Library for the Blind
and Physically Handicapped
425 Ninth Street
Augusta, Georgia
Phone: 706-821-2625
General Information
Who is Eligibile?
What is Available?
Service Area
Talking
Book Center Newsletter
Through the Georgia Library for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped and cooperating local libraries, Georgians have access to
a free national library program which offers braille and recorded materials. The
materials are provided by the Library of Congress, National Library Service for
the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), to eligible visually and physically
handicapped persons. All reading material and equipment is sent to borrowers and
returned by postage-free mail.
In addition to the headquarters library in
Atlanta, there are 13 Subregional Libraries for the Blind & Physically
Handicapped located throughout Georgia, one of which is located at the East
Central Georgia Regional Library in Augusta, Georgia.
- Anyone who is unable to read or handle
standard printed materials as a result of temporary or permanent visual or
physical disability.
- Persons who are legally blind or cannot see
well enough or focus long enough to read standard print, even with glasses.
- Persons who are unable to hold or turn pages
of print books.
- Persons who are certified by a medical doctor
as having a reading disability.
- Books: Recorded and braille books from
a national collection that includes a variety of popular interest writings
such as bestsellers, classics, mysteries, biographies, westerns, children's
books, and foreign language materials.
- Large Print Books: Large print books
are available for registered readers who cannot easily read conventional
size print.
- Deposit Collections: Deposit
collections of recorded books and large print may be loaned to libraries,
senior centers, and long-term care facilities.
- Magazines: Library patrons can also
subscribe to over seventy popular magazines such as Good Housekeeping,
Sports Illustrated, and National Geographic.
- Equipment and Accessories: Special
playback equipment is needed to listen to the books and magazines produced
by NLS. This equipment is loaned to eligible users free of charge for as
long as the individual is a user of the reading material provided by NLS and
its cooperating libraries. Accessories are available which will help readers
with limited mobility or hearing impairment use the equipment.
- Book Reviews and Catalogs: Registered
borrowers learn about new books added to the collection through two
bi-monthly publications, Talking Book Topics and Braille Book Review. These
are available in large print, recorded, or braille format.
- Music: Recorded music is not available
through the NLS library program. However, such material is often available
from local public libraries. A collection of musical scores in braille and
large print; textbooks and books about music in large print and braille; and
elementary instruction for voice, piano, organ, guitar, recorder, accordion,
banjo, and harmonica are available in recorded form directly from NLS.
- Computer Equipment: The Talking Book
Center has a number of items which can be used to make computers accessible
to the handicapped. Call the Library for information on their use or
ordering.
The Library for the Blind and Physically
Handicapped in Augusta serves ten Georgia counties as follows:
East Central Georgia Regional Library in
Augusta, Georgia
Bartram
Trail Regional Library headquartered in Washington, Georgia
- McDuffie County
- Taliaferro County
- Wilkes County
Jefferson
County Library headquartered in Louisville, Georgia
A portion of the audio-visual
collection of the Augusta Headquarters Library is also housed at this facility.
The collection contains movies on videocassette and DVD. Audiobooks and
music CDs are housed at the Headquarters Library, 902 Greene Street. For
information about who can check out movies on video and DVD, please see
this page.
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