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Funding and governance of library and information services for visually impaired people: international case studies

Part2:Country studies

USA

The view from the user's perspective

NLS

The typical experience for a visually impaired person is the same for works of fiction, new works of fiction, magazines and children's books. A call or email to their service library would initiate the request. For a school or academic book it is necessary to contact with another organization which provides text books nationally. A newspaper may need a referral from the service library or it may actually be offered by the service library. A reference work and an academic journal are more problematic, but the service library would be the first inquiry as it may have access to local recording / brailling capabilities.

JBI

If a general work of fiction, they would contact their local branch of the Library of Congress's National Library Service for the Blind (NLS). If a book of Jewish interest, they would contact JBI International.