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Reference Publications

Bibliographies introduction and links to:

Accessibility: A Selective Bibliography (1994)

Assistive Technology: A Selective Bibliography(2000)

Disability Awareness and Changing Attitudes (1991) plain text

Library and Information Services to Individuals with Disabilities (2002)

Circulars introduction and links to:

Assistive Devices for Use with Personal Computers (2001)

Bibles and Other Sacred Writings in Special Media (1999 in HTML)

Bibles and Other Sacred Writings in Special Media (1999 in contracted braille)

Blindness and Visual Impairments: Information and Advocacy Organizations (2001 in HTML)

Blindness and Visual Impairments: Information and Advocacy Organizations (2001 in contracted braille)

Braille Embossers (2000)

Braille Literacy: Resources for Instruction, Writing Equipment, and Supplies (2004)

Building a Library Collection on Blindness and Physical Disabilities: Basic Materials and Resources (1999) in plain text

Deaf-Blindness: National Organizations and Resources (2004)

Guide to Spoken Word Recordings: Popular Literature (2004)

Information for Travelers with Physical or Visual Disabilities (2002)

Learning Disabilities: Organizations and Resources (1997)

The Magazine Program of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) (2001)

Magnifiying Devices, A resource guide (2002)

Parents' Guide to the Development of Preschool Children with Disabilities: Resources and Services (1992)

Physical Disabilities: National Organizations and Resources (1994) in plain text

Reading Materials in Large Print (1997)

Sources of Audiovisual Materials on Disabilities (1995)

Sources of Braille Reading Materials (1996 in HTML)

Sources of Braille Reading Materials (1996 in contracted braille)

Sports, Outdoor Recreation, and Games for Visually and Physically Impaired Individuals (1991) in plain text

Directories introduction and links to:

Address List: Regional & Subregional Libraries

Library Resources for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (2004)

Magazines in Special Media, 2003

Sources of Custom-Produced Books: Braille, Audio Recordings, and Large Print (2001 in HTML)

Sources of Custom-Produced Books: Braille, Audio Recordings, and Large Print (2001 contracted braille, volume one)

Sources of Custom-Produced Books: Braille, Audio Recordings, and Large Print (2001 contracted braille, volume two)

Sources of Custom-Produced Books: Braille, Audio Recordings, and Large Print (2001 contracted braille, volume three)

Factsheets introduction and links to:

2004 Calendars

About Braille

Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (Annual Factsheet in HTML)

Books for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (Annual Factsheet in contracted braille)

Copyright Law Amendment (1996)

International Interlibrary Loan (1990)

Library Service to Institutions (1995)

Libros para Ciegos y Impedidos Físicos (2003)

Music Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (2002 in HTML)

Music Services for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals (2002 in contracted braille)

NLS Automation Activities (2003)

Network of the National Library Service for the Blind (1996)

Playback Machines Provided on Free Loan to Eligible Individuals and Institutions (1999)

Selected Sources for Electronic Texts (2003)

Selected Veterans Organizations (2003)

Sources for Playback Machines Compatible with NLS Books (2000)

Talking Books and Reading Disabilities (1997)

Web-Braille (2003)

Other Writings introduction and links to:

Art and Science of Audio Book Production by Bill West
Text of September 1995 NLS publication

Building Bridges: Library Advocacy and Reaching Out by Margaret Andrews
Keynote address at Western Conference of Librarians Serving Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals, May 1997

Guidelines for Accessing Alternative Format Educational Materials by Barbara Nail-Chiwetalu
A Web article posted by the U.S. Department of Education, March 1, 2000

Library Service for Blind and Physically Handicapped Individuals: A World Perspective
(Text of 1995 poster)

Our Digital World by Frank Kurt Cylke
An address to conventions in 2000 of the American Council of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind

Reflections of a Lifetime Reader by Robert V. Hine
Text of 1994 address to the national conference in Denver

Say How? in HTML (Web) format (371 kilobyte file)
a pronunciation guide to names of public figures


The ABC Book in HTML (Web) format (40 kilobyte file)
a pronunciation guide to commercial names

Transformations . . . or the complex story of going digital by Elsebeth Tank
An address to the 2002 national conference of librarians serving blind and physically handicapped readers

We Are Nearly There, A Digital Odyssey by Frank Kurt Cylke
An address to 2001 conventions of the American Council of the Blind and the National Federation of the Blind

Technical Writings

NLS Technical Circulars

03-01, Braille Preservation Guidelines

03-02, Audio Technology Initiatives

"Digital Talking Books: Developing a User Interface" by John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen, presented at Technology and Persons with Disabilities sponsored by the Center on Disabilities, California State University, Northridge; March 2001
http://www.csun.edu/cod/conf2001/proceedings/0030cookson.html

"Digital Talking Book Standards Developed By NLS and Partners Under NISO Auspices" by John Cookson, Michael Moodie, and Lloyd Rasmussen in Information Technology and Disabilities, volume 7, number 1, August 2000
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article3.htm

"National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped: Digital Plans and Progress" by John Cookson and Lloyd Rasmussen in Information Technology and Disabilities, volume 7, number 1, August 2000
http://www.rit.edu/~easi/itd/itdv07n1/article2.htm


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Posted on 2004-10-20