ERIC ED352964: Library Resources for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. A Directory with FY 1991 Statistics on Readership, Circulation, Budget, Staff, and Collections.

89 Pages·1992·1.7 MB·English

by  ERIC

DOCUMENT RESUME
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ED 352 964
Library Resources far the Blind and Physically
TITLE
Handicapped. A Directory with FY 1991 Statistics on
Readership, Circulation, Budget, Staff, and
Collections.
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. National
INSTITUTION
Library Service for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped.
REPORT NO
ISSN-0364-1236
PUB DATE
92
119p.; For the 1991 edition, see ED 341 394.
NOTE
AVAILABLE FROM Reference Section, National Library Service for the
Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of
Congress, Washington, DC 20542 (free to libraries and
organizations).
Reference Materials
PUB TYPE
Statistical Data (110)
Directories /Catalogs (132)
EDRS PRICE
MF01/PC05 Plus Postage.
Assistive Devices (for Disabled); *Blindness;
DESCRIPTORS
Braille; *Library Networks; Library Statistics;
*National Programs; Nonprint Media; Organization;
*Outreach Programs; *Physical Disabilities; *Public
Libraries; Regional Libraries; Resource Materials;
Tables (Data); Talking Books; User Needs
(Information)
*National Library Service for the Blind
IDENTIFIERS
ABSTRACT
The National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress selects and
produces full-length books and magazines in braille and on recorded
disc and cassette. NLS distributes these materials to a cooperating
network of 56 regional and 89 subregional libraries in the United
States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam for circulation to
eligible borrowers by postage-free mail. Network libraries also offer
reference, readers' advisory, free playback equipment and
accessorie3, and other services. The two major sections of this
report provide listings of:
(1) NLS Network Libraries and
Machine-Lending Agencies--with libraries arranged alphabetically by
state, then regional and subregional libraries listed alphabeticaliy
by city, including information on machine-lending and braille-lending
capabilities, special collections and services, assistive devices,
and publications; and (2) Other Library Resources at the National
Level--with listings arranged alphabetically by organization,
including information on eligibility requirements, special media
available, subject coverage, reading level, and lending policies.
Names, addresses, and telephone numbers given for these libraries and
agencies are current as of July 1992. Two appendices present
statistics on NLS network libraries' readership and circulation from
federal FY 1991 and data on budget, staff, and collections received
in response to a questionnaire circulated to the network libraries in
February 1992.
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Library Resources
ISSN (1364-1236
1992
for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
A Directory with FY 1991 Statistics on Readership,
Circulation, Budget, Staff, and Collections
National Library Service
for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
The Library of Congress
Washington 1992
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 76-640140
ISSN 0364-1236 Key Title: Library resources
for the blind and physically handicapped
Contents
Libraries
Applications for library service from eligible
NLS Network Libraries and Machine-
persons or institutions such as hospitals and nurs-
Lending Agencies
ing homes are made directly to the network library
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Other Library Resources at the
or machine-lending agency serving a particular
National Level
geographic area. Application forms, demonstration
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equipment, and sample reading materials are
Appendixes
available in many local public libraries.
Readership and CirculationNLS Network
American citizens temporarily living abroad
I.
Libraries
receive service directly from NLS and should apply
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II. Budget, Staff, CollectionsNLS Network
to the Network Services Section. International
Libraries
interlibrary loans may be arranged with NLS;
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however, direct service is not extended to individu-
als outside the United States, its territories, and
National Library Service
possessions unless they are American citizens.
Music services are provided by the NLS Music
A free national library service providing recorded
Section which has an extensive collection of music
and braille materials to blind and physically handi-
scores, books, and instructional materials in braille,
capped persons is administered by the National
large print, and recorded media. Through its
Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handi-
Reference Section, NLS serves as a national infor-
capped, Library of Congress (NLS). With the
mation resource on various aspects of disability.
cooperation of authors and publishers who grant
The National Library Service also functions as a
permission to use copyrighted works, NLS selects
bibliographic center on reading materials for
and produces full-length books and magazines in
people with disabilities and can make referrals to
braille and on recorded disc and cassette. The
libraries and organizations that have materials in
reading materials produced are then distributed to a
special media.
cooperating network of regional and subregional
A m.mber of not-for-profit organizations and
libraries that circulate them to eligible borrowers
volunteer groups that are not part of the NLS
by postage-free mail. Network libraries also offer
network also provide reading materials in special
reference, readers' advisory, and other services.
media on loan to print-handicapped individuals.
Established by an act of Congress in 1931 to
Criteria for inclusion of these organizations are:
serve blind adults, the program was expanded in
services offered nationwide; a book collection
1952 to include children, and again in 1966 by
sufficiently broad in subject matter to be of general
Public Law 89-552 to include individuals with
interest; a minimum of two hundred titles available
physical impairments that prevent the reading of
on loan; and circulation on the basis of free loan or
standard print. Fifty-six regional and 89 subre-
for a minimal fee to cover basic costs. As addi-
gional libraries are currently part of the network;
tional organizations meeting these criteria become
serving all parts of the United States, Puerto Rico,
known, they will be included in future editions of
the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
the directory.
Playback equipment is loaned free for use with
books and magazines recorded on disc at 8 and 16
rpm and on cassette at 1-7/8 and 15/16 ips. Special
accessories supplied on request include special
amplifiers, remote control units, breath switches,
extension levers, and pillowphones. Libraries and
other designated machine-lending agencies serve as
distribution points for playback equipment and
accessories.
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Contents
Free copies of this directory are available to
How to use the directory
libraries and organizations by contacting the
Reference Section
Beginning on page 1, NLS network libraries and
National Library Service for the Blind
machine-lending agencies are arranged alphabeti-
and Physically Handicapped
cally by state. Within each state the regional
Library of Congress
library appears first, followed by subregional
Washington, DC 20542
libraries (if any) listed alphabetically by city. In
several states two regional libraries have been
established; in these instances, the specific service
area of each library is shown.
Regional libraries that also function as machine-
lending agencies are identified by an asterisk (*)
immediately following the name of the library.
Separate machine-lending agencies (if any) are
listed as the final entry for a state.
Regional libraries designated as braille-lending
libraries are identified by a number symbol (#).
Braille is listed under the book collection for each
of these libraries. For libraries not designated as
braille-lending libraries, braille collections are
listed under the special collections category.
The information about NLS network libraries
and machine-lending agencies contained in the
body of the directory and in Appendix II was
provided by each network library and machine-
lending agency in response to a questionnaire
circulated in February 1992; readership and circu-
lation statistics in Appendix I are for federal fiscal
year (OctoberSeptember) 1991. In the few cases
where responses were not received or information
was not available, data from the previous edition of
the directory have been reprinted and footnoted.
An effort was made to record changes in names,
addresses, and telephone numbers up to July 1992.
Beginning on page 48, other library resources at
the national level are arranged alphabetically by the
name of the organization. Each entry indicates
eligibility requirements, special media available,
subject coverage, and lending policies, all of which
may vary from one organization to another.
Requests for catalogs or further information about
their services should be addressed to the appropri-
ate organization and not to the National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
or its cooperating network libraries.
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Libraries
Alabama
Alabama
Regional Library
Alabama Regional Library for the Blind and
Telephone: [phone]
Physically Handicapped * #
FAX: [phone]
Alabama Public Library Service
Librarian: Mrs. Deenie M. Culver
Hours: 8:00-4:30, MF
6030 Monticello Drive
Montgomery, AL 36130
Book collection: Disc, cassette, large print
Bulk mail: 6030 Monticello Drive
Special collections: Reference materials on
blindness and other handicaps; local subjects
Telephone: [phone]
and authors
Assistive devices: Magnifier
In-WATS: 800-392-5671
TDD: [phone]
Special services: Children's summer reading
FAX: [phone]
program; delivery of machines and equipment;
Serves: Alabama
limited production of student textbooks and
Librarian: Mrs. Fara L. Zaleski
local materials
Machine agency: Mrs. Fara L. Zaleski
Publications: Patron newsletter; subject
Hours: 8:00-9:00, M; 8:00-5:00, TF
bibliographies
Book collection: Disc, cassette, braille
Special collections: Reference materials on
blindness and other handicaps; films, videos;
Department for the Blind and Physically
local subjects and authors
Handicapped
Assistive devices: Braille printer; braille writer;
Houston-Love Memorial Library
closed-circuit TV; Optacon, paperless braille
P.O. Box 1369
device; speech input/output device; tone indexer
Dothan, AL 36302
Special services: Braille transcribing; children's
Bulk mail: 212 West Burdeshaw Street
summer reading program; volunteer-produced
Dothan, AL 36303
cassettes
Publications: Patron newsletter; subject
Telephone: [phone]
bibliographies
TDD: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Librarian: Mrs. Linda B. Ruffner
Subregional Libraries
Hours: 9:00-9:00, M & T; 9:00-6:00, WF;
9:00-1:00, Sat
Library for the Blind and Handicapped
Book collection: Disc, cassette, large print
Public Library of Anniston and Calhoun
Special collections: Reference materials on
County
blindness and other handicaps
P.O. Box 308
Assistive devices: Braille writer; closed-circuit
Anniston, AL 36202
TV; magnifier
Bulk mail: 108 East 10th Street
Special services: Children's summer reading
program; delivery of machines and equipment;
home visits
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Libraries
Alabama
Telephone: [phone] and [phone]
Huntsville Subregional Library for the ;Mind
and Physically Handicapped
In-WATS: 800-362-1747
FAX: [phone]
P.O. Box 443
Librarian: Mrs. Teresa Lacy
Huntsville, AL 35804
Hours: 8:00-4:30, MF
Bulk mail: 915 Monroe Street, SW
Book collection: Disc, cassette, braille
Huntsville, AL 35801
Special collections: Reference mat-rials on
blindness and other handicaps; textbooks in
Telephone: [phone] and [phone]
special format
TDD: [phone]
Assistive devices: Braille printer; braille writer;
FAX: [phone]
closed-circuit TV; hardcopy large-print device
Librarian: Mrs. Joyce L. Smith
Special services: Braille transcribing; children's
Hours: 8:00-4:30, MF
story hour; children's summer reading program;
Book collection: Disc, cassette
delivery of machines and equipment; home
Special collections: Reference materials on
visits volunteer-produced materials
blindness and other handicaps
Publications: Patron newsletter
Assistive devices: Braille writer; closed-circuit
TV; magnifier; page turner; thermoform
duplicator
Tuscaloosa Subregional Library for the Blind
Special services: Braille transcribing; delivery
and Physically Handicapped
of machines and equipment; home visits; radio
Tuscaloosa Public Library
reading service; volunteer-produced materials
Publications: Patron newsletter
1801 River Road
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Library and Resource Center for the Blind and
Telephone: [phone]
Physically Handicapped #
TDD: [phone]
Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind
FAX: [phone]
Librarian: Mrs. Barbara B. Jordan
705 South Street, P.O. Box 698
Hours: 8:00-5:00, MF
Talladega, AL 35160
Book collection: Disc, cassette
Special collections: Reference materials on
blindness and other handicaps
Assistive devices: Braille writer; magnifier
Special services: Book discussion group;
children's summer reading program; delivery of
machines and equipment; home visits; radio
reading service; volunteer-produced materials
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Arizona
Alaska
Regional Library
Alaska State Library for the Blind and
Telephone: [phone]
Handicapped *
In-WATS: 800-255-5578
344 West Third Avenue, Suite 125
FAX: [phone]
Anchorage, AK 99501
Serves: Arizona
Librarian: Mr. Richard C. Peel
Telephone: [phone] or [phone]
Machine agency: Mr. Al Bruce
FAX: [phone]
Hours: 8:00-5:00, M-F
Serves: Alaska
Book collection: Disc, cassette.
Librarian: Ms. Patricia Meek
Braille readers receive service from Los
Machine agency: Ms. Patricia Meek
Angeles, California.
Hours: 8:00-4:30, M-F
Special collections: Reference materials on
Book collection: Disc, cassette, large print.
blindness and other handicaps; films, videos;
Braille readers receive service from Utah.
foreign-language books; local subjects and
Special collections: Reference materials on
authors
blindness and other handicaps; Alaska native
Assistive devices: Braille printer; braille writer;
language material; local subjects and authors
closed-circuit TV; speech input/output device;
Assistive devices: Hardcopy large-print device;
hardcopy large-print device; Kurzweil Reading
closed-caption decoder
Machine; magnifier; Optacon; paperless braille
Special services: Delivery of machines and
device; screen enlarging software
equipment; home visits; volunteer-produced
Special services: Braille transcribing; delivery
cassettes
of machines and equipment; home visits; radio
Publications: Patron newsletter; catalog of
reading service; volunteer-produced materials
locally produced materials; subject
Publications: Patron newsletter; catalog of
bibliographies
locally produced materials; subject
bibliographies
Arizona
Subregional Library
Regional Library
Prescott Talking Book Library
215 East Goodwin Street
Arizona State Braille and Talking Book
Prescott, AZ 86303
Library *
1030 North 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85008
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Libraries
Arkansas
Subregional Libraries
Library nor the Blind and Handicapped,
Telephone: [phone]
Northwest
FAX: [phone]
Ozarks Regional Library
Librarian: Ms. Jill North
217 East Dickson Street
Hours: 9:00-12:00, MF
Fayetteville, AR 72701
Book collection: Disc, cassette, large print
Special collections: Books on compact disc;
Telephone: [phone]
local subjects and authors; videos
Librarian: Ms. Rachel Anne Ames
Assistive devices: Braille writer; closed-circuit
Hours: 8:30-5:00, MF
TV; hardcopy large-print device; Kurzweil
Book collection: Disc, cassette
Reading Machine; magnifier; screen enlarging
Special collections: Reference materials on
software; speech input/output device
blindness and other handicaps
Special services: Book discussion group;
Assistive devices: Braille writer; closed-circuit
children's story hour; children's summer reading
TV; magnifier
program
Special services: Children's story hour
Publications: Patron newsletter
Arkansas
Fort Smith Public Library for the Blind and
Regional Library
Handicapped
61 South Eighth Street
Fort Smith, AR 72901
Library for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped * #
One Capitol Mall
Telephone: [phone]
Little Rock, AR 72201-1081
TDD: [phone]
FAX: [phone]
Librarian: Ms. Mary Nigh
Telephone: [phone]
Hours: 9:00-5:30, MF
FAX: [phone]
Book collection: Disc, cassette, large print
Serves: Arkansas
Special collections: Reference materials on
Librarian: Mr. John J.D. Hall
blindness and other handicaps
Machine agency: Mr. John J.D. Hall
Hours: 8:00-5:00, MF
Special services: Children's summer reading
program; delivery of machines and equipment
Book collection: Disc, cassette, braille, large
Publications: Patron newsletter
print
Special collections: Reference materials on
blindness and other handicaps
Library for the Blind and Physically
Assistive devices: Braille writer; magnifier
Handicapped, Northeast
Special services: Delivery of machines and
Crowley Ridge Regional Library
equipment; volunteer-produced materials
Publications: Patron newsletter
315 West Oak
Jonesboro, AR 72401
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