolfner Newsletter
  • NFB Newsline
  • Recommended Reading Lists
  • Foreign Language Materials

Additional Services…

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  • Missouri Authors
  • Books About Missouri
  • Missouri Setting
  • MASL Award Books
  • Building Block Award Books

Wolfner Library Recording Studio…

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Materials are shipped… …at no cost!

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Programming Services for Patrons

Wolfner Library

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Adult Winter Reading Program

  • Runs January-March
  • Patrons vote on the theme
  • 2017 theme:

Passport to Adventure

  • Customized

recommended reading list

  • Prizes to top three readers
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Book Clubs for Adults

  • Started in May, 2016
  • Conducted via

conference call

  • Each club meets
  • nce a month
  • Three clubs offered
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Novel Reads Club

  • General fiction
  • Upcoming on

October 13th:

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Big Ideas Book Club

  • General nonfiction
  • Upcoming on

October 27th:

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Good Books Book Club

  • Mild reads titles

– Little-to-no sex, violence, and strong language

  • Upcoming on

October 20th:

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Youth Summer Reading Program

In 2016 104 Participants 71 Completed 68% Completion Rate Highest participation recorded to date

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Wolfner Library’s Racing to Read Early Literacy Program for the Visually Impaired

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Racing to Read Early Literacy Program: Qualifications

  • Patron of Wolfner Library
  • Between birth and 6 years old
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Racing to Read Early Literacy Program: How it Works

  • Register
  • Bi-Monthly Kits

– Early Literacy Information – Print/Braille Books – Early Literacy Manipulatives

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Racing to Read Early Literacy Program: Skills

  • Touching and Sensing
  • Rhyming and Singing
  • Playing with Books
  • Letters and Dots
  • Telling a Story
  • Words Everywhere
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Wolfner Library’s

Teen Poetry Contest

  • Patron of Wolfner Library
  • Between the ages of 13 to 18
  • Release Form Required
  • Submit original poem(s) between October 15th

and December 12th

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  • Poem published in Wolfner Library’s Spring

Newsletter

  • Receive a Wolfie plushie
  • Poem will be recorded and brailled

Teen Poetry Contest: Prizes

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Veteran Home Project

  • Pilot Program

– Current participants:

– Mexico – Warrensburg

  • Deposit

collections within homes

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Materials Offered

Wolfner Library

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Book Formats

  • Large Print
  • Braille
  • Print/Braille for Children
  • Digital Audio Cartridges
  • Digital Audio Downloads
  • Web Braille
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Cartridges & Talking Book Players

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Additional Accessories

  • Breath Switch
  • Headphones
  • High Volume Player

with Headphones

  • Pillow Speaker
  • Remote Control Unit
  • Solar Panel Battery Charger
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80,000+ Digital Books & 70+ Digital Magazines

BARD provides downloads via personal computer

  • r mobile apps
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Our Collection Includes: Fiction

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Nonfiction

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Bestsellers

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Magazines

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Descriptive DVDs

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Print/Braille Games

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Music

  • Braille Sheet Music
  • Large Print Sheet Music
  • Web Braille Sheet Music
  • Music Theory and

Appreciation Recordings

  • Master Class Recordings
  • 6 dedicated Music

Magazines

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Loan Periods

  • Books (any format):

6 weeks

  • Audio Magazines:

6 weeks

  • Descriptive DVDS:

2 weeks

  • Print/Braille Games:

2 weeks; can renew for 1 additional week

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How Patrons Select Materials

Wolfner Library

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Ways to select material

  • Ordering from Catalogs
  • Request Online/Phone
  • System Selection Based
  • n Preferences and

Availability

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Bibliographies & Catalogs

  • Wolfner Library offers over

30 themed adult and youth recommended reading lists

  • NLS Produced Catalogs
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Preferences Exclusions

author sexual content series violence subject strong language gender of narrator foreign accents reading level

System Selection

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Connect with Wolfner Library

https://www.facebook.com/wolfnerlibrary Address: 600 West Main Street P.O. Box 387 Jefferson City, Missouri 65101 Toll Free: (800) 392-2614 Phone: (573) 751-8720 Fax: (573) 751-3612 E-mail Wolfner@sos.mo.gov

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Presenter Contact Information

Lisa Hellman, Youth Services Librarian

  • lisa.hellman@sos.mo.gov

Amy Nickless, Special Services Librarian 

  • amy.nickless@sos.mo.gov
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Technology Petting Zoo

  • Wolfner Library Technology will be available,

including, – Digital Players – iPad and Samsung Tablet to demo BARD – Refreshable Braille Display with iPad – Descriptive DVDs

  • Amy will be available from 2:00-3:00
  • Lisa will be available from 3:00-4:00
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Questions?