May 2007, Library for the Blind and Handicapped
• NJLBH staff organized a joint presentation with the Norma F. Krajczar Technology Resource & Development Center and Lifelinks Video Relay Service for the NJLA Special Populations Section “Use Assistive Technology to Help Your customers See and Hear.” LBH presented information on the Vision Van, the Assistive Technology Loan Program including assistive listening devices. A representative of the Technology Resource Development Center elaborated about the resources of their demonstration center for assistive technology and a representative of LifeLinks Video Relay Service discussed their offer of free video phones for VRS service to public libraries.
• At the May 15 ASL Story Hour at NJLBH, a representative of the Trenton Thunder, read “Casey at the Bat” while mascot Boomer acted out parts of the poem. Boomer gave an autographed copy of “Casey at the Bat” to the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf.