 Through the Library’s Special Delivery
"LIBRARY-BY-MAIL" Program, you can
receive the following items via the mail at NO CHARGE*
• Books and Magazines, including large print
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Books on CD and Books on Cassette
• Music CDs
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Movies on DVD and Videocassette
• Descriptive Videos
for the Visually Impaired
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Receive your library materials through the
mail with
Special Delivery's Library-By-Mail
Through our Special Delivery
Library-By-Mail program, library materials are delivered FREE—by mail—to qualifying patrons. |
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Services and Equipment for the Blind and
Physically Handicapped
The following reading aids are available for loan to Special Delivery patrons:
• Bar Magnifiers
• Prism Glasses
Special
Delivery
also takes applications for the free federal Talking Book
Program of the Library of Congress, created for individuals who can
no longer read or hold print materials. Special Delivery
distributes Talking Book players
as
part of the federal government’s Talking Book Program administered
by the State Library of Ohio. Two regional libraries for the blind
deliver the actual recorded books. They also provide descriptive
videos and Playaway digital audio books, with Special Delivery
acting as the local referral contact and information source. |
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Descriptive Videos for
the Visually Impaired
Descriptive Videos
help visually disabled or blind individuals to enjoy and understand
movies by enhancing the visual action and the movie’s dialogue with
a voiceover which describes and explains the scene. |
Need a Speaker?
Special Delivery librarians are available to speak to groups
and organizations about Special Delivery services and to conduct
entertaining reminiscence programs using Bi-Folkal kits and other
programming materials. |
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Email:
SpecialDelivery@libraryvisit.org
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