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Joe Ruffalo speaks with the Director of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, Venetia V. Demson
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Ms. Demson is a strong advocate for Braille literacy and English literacy for the Deaf and hard of hearing. She markets NJLBH statewide, and in cooperation with the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI), the NJ Division for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, and other state agencies and organizations serving or representing New Jersey's disabled communities, promotes awareness of the importance of literacy to career success and quality of life.
The NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped is a division of the New Jersey State Library affiliated with Thomas Edison State College.
The New Jersey Library for Blind and Handicapped:
- offers over 96,000 books and magazines in Braille, recorded and large print formats, and loans cassette players for 4-track and 2-track audiotapes.
- broadcasts local news from seven New Jersey newspapers, grocery coupons, TV Guide and other programming statewide 24/7 through the Audiovision radio reading service.
- loans assistive technology from the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI).
- administers telephone access to over 200 nationwide audio newspapers through CBVI-sponsored NFB-NEWSLINE.
- loans audio-described videos.
- loans Assistive Listening Devices for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- offers monthly American Sign Language Story Hours for first, second and third graders from the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf and the public (October-June).
- has the largest Braille collection in the state, 13,000 volumes.
- serves people ranging from 4 to 107 years old. Of our 12,000 customers, over 1900 are 21 or younger.
- benefits from the fund-raising activities of the Friends of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, a 501 ( c ) 3 charitable organization which helps support NJLBH's programs, collections and services.
For more information on the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, contact Anne McArthur, Head of Outreach, at 609-530-3242 or amcarthur@njstatelib.org.
NJLBH provides:
-books and magazines in Braille, recorded and large print formats;
broadcasts 7 New Jersey newspapers through the Audiovision radio reading service;
administers the CBVI-sponsored NFB-Newsline telephone audio newspaper service and the Assistive Technology Loan Program; and loans Assistive Listening Devices for the deaf and hard of hearing.
The NJ Library for the Blind and Handicapped is a division of the New Jersey State Library affiliated with Thomas Edison State College.
The New Jersey Library for Blind and Handicapped:
- offers over 96,000 books and magazines in Braille, recorded and large print formats, and loans cassette players for 4-track and 2-track audiotapes.
- broadcasts local news from seven New Jersey newspapers, grocery coupons, TV Guide and other programming statewide 24/7 through the Audiovision radio reading service.
- loans assistive technology from the NJ Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CBVI).
- administers telephone access to over 200 nationwide audio newspapers through CBVI-sponsored NFB-NEWSLINE.
- loans audio-described videos.
- loans Assistive Listening Devices for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- offers monthly American Sign Language Story Hours for first, second and third graders from the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf and the public (October-June).
- has the largest Braille collection in the state, 13,000 volumes.
- serves people ranging from 4 to 107 years old. Of our 12,000 customers, over 1900 are 21 or younger.
- benefits from the fund-raising activities of the Friends of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, a 501 ( c ) 3 charitable organization which helps support NJLBH's programs, collections and services.
For more information on the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped, contact Anne McArthur, Head of Outreach, at 609-530-3242 or amcarthur@njstatelib.org.
NJLBH provides:
-books and magazines in Braille, recorded and large print formats;
broadcasts 7 New Jersey newspapers through the Audiovision radio reading service;
administers the CBVI-sponsored NFB-Newsline telephone audio newspaper service and the Assistive Technology Loan Program; and loans Assistive Listening Devices for the deaf and hard of hearing.
To learn more about the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped visit www.njlbh.org
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Venetia V. Demson was appointed Director of the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped (NJLBH) on May 31, 2004, after serving as the Assistant Regional Librarian at the Wisconsin Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. A graduate of Smith College with a B.A. in French Literature, she received her Masters of Library and Information Science (MLIS) degree from the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. Prior to that, her fifteen-year career in ocean transportation management and sales included tenure as Vice President of Marketing for a Fortune 100 transportation subsidiary. She believes that "Reading is for Everyone, and her vision is to reach the approximately 290,000 blind and visually impaired New Jersey residents, as well as the eligible reading disabled and physically handicapped of our State, who are eligible for the specialized services of the Library for the Blind and Handicapped.
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