LBH July 2007
• On June 29, News12 kicked off its new On the Road series by featuring the New Jersey Library for the Blind and Handicapped. Anchorman Tony Caputo taped three segments at LBH headquarters in Trenton, which aired live and included interviews with LBH Director Faith Lundgren and other staff members. Customers, volunteers, services and the outreach efforts of the library were featured in different segments. Just a few hours after the broadcast, a Readers Services Advisor reported receiving the first call from someone wanting to register who had just heard the program.
• LBH continues to meet and plan with NJN, our broadcast carrier of Audiovision, to address needs and concerns about the transition of television broadcasting to a digital format in 2007. This change will necessitate that new receivers be provided to Audiovision customers so that they may continue to receive the LBH 24 hour radio programming.
• NJLBH sponsored the 4th Annual Disability Law Conference held in conjunction with the Office of the Attorney General, New Jersey division on Civil Rights. This year the focus of the conference was “Protecting the Rights of People Who are Blind or Visually Impaired.”