FYI Linda Lord Director of Library Development Maine State Library 64 State House Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-5620 [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: Ranney, Melora [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 10:35 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: You CAN get there from here . . . @ your library Maine State Library Outreach : You CAN get there from here "You CAN get there from here . . .@ your library" is the message that Maine State Library Outreach is sending out to blind, visually impaired, and geographically isolated citizens throughout the state. Outreach Services provides Books By Mail, Talking Books, and Large Print materials to the people who need them, and now it's going digital. Books By Mail--which has been in existence since 1981, when it replaced the bookmobiles--will soon be available via Maine InfoNet. The service is in the process of joining Minerva, the state's online consortium, which means that by Summer of 2003 anyone who is without a full-service library can request their materials interactively online. Current Books By Mail users will be getting a survey in January which will gather email addresses and important feedback as to how citizens think the service should work. Talking Books users can now request their books online, using an interactive form. Titles and book numbers can be found using the National Library Service web site; the information can then be entered into a form on the Maine State Library Outreach Services' web site. Both sites are accessible to the blind and others using screen reader technology or web braille. Awareness about the great resources available through the Maine Online Databases will be a part of MSL Outreach efforts to help users see how "You CAN get there from here . . . @ your library." For more information, see the MSLO web site at www.maine.gov/msl/outreach . Melora Ranney Norman, outreach coordinator Maine State Library LMA Cultural Bldg., SHS 64 Augusta, ME 04333 (207) 287-5653 www.state.me.us/msl/outreach