Offering choice to readers
The Touch Of project will produce 10 sampler Braille volumes, 10 sampler CDs and 10 sampler cassettes. Each of the samplers will have between 8 and 10 extracts from Braille and audio titles available for borrowing from NLB, RNIB and Calibre. There are also 10 A Touch Of booklists of Large Print titles downloadable from this site soon. The samplers will be compiled on reader-centred principles to create an interesting reading/listening experience for the user. The samplers will have the same theme across all formats though there may be some variation in the books featured inside depending on what is available in each format.
What you will get with A Touch Of
Each library authority in England will receive:
- 1 set of 10 A Touch Of samplers as Calibre cassettes
- 1 set of 10 A Touch Of samplers as RNIB CDs
- 1 set of 10 A Touch Of samplers as Braille books
Library authorities will receive their free samplers during April 2001.
Current lists being worked on:
A velvet touch
Touching infinity
A touch ticklish
A sharp touch
A light touch
A touch of terror
A healing touch
A touch of mischief
A touch of tension
A touch of tendernessClick here for lists of titles on samplers
Special deal on Large Print titles:
Ulverscroft is offering a special package of large print titles plus free display materials. Buy 30 titles from the A Touch Of... lists and you will receive 20% discount, a free display stand and other display materials. Some titles are also available in audio.
For orders, contact:
Mark Merrill, UK Sales Manager
Ulverscroft and Magna
The Green
Bradgate Road
Ansty
Leicestershire LE7 7FUemail: [email protected]
tel: 0116 236 4325
A Touch of ..... Festival
The Touch Of samplers will be launched in May 2001 with a festival week of creative reading events in public libraries under the banner of A Touching Experience. This will build on the partnerships between NLB, public library authorities and local voluntary associations for the blind forged in the successful programme of events for National Touch Reading Day and the first Touching Experience Festival in May 1999. A number of grants are available from the NLB to public libraries who work with their local associations for visually impaired people to make a creative reading event which involves VIP readers. To apply for a grant your authority must have attended one of the regional training sessions held up to December 2000, where details of the grant programme were disseminated.
