On The Next Books and Beyond, Gerry Cohen Guests
During this week’s Books and Beyond Internet Talk Show, host Bonnie Blose will focus attention on the work Gerry Cohen has been doing both as the Vice-President of the Connecticut Volunteer Services for the Blind and Handicapped, Inc. and as the coordinator of the Greater Hartford Unit which administers the talking book program for the Connecticut Library for the Blind. They will discuss some of her duties these past 32 years as narrating books, fund-raising and finding and training volunteer narrators. Some time will also be devoted to an overview of the National Library Service for the Blind and Handicapped (NLS) guidelines for the production of Talking Books.
(Contact: Gerry Cohen, Raymond Memorial Library, 840 Main Street, East Hartford, CT 06108. Phone: 860-528-1996)
Date: Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Time: 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Mountain, 7:00 p.m. Central, 8:00 p.m. Eastern and elsewhere in the world Thursday 0:00 GMT.
Where: Books and Beyond Conference Room at:
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Bonnie Blose, Hostess Books and Beyond
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