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The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled [1] ( NLS) is a free library program of braille and audio materials such as books and magazines circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States and American citizens living abroad by postage-free mail and online download. The program is sponsored by the Library of Congress.
The National Library for the Blind ( NLB) was a public library in the United Kingdom, founded 1882, which aimed to ensure that people with sight problems have the same access to library services as sighted people. NLB was taken over by the Royal National Institute of Blind People on 1 January 2007 and incorporated into the RNIB National Library ...
The National Library for the Blind was an American philanthropic and educational institution. The National Library for the Blind was incorporated December 26, 1911, and was located at 1729 H Street, Washington, D.C. The American ambassador to Italy, the Hon. Thomas Nelson Page, was the first president.
The Books for the Blind Program is an initiative of the United States National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) which provides audio recordings of books free of charge to people who are blind or visually impaired. [1] [2] The program has included audio recordings of books since 1934 and digital book efforts began ...
The Florida Bureau of Braille and Talking Books Library is the largest library of its kind within the United States. [1] It is part of the system of libraries of the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled . It offers a wide variety of material with over 2.4 million items available in braille and audio format.
News ( ISSN 1046-1663) is a quarterly publication of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the U.S. Library of Congress, and is associated with libraries serving blind and physically disabled readers, and their cooperating agencies. This serial publication includes articles of interest to ...
The Alaska State Library in Juneau was established as a sub-regional library in 1973 and a full regional library in July 1976, since which time WTBBL has served only Washington State. [3] The Library for the Blind moved in 1945 from the old downtown Carnegie Library to the Fremont branch.
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress has contracted with the National Federation of the Blind (NFB) to offer a certificate of proficiency for braille transcribers and proofreaders who are interested in working in their communities to produce braille materials for blind people ...