Keeping in touch with
members
St Cecilia's
Guild
St Cecilia's Guild provides a free audio-book library lending
service to the visually impaired. Most of the titles on offer are
of a religious or spiritual nature, but membership of the Guild is
open to all the visually impaired, irrespective of religious belief
or affiliation. Currently, audio books are supplied on cassette,
but we are keen to introduce DAISY technology. Unfortunately, the
software and equipment required is beyond our means at present, but
we hope to be able to make a start on "Project Daisy" in the near
future, under the auspices of the Catholic National Library. Also
on the "to do" list is an online guide to the library contents and
ensuring that this web site is accessible to everyone.
Currently there are about 535 religious titles on offer –
approximately 3250 cassettes – and 132 titles of a more
recreational nature. An enthusiastic team of volunteer readers is
helping to add new titles, while other volunteers try to keep us on
top of the admin — with mixed success. Rewinding and repairing
tapes is a regular chore. This equipment was the last word in
white-hot technology in about 1970!
Rewinding a returned
cassette
