TALKING BOOK AND BRAILLE SERVICE
Description
FREE SOURCE OF RECREATIONAL (FICTION AND NON-FICTION) BOOKS AND MAGAZINES ON CASSETTE, OR IN BRAILLE TO INDIVIDUALS WITH A VISUAL OR PHYSICAL CONDITION OR A READING DISABILITY WHICH LIMITS USE OF REGULAR PRINT. SPECIALLY DESIGNED PLAYBACK EQUIPMENT AND ACCESSORIES ALSO PROVIDED FREE. ALSO, DESCRIPTIVE VIDEO COLLECTION. BOOKS, MAGAZINES, VIDEOS AND PLAYERS ARE MAILED TO AND FROM THE LIBRARY POSTAGE-FREE.
Contact Information
Address:
NEBRASKA LIBRARY COMMISSION 1200 N STREET SUITE 120
Lincoln
NE
68508-2023
Hours of Operation:
8:00 TO 5:00 MONDAY-FRIDAY
Website:
www.nlc.nebraska.gov/TBBS/
Main Phone:
Phone
800-742-7691
Other Phone(s):
Phone
402-471-4038
Fax
402-471-6244
Main Contact(s):
SCOTT SCHOLZ
Other Contact(s):
Main Email:
Other Email(s):
readadv@nlc.state.ne.us
General Information
Agency ID: 841
List of Provided Services:
Personal Services: Personal Services
Counties Served: Adams, Banner, Blaine, Boone, Box Butte, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo, Burt, Butler, Cass, Cedar, Chase, Cherry, Cheyenne, Clay, Colfax, Cuming, Custer, Dakota, Dawes, Dawson, Deuel, Dixon, Dodge, Douglas, Dundy, Fillmore, Franklin, Frontier, Furnas, Gage, Garden, Garfield, Gosper, Grant, Greeley, Hall, Hamilton, Harlan, Hayes, Hitchcock, Holt, Hooker, Howard, Jefferson, Johnson, Kearney, Keith, Keya Paha, Kimball, Knox, Lancaster, Lincoln, Logan, Loup, Madison, McPherson, Merrick, Morrill, Nance, Nemaha, Nuckolls, Otoe, Pawnee, Perkins, Phelps, Pierce, Platte, Polk, Red Willow, Richardson, Rock, Saline, Sarpy, Saunders, Scotts Bluff, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Sioux, Stanton, Thayer, Thomas, Thurston, Valley, Washington, Wayne, Webster, Wheeler, York, Arthur, Antelope
Written material: SOME BOOKS ON CASSETTE IN SPANISH, GERMAN,VIETNAMESE & RUSSIAN.
Eligibility: APPLICATION MUST BE CERTIFIED BY COMPETENT AUTHORITY, INCLUDING MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION PROFESSIONALS, SOCIAL WORKERS, COUNSELORS, OR LIBRARIANS. IN CASES OF READING DISABILITY, APPLICATIONS MUST BE CERTIFIED BY MEDICAL DOCTORS OR DOCTORS OF OSTEOPATHY.
Ages Served: All Ages
Disabilities Served: LD (Learning Disability), OHI - Other Health Impairment, Visual Disability
Wheelchair Accessible: Yes
Fees: NO CHRGE
Sliding fee schedule: Yes
How to appeal a decision: DAVE OERTLI OR NATIONAL LIBRARY SERVICE/LIBRARY OF CONGRESS MIRIAM PACE, CHIEF, NETWORK DIVISION OUT OF WASHINGTON - 202-7070-9289
Languages with interpreters on staff: