The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall
have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
otherwise.
(1) Active--means a borrower who has requested at least
one book or magazine in the preceding 12-month period or signed on
to the Braille and Audio Reading Download service at least once in
a six-month period.
(2) Agency--means the Texas State Library and Archives
Commission as an agency of the state of Texas, including the staff,
collections, archives, operations, programs, and property of the Texas
State Library and Archives Commission.
(3) Applicant agreement--means a statement signed by
each new applicant which states the borrower agrees to abide by the
policies and procedures of the program.
(4) Audit--means a periodic inventory of equipment
and/or books, as required by the National Library Service.
(5) Books--means Braille, large print, and audio publications,
both physical hardcopy and digital download.
(6) Borrower--means an eligible person or institution
that has registered with the Talking Book Program, part of the National
Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled's library network.
(7) Certifying authority--means a registered nurse,
therapist, professional staff member of a hospital, doctor of medicine,
doctor of osteopathy, ophthalmologist, optometrist, psychologist,
or an individual representing a public or welfare agency or institution,
such as an educator, social worker, case worker, counselor, rehabilitation
teacher, certified reading specialist, dyslexia specialist, school
psychologist, superintendent, or librarian.
(8) Digital download service--means a service provided
or funded by either the National Library Service or the agency in
which borrowers may download via the Internet audio and/or text computer
files containing the contents of books and magazines.
(9) Digital talking book--means an audio or electronic
Braille book produced by digital processes. Audio books are available
in physical format or may be accessed through a digital download service.
Braille books are accessed by digital download. These books are produced
either by, or under the direction of, the National Library Service
or the agency.
(10) Digital talking book machine--means a hardware
device produced by the National Library Service and assigned to the
commission for loan to borrowers. These may also include commercially-produced
machines purchased by the commission for the purpose of loan to borrowers
by the commission.
(11) Equipment--means any playback machine, accessories,
and parts thereof that enable a borrower to listen to books and magazines.
(12) Loan period--means the specific period of time
that an item is loaned to a borrower. The loan period begins when
the agency assigns the book to the borrower and ends with the date
the item is due back to the agency.
(13) Magazines--means periodical publications in Braille,
large print, or digital format.
(14) National Library Service--means the National Library
Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, a division of the Library
of Congress that operates a free national library service that produces
audio and Braille materials and distributes them to a cooperating
network of regional and subregional libraries, to be circulated by
postage-free mail to blind and physically disabled borrowers.
(15) Program--means the Talking Book Program.
(16) Veteran--means any person who has been honorably
discharged or honorably released from the U.S. Armed Forces, meaning
the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, the U.S. Marine Corps, the U.S. Air
Force, the U.S. Coast Guard, and all armed auxiliary services of these
branches.
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