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Peer reviewedMielke, Linda – Catholic Library World, 1980
Discusses the library services needed by mentally and physically impaired older adults and gives examples of such programs which are in existence in Maryland, including the traditional shut-in delivery service and the nontraditional group programing techniques. (LLS)
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Bookmobiles, Library Services, Mental Disorders
Scott, Alice H. – Illinois Libraries, 1993
Considers the benefits of incorporating library outreach programs into regular ongoing library services, based on experiences at the Chicago Public Library. Highlights include literacy programs; recognition of cultural diversity, including special services and collections for various ethnic groups; and services for deaf, blind, and physically…
Descriptors: Blindness, Cultural Differences, Deafness, Ethnic Groups
PDF pending restorationOhio State Library, Columbus. – 1981
This directory in chart form identifies Ohio public library services and resources which can be used by people with vision, hearing, mobility, and learning impairments, and those isolated because of illness or age. Data were gathered from a survey of 226 public libraries in March 1980. Introductory information summarizes the responsibility of the…
Descriptors: Accessibility (for Disabled), Charts, Disabilities, Learning Disabilities
Download full textLeach, Stacey A. – 1994
In order for public libraries in Ohio to meet the needs of their communities and also be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, they must be able to accommodate children with disabilities in their summer reading programs. Efforts of small or medium public libraries (circulation less than 1,100,000 in 1992) to meet the needs of…
Descriptors: Books, Braille, Budgets, Children
PDF pending restorationLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1990
A free national library service providing recorded and braille materials is administrated by the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the Library of Congress. With the cooperation of authors and publishers who grant permission to use copyrighted books, NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Blindness, Braille, Library Networks
PDF pending restorationLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1991
A free national library service providing recorded and braille materials is administrated by the National Library Service (NLS) for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the Library of Congress. With the cooperation of authors and publishers who grant permission to use copyrighted books, NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Blindness, Braille, Library Networks
PDF pending restorationLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1989
A free national library service providing recorded and braille materials is administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the Library of Congress (NLS). With the cooperation of authors and publishers who grant permission to use copyrighted books, NLS selects and produces full-length books and magazines in…
Descriptors: Audiotape Cassettes, Blindness, Braille, Library Networks
PDF pending restorationLibrary of Congress, Washington, DC. National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. – 1992
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…
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Braille, Library Networks
Bookmark, 1988
The 17 articles in this theme issue focus on public library system outreach in the state of New York. Individual articles are: (1) "New York's Population: Change Is Permanent" (Robert Scardamalia); (2) "Special Library Needs of Children and Young Adults in the Decade of the Child and Beyond" (Maureen O. Ferrell); (3) "Bookmobiles Reach Out to…
Descriptors: Bookmobiles, Educationally Disadvantaged, Ethnic Groups, Hearing Impairments
Ensley, Robert F., Ed. – Illinois Libraries, 1975
The September 1975 issue of Illinois Libraries focuses on the needs of the developmentally disabled, physically handicapped, and emotionally disturbed. Articles on library services to the blind and physically handicapped cover standards, services of local public libraries, Library of Congress programs, braille books and sound recordings,…
Descriptors: Bibliotherapy, Blindness, Consultants, Deafness
