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Library Resources for the Visually Impaired

The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) offers a free national library program of Braille and recorded materials. NLS, a service of the Library of Congress, selects and produces full-length books and magazines in Braille and on recorded disc and cassette.

Reading materials and playback machines are sent to eligible borrowers and returned to local libraries by postage-free mail. Anyone who is unable to read or use standard printed materials as a result of temporary or permanent visual or physical limitations may receive service.

In addition to the books and magazines available through The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), you can also borrow special music materials. Materials include large-print and Braille books about music; large-print music scores; music appreciation cassettes; and instructional cassettes for piano, organ, guitar, and other instruments.

The following is a listing of telephone numbers for library special services in the Washington metropolitan area.

District of Columbia

Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

202-727-2142

Montgomery County

Library Services for

Special Needs

301-897-2212

Prince Georges County

Maryland State Library

for the Blind

410-230-2424 or