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| Bureau of Braille and Talking Books Library of Daytona Beach | |
|---|---|
| Location | Daytona Beach, FL |
| Scope | "That All My Read" |
| Established | 1950 |
| Branch of | Library of Congress, National Library Service |
| Branches | 10 (Cocoa, Ft. Myers, Ft. Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Clearwater, Miami, Orlando, Pensacola, Lake Worth, Tampa) |
| Collection | |
| Items collected | Classic and popular fiction, non-fiction, text books and magazines and musical scores in formats including: Braille Digital and Audio Cassette Recordings Large Print Editions |
| Size | 2.4 million volumes |
| Access and use | |
| Access requirements | Available to residents of the State of Florida. Confirmation of print disability by a qualified doctor or social services professional is required. |
| Circulation | 1.99 million volumes |
| Members | 32,000 |
| Other information | |
| Director | Robert Lee Doyle, III |
| Website | http://http://dbs.myflorida.com/Talking_Books_Library/index.html |
The Bureau of Braille and Talking Books Library Services of Daytona Beach is located at 421 Platt Street on the Daytona Beach campus of the Florida Division of Blind Services. The library is a regional branch of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of Congress and, as such, it provides materials in alternate format to those who have difficulty reading books in standard format. All library services are provided free of charge to eligible users. The Braille and Talking Books Library of Daytona Beach is the largest library of its kind in the U.S.[1]
History
The original library collection was begun whenever it was begun. It maintained a collection of braille books as well as braille music for the use of the students. In 1931 the Pratt-Smoot Act was passed and eighteen Braille and Talking Book Libraries were set up across the country (nineteen including the Library of Congress).
Services
The library offers braille books to the residents of FLORIDA. The library provides Talking Books for FLORIDA patrons. Although the library offers these services to the residents of other states, the residents must sign up for services through each state's individual regional library. The library also offers the use of the Newsline service (a service run by the National Federation of the Blind) as well as downloadable audio books to its Florida patrons only. The library offers a new program to distribute currency readers. These are pocket-sized devices which scan and audibly identify the value of paper currency for visually impaired patrons.
Talking Books
Something about Daytona's original library consisting of Talking Books only.
Recording Studio
The recording studio housed within BBTBL's Library records and produces digital audio books—local titles for its main collection that are then shared with the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) and custom audio books for anything from a student’s math textbook to narration of USEFUL DOCUMENTS, such as bus schedules, made readable for customers who are blind or otherwise print disabled.
Braille Books
Something about the inclusion of Braille into the collection
Administration
The library is one of fifty-six regional branch libraries of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and as such is administrated via the Florida State Department of Education's Division of Blind Services. The library is subject to the rules and regulations governing all such bodies. The library resides on the Daytona Beach campus of the Florida Division of Blind Services.
Awards
In Some Time in the Past BBTBL was honored with whatever honorarium via whoever was honoring the library.
References
- ^ "Bureau of Braille and Talking Books Library". Florida Division of Blind Services. myflorida.com. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
External links
Category:Libraries in Volusia County, Florida