Published: 15 December 2011 Paramount Pictures released three new titles on DVD and Blu-ray with audio descripton (AD) this month.
In October we wrote to all braille and giant print readers to ask for information about your reading preferences. This is important because we will be introducing a new computer system later next year and we need to know what kind of books you enjoy reading so we can prepare in advance.
RNIB National Library Service is hosting an introduction to ebook readers event at National Library Service, Bredbury near Stockport on Wednesday 8th February 10am -12.30pm and 1.30 to 4.00pm and Thursday 9th February 2012, 10am -12.30pm and 1.30 to 4.00pm.
RNIB Pears Centre for Specialist Learning has recently been awarded a prestigious Research Charter Mark by The Schools Network. The Research Charter Mark is a quality award for schools and academies who demonstrate the importance of enquiry-based teaching.
Well done to Katherine Healey from Buckingham who named all the rib ticklers in our last quiz correctly. We're bidding farewell to the quiz but we couldn't just leave you wondering about the answers.
The Library often receives offers of braille books. Unfortunately, we no longer run an Overseas Gifts Programme, so we ask that anyone wishing to donate braille books contact the library first to check whether the titles are needed.
New specialist accomodation at RNIB Pears Centre for young people with complex needs who are blind or partially sighted.
Published: 21 November 2011 Transformers: Dark of the Moon will soon be available with audio description on DVD and Blu-ray discs.
Published: 21 November 2011 Paramount Pictures releases Kung fu Panda 2 with audio description on the DVD
Published: 10 November 2011 Epic adaptation of Evelyn Waugh's classic novel, Brideshead Revisited was released with audio description on DVD and Blu-ray recently.
Published: 10 November 2011 Last week saw the launch of the Star Wars Blu-ray box set with all six feature films and, for the first time ever, audio description tracks are available for all six films.
Technology isn't just about having the latest gadget; it's about making life easier. Many of the latest high street products are designed with blind and partially sighted people in mind. It's often just about knowing how to access the right features. This is something that Maggy Bower discovered after purchasing an Amazon Kindle.
If you are a parent of a blind or partially sighted child, make a note in your diary about the Kidz Up North exhibition at the Reebok Stadium, Bolton, on Thursday, 24 November 2011, 9.30am to 4.30pm.
It's 20 years since, ultra showman, Freddie Mercury died. However as the old adage goes his music lives on. We celebrate his life with a couple of biographies and appropriately through Queen's music available from our braille music collection.
Calling all giant print readers, we are now looking for people to join our bookchain for 2012. The aim of the bookchain is to get people reading books that they may otherwise not have tried.
Last updated: 11 July 2012