Starting in mid-June, patrons will notice a change in how they receive their audio magazines on cartridge.
All audio magazines on cartridge will now be mailed directly from our library, the NYS Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL). To differentiate them from book cartridges, each magazine cartridge will have a small red or green circle sticker on the front and will arrive in a gray mailing case.
Patrons should disregard the instructions at the beginning of the audio, which will direct them to return the cartridge in a red case and to use the reverse side of mailing card to send the item back. The cases already have our return address sticker on them, so simply removing the mailing card and placing the cartridge back in the container will ensure that the items will be returned to TBBL, just like our audiobooks. The one exception is the Talking Book Topics, which will still be sent out by Potomac Talking Books in a red case and will have their return mailing address sticker on the container. The National Library Service is working on removing that outdated introductory recording from future orders.
Magazine cartridges will go out weekly. The limit for cartridges is the same as for audiobooks, in that you may have up to three magazine cartridges out at a time, after which you will need to return some of those cartridges to receive more.
Please note that we will be sending only current magazine issues, so those interested in requesting back issues of magazines should contact us with their specific requests. For questions, call 1-800-342-3688 or email tbbl@nysed.gov.