Downloading Books from BARD for Your Digital Player

Braille

and

Audio

Reading

Download

Applying to BARD

Enter the BARD web address herehttps://nlsbard.loc.gov/cgi-bin/nlsbardprod/index.cgi

Click here

Click here

Make sure the library name matches this

Click here

Fill in all of the information

Identify the machine to be used

After applying

• You will receive a one-time-only temporary password to log in the first time.

• CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD!

• Searching for books on BARD

Create a folder to hold your

new BARD downloads

Create this drop-down menu by right-clicking

Enter the BARD web address herehttps://nlsbard.loc.gov/cgi-bin/nlsbardprod/index.cgi

Log in here

Choose any search method

to find your books.

Choose any search method

to find your books and magazines.

Click the link at the bottom of your book’s description

Click OK

Save it to the folder you created earlier

All the files downloaded from BARD are compressed

(“zipped”).

Create a folder for each book to be extracted on your Digital

cartridge or flash drive.

Unzipping files

Right-click on the zipped file.

Select "Extract All" in the pop-up menu to reveal the Extraction Wizard.

Click "Next".

In the "Select a Destination" look at the "Files will be extracted to this directory:" section and view where the files will be extracted to. Click "Next" if this is the location you want. Click "Browse" to select a different location, and then click "Next".

Select the drive you’re downloading your unzip digital files to.

If you have multiple folders on you cartridges then you need to select the folder where you want that particular book to go to then Click ok

Click ok

Then click Next

Then click finish

Insert the cartridge and enjoy.