Outspoken Library

Welcome to the Outspoken Library! The Outspoken Library is the welcoming name given to all of the services provided by The New Jersey State Library Talking Book & Braille Center (TBBC).  Phase One of this project was the installation of Outspoken Library computer kiosks in libraries. These kiosks were designed to bring all of our services to ONE portal and to enhance the visibility of TBBC's services in New Jersey's libraries. TBBC has installed forty-two Outspoken Library computer kiosks across New Jersey; thirty-seven of these are at public libraries. The presence of the Outspoken Library in New Jersey public libraries assists TBBC in reaching the caregivers, neighbors, friends and loved ones of those who need our services.

Each Outspoken Library kiosk has live links to services administered through TBBC such as TBBC’s very own Audiovision Newspaper Reading Service and the National Federation for the Blind’s Newsline with over 300 newspapers, magazines and wire services.  Access to the Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) site is also available. BARD currently provides over 25,000 digital audiobooks, as well as current and past issues of dozens of audio magazines.  BARD audiobooks and audio magazines can be downloaded to a flash drive and will play only on the TBBC-issued digital talking book player.  Video demonstrations and instructions on how to do a BARD download are also found on each Outspoken Library kiosk.

The New Jersey State Library has partnered with numerous public libraries across New Jersey.  The State Library has also partnered with New Jersey’s Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired; New Jersey’s Department of Veteran Affairs and the United States Veterans’ Administration to place the Outspoken Library in selected sites.

Phase Two of the Outspoken Library will be the Virtual Outspoken Library. Watch for that coming soon!

Here is a list of public libraries in New Jersey that have chosen to have accounts with TBBC and that have been trained on our services between 2010-2012. Those with an asterisk have an Outspoken Library kiosk:

ATLANTIC COUNTY:

• Atlantic County Public Library – Ventnor Branch*
• Atlantic County Public Library – Egg Harbor Branch*
• Atlantic County Public Library- Galloway Branch*
• New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Hammonton, NJ*

BERGEN COUNTY:

• Bergenfield Public Library
• Cresskill Public Library
• Dixon Homestead Library – Dumont, NJ*
• Johnson Public Library - Hackensack
• Louis Bay 2nd Library and Community Center - Hawthorne
• Ridgefield Public Library
• Rutherford Public Library
• Teaneck Public Library

BURLINGTON COUNTY:

• Burlington County Library System*
• Library Company of Burlington*
• Mount Laurel Library*

CAMDEN COUNTY:

• Camden County Library - Voorhees*
• Haddonfield Public Library*
• New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired – Cherry Hill*
• Pennsauken Public Library*

CAPE MAY COUNTY:

• Avalon Public Library*

CUMBERLAND COUNTY:

• New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home – Vineland, NJ*

ESSEX COUNTY:

• Bloomfield Public Library
• South Orange Public Library*
• West Orange Public Library*

GLOUCESTER COUNTY:

• Gloucester County Public Library – Logan Township*
• Gloucester County Public Library – Mullica Hill*
• Margaret E. Heggan Free Public Library*
• McCowan Memorial Library*
• The Free Public Library of Monroe Township, Williamston*

HUDSON COUNTY:

• Jersey City Public Library System
• Secaucus Public Library and Business Resource Center*
• Union City Library

HUNTERDON COUNTY:

Hunterdon County Library-Flemington*

MERCER COUNTY:

• Mercer County Library - Lawrence*

MIDDLESEX COUNTY:

• East Brunswick Public Library*
• Monroe Township Public Library*
• N.J. Veterans Memorial Home- Menlo Park*
• Piscataway Public Library
• South Brunswick Public Library

MONMOUTH COUNTY:

• Bradley Beach Public Library
• Eatontown Public Library
• Long Branch Free Public Library*
• Middletown Township Public Library*
• Monmouth County Library - Manalapan

MORRIS COUNTY:

• Dover Free Public Library
• Florham Park Public Library*
• Morris County Library at Whippany
• Pequannock Township Public Library*

OCEAN COUNTY:

• Ocean County Library – Lacey*
• Ocean County Library – Manchester*
• Ocean County Library – Toms River*

PASSAIC COUNTY:

• Wayne Public Library

SOMERSET COUNTY:

• Bernardsville Public Library- Bernardsville, NJ*
• Somerset County Library System – Bridgewater, NJ*
• United States Veterans Administration – Lyons, NJ*

SUSSEX COUNTY:

• Sussex County Public Library – Newton, NJ*

UNION COUNTY:

• Kenilworth Public Library*
• Scotch Plains Public Library*

WARREN COUNTY:

 Warren County Library-Belvidere*