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Download full textCylke, Frank Kurt – 1999
This testimony on the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS) provides information on: (1) NLS authority; (2) background; (3) functions and responsibilities; (4) Office of the Director; (5) director; (6) management; (7) budget; (8) division/section/office functions, including the Administrative…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Organization, Blindness, Braille
Cylke, Frank Kurt – 1999
The National Library Service (NLS) is developing a digital talking book and Braille book system for use by the blind and physically handicapped community. The following elements drive the design of the program: NLS offers a free library service; NLS is consumer-driven; NLS pays no royalties to copyright holders; the program is accessible to a wide…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Braille, Computer Oriented Programs
Massis, Bruce E., Ed.; Vitzansky, Winnie, Ed. – 1992
This document presents perspectives on, and a reference guide to internationally interlending materials in alternate formats (recordings, braille, large print). A questionnaire was sent to the world's known libraries serving the blind; results of the survey include specific lending information from 29 countries including: South Africa, Hong Kong,…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Audiovisual Aids, Braille, Foreign Countries
