ListServs

Hundreds of LISTSERVs have developed around Blindness and Visual Impairment.  Joining a LISTSERV is like putting your e-mail address on a mailing list.  When e-mail is sent to the LISTSERV, it is automatically sent to everyone on the list.  The messages and postings are typically only available to the members of the LIST. The Listserv is a tool to allow you to send a message or a question to a large group of people at one time.  The "Lists" are usually composed of people with similar interest. 

Below are lists that have developed in Vermont and New Hampshire designed to facilitate communication between people who are interested in issues relating to blindness and visual impairment.  Current subscribers of VTBlind and NHBlind-Talk include consumers, parents and other family members, and professionals.

The Special Services Unit of the Vermont Department of Libraries is beginning its own email list, called TALKBKS. This will be a way for the library to communicate with its patrons, and for patrons to ask questions that other patrons may also want the answers to. The quarterly Special Services newsletter will appear here in electronic form, along with other messages that can't wait for the newsletter. The list may also serve as a place for talking book patrons to recommend books to each other. We don't anticipate that this will be a high-volume list. If you are interested in signing up for TALKBKS, or have questions about it, please send an email to teresa.faust@mail.dol.state.vt.us .

Vermont Blind Talk was created to allow Blind and Visually Impaired people in Vermont the opportunity to discuss any issues relating to Blindness and visual impairment.

To subscribe to the list, please complete the form at http://lists.dad.state.vt.us/mailman/listinfo/vtblind or send an e-mail with just the word subscribe as the subject.