NCBI Publications
Read NCBI's Publications in text only, PDF, listen to them online or request a braille copy.
NCBI Leaflets
- About NCBI [ 1 ]
- What You Need to Know about Sight Loss [ 2 ]
- NCBI Library Services [ 3 ]
- NCBI Media Centre [ 4 ]
- NCBI Low Vision Service [ 5 ]
- Guiding a Person with a Vision Impairment [ 6 ]
- All About Braille [ 7 ]
- NCBI 80th Anniversary Leaflet 1931-2011 [ 8 ]
- Make your will help us: Leaving a lasting legacy of help [ 9 ]
Information on Eye Conditions
- Keep an Eye on your Sight [ 10 ]
- Open your Eyes to Glaucoma [ 11 ]
- Foresight: Age related Macular Degeneration [ 12 ]
- Eating for Eye Health [PDF, 1.9MB] [ 13 ] and [Word, 106.5KB] [ 14 ]
Reports and Strategies
- Cost of Sight Loss Report [ 15 ]
- 2010 Annual Report [ 16 ]
- 2009 Annual Report [ 17 ]
- 2008 Annual Report [ 18 ]
- Eyes on the Future Report [ 19 ]
- Putting People First - NCBI Strategic Plan 2007 - 2012 [ 20 ]
Podcasts
Living with Sight Loss
Orientation and Mobility
Listen to a podcast [ 21 ] where one long cane user talks about his experiences and the difference that the long cane has made to his life.
Cooking Independently
Like everyone else, people who are blind or vision impaired still enjoy to cook. Listen to their stories. [ 22 ]
Assistive Technology
Listen to our podcast [ 23 ] where a person with vision impairment tells their story about how they use assistive technology in their everyday life.
Irish Author, Roddy Doyle, at Fun Braille Day
NCBI Library and Media Centre in partnership with St Josephs Centre for the Visually Impaired held their annual Fun Braille Reading Day. Our guest of honour was well known Irish author Roddy Doyle. Listen to a podcast [ 24 ] of Roddy Doyle speaking at the event to find out what he has to say.
NCBI News
Listen to the NCBI News [ 25 ], NCBI's quarterly external newsletter.
Videos
About NCBI
Watch a short 2 minute video clip to find out more about NCBI. [ 26 ]
How to Produce a Braille Book
Braille continues to be very important and enables people who are blind to read and write independently. Watch our video about how NCBI Library and Media Service produces a braille book [ 27 ]
NCBI Corporate Video
- Download our Corporate Video - Low Quality [ 28 ]
- Download our Corporate Video - High Quality -Broadband users [ 29 ]
Audio Description
Audio description is the name given to a narrative track that assists people who are blind or vision impaired when watching a television programme, a movie, or a visual arts performance. Audio description enriches the enjoyment of the plot or content of visual passages or moments in a programme, performance or film by a person who is blind or vision impaired.
Watch to an example of audio description [ 30 ]
This example was made by our Media Centre [ 31 ] for "About the House" - a building, architectural and renovation series presented by Duncan Stewart, with co-presenter Angie O'Brien and produced by Earth Horizon Productions. "About the House" is on weekly on RTÉ 1.
NCBI TV Advert
Watch our television advert [ 32 ] that we ran on Setanta Sports TV Channel during 2011.
Links:
[1] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/who-we-are-and-what-we-do/about-ncbi
[2] http://www.ncbi.ie/services/services-for-individuals/who-can-use-ncbi-s-services/sight-loss-is-it-affecting-you
[3] http://www.ncbi.ie/services/services-for-individuals/library/ncbi-library-services-leaflet
[4] http://www.ncbi.ie/services/services-for-organisations/making-print-and-multimedia-accessible-mcs/media-centre-leaflet
[5] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/ncbi-low-vision-service-leaflet
[6] http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/friends-and-relatives/guiding-a-person-with-a-vision-impairment
[7] http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/education-professionals/things-to-know-about-sight-loss/finding-out-about-braille/all-about-braille
[8] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/80-years/80-years-leaflet
[9] http://www.ncbi.ie/support-us/leaving-a-legacy
[10] http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/eye-health-and-eye-care/looking-after-your-sight/keep-an-eye-on-your-sight-0
[11] http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/eye-health-and-eye-care/eye-conditions/glaucoma/world-glaucoma-day/open-your-eyes-to-glaucoma
[12] http://www.ncbi.ie/information-for/eye-health-and-eye-care/amd-awareness-week/foresight-amd
[13] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/Eating_for_Eye_Health.pdf
[14] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/Eating_for_eye_health.doc
[15] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/cost-of-sight-loss-report-2011
[16] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/ncbi-annual-report-2010
[17] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/ncbi-annual-report-2009
[18] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/ncbi-annual-report-2008
[19] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/eyes-on-the-future-report
[20] http://www.ncbi.ie/about-ncbi/ncbi-publications/putting-people-first
[21] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/audiofiles/whitecane/whitecane.mp3
[22] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/audiofiles/cooking.wma
[23] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/audiofiles/podcast/technology.wma
[24] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/audiofiles/roddydoyle.wma
[25] http://www.ncbi.ie/news/ncbi-news-magazine
[26] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/images/bettertogether.wmv
[27] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/images/louisbrailleday.wmv
[28] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/video/NCBIDVD_low.wmv
[29] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/video/NCBIDVD_high.wmv
[30] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/audiofiles/about_the_house_dsl.wmv
[31] http://www.ncbi.ie/services/services-for-organisations/making-print-and-multimedia-accessible-mcs
[32] http://www.ncbi.ie/files/video/advert.wmv