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National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS)

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Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS administers a free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage-free mail.
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Learn:

• What's new at NLS
  • First-Ever Braille Summit To Solicit Ideas on Promoting and Supporting Braille Literacy
  • Survey on the Talking Book and Braille Program
  • Braille Summit: June 19-21, 2013
  • Texas and Illinois Libraries Win Awards
  • New Director of NLS Discusses Priorities
  • Karen Keninger Appointed Director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
  • NLS Celebrates 80th Anniversary
  • NLS Collection Building Policy (revised 12/31/2009)
  • Louis Braille Bicentenary
  • Pictures and description of the NLS/BPH Digital Talking Book Player and Cartridge
    • Obtaining an NLS Digital Talking Book Player (Free)
    • Sources of Cartridges and Cables
  • Foreign-Language Materials
• Who is eligible
• What is available
• Where libraries are located
• How to sign up
  • NLS Application for Free Library Service: Individuals, in English [PDF: 805 KB / 4p.]
  • NLS Application for Free Library Service: Individuals, in Spanish [PDF: 492 KB / 5p.]
  • NLS Application for Free Library Service: Institutions [PDF: 477 KB / 4p.]
• About NLS
  • Talking Rooms: Walking Through History at the National Library Service
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    • Text
    • MP3 audiofile

  Find Books and Magazines in Braille or Audio:

  • Online Catalogs:
    • Quick search of the online catalog
    • Voyager search of the online catalog
    • Kids Catalog
  • Find magazines in accessible formats
  • Read Braille Book Review, lists of recent braille books, (new issues every two months)
  • Read Talking Book Topics, lists of recent audio books, (new issues every two months)
  • Read annual lists of braille and audio books (compilations of the bimonthly lists above)
  • Read bibliographies of braille and audio books on various subjects

  NLS/BPH Publications:

  • Reference Bibliographies, Circulars, Directories, Factsheets, and Added Entries
  • Link to a directory of our newsletters, Flash, News, and Update
  • Creating An Annotation, Say How?, and other publications

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Posted on 2013-05-23