Sightlines from Central Rappahannock Regional Library
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What’s New in Access Services?
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Please be sure to call ahead before visiting Access Services, as Beth’s hours fluctuate.
The Talking Book Library has been encouraging states to create and add Talking Books using their own recording studios, adding to the diversity of their collection. Search for the keywords “DBC” and “DBN” in the
online catalog for a list of locally produced titles. Give one a try! You can request a book through Beth or download one through BARD.
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Coming this Spring: Friends of the Library Bookshop!
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Our
Friends of the Library are opening a bookshop next to Access Services at 125 Olde Greenwich Drive, Suite 150. Later this spring, you’ll be able to pick up holds and drop off your library books and donations to the Bookshop. You can visit our website at
librarypoint.org or call 540-372-1144 for information on Bookshop hours.
Join the Friends of the Library and come to a sneak peek on Friday, May 3, from 5:30-7:30. Or, join at the sale. Get a window cling, choose a free book, and shop the sale. Memberships start at $10. Already a member? Membership will be extended to April 1, 2020 for any Friends who registered between May 2018 and March 2019.
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The Things They Carried
by Tim O’Brien
The Things They Carried (DB 34768) was a quick read. Not easy, but worth it. The novel is based on O’Brien’s real-life experiences fighting with an American platoon during the Vietnam War. Its title is literal, the stories centered on the various objects the soldiers kept on their persons during the war: a love letter from a woman who fell out of love long ago and a girlfriend’s pair of stockings used as a blankie, among others.
Even if it doesn’t sound like something you’d pick up, consider the many reasons why we should read about history, even if we’re not initially interested. Historical nonfiction and historical fiction bring the past to life, encouraging empathy and helping us understand how past events inform the future. Plus, discussing a book with other people brings the author’s words to life and expands your horizons.
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Reminder: Meet the Author
The Things They Carried is our NEA Big Read for 2019.
NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
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Read more on the Vietnam experience:
- Blue-Eyed Boy by Robert Timberg DB 79842
- Body Shop: Recuperating from Vietnam by Corinne Browne DB 08576
- Brothers in Arms by William Broyles DB 42917
- They Are All My Family by John Riordan DB 93709
- Sympathy for the Devil by Kent Anderson DB 27974
- A Temporary Sort of Peace by Jim McGarrah DBC 13514
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Braille Displays for Smartphones and Tablets
by Chuck Gray
Did you know refreshable braille displays are available for tablets and smartphones as well as personal computers? A braille display increases the usefulness of mobile devices to those with visual impairments.
On its website, Apple lists supported braille displays that work with Apple’s built-in VoiceOver utility, as well as braille display key commands to navigate the device. You can find this listing at
apple.com/accessibility/ios/braille-display.html. Most of the displays listed on Apple’s page should also work with Android devices. However, unlike Apple devices, Android devices must have the separate BrailleBack app installed in order to work. You can download it from the Google Play Store or visit
http://tinyurl.com/hpqd5sj.
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News from the Xavier Society for the Blind
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Xavier Society for the Blind is pleased to announce that its conversion to digital talking book format is now complete and it has added some popular titles on cartridge to their library. These books can be played on the talking book machines provided by the National Library Service.
With an existing catalog of over 1,500 braille and audio titles, Xavier Society for the Blind provides inspirational, spiritual and religious reading materials in braille and audio to the blind and visually impaired community of faith, free of charge. One of the Society’s primary objectives is to choose new titles which will appeal to a larger audience, hoping that the combination of more appealing titles and the digital talking book format will allow them to reach many more people. Adding titles in Spanish is also a key objective.
For more information, including how to register for the Society’s materials, please visit
xaviersocietyfortheblind.org or call 800-637-9193. The Xavier Society looks forward to serving many more customers in new and innovative ways.
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Fiction Bestsellers
- Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks DB 93639
- House Next Door by James Patterson DB 93579
- In a House of Lies by Ian Rankin DB 93446
- New Iberia Blues by James Lee Burke DB 93476
- Only Woman in the Room by Marie Benedict DB 93756
NonFiction Bestsellers
- Can’t Hurt Me by David Goggins DB 93721
- Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer DB 93768
- Guru by RuPaul DB 93646
- Point of it All by Charles Krauthammer DB 93600
- Team of Vipers by Cliff Sims DB 93767
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For book reservations, to share a review, or for information on Talking Books, contact:
Beth Solka
540-372-1144 extension 7054
Toll Free: 1-800-628-4807
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Inspiring lifelong learning for everyone in our community.
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Serving Fredericksburg, Stafford, Spotsylvania, and Westmoreland, Virginia.
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