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Home > Services > Library for the Blind and Physically HandicappedLibrary for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH)
Contact information:
Location:
Frederick Douglass Branch for Specialized Services.
Phone: (313) 833-5494. Fax: (313) 832-5597.
Hours:
M,W,F:10:00 am - 6:00 pm;
Tu,Th:12:00 - 8:00 pm. Phone:
Librarian Specialist:
Dori Middleton
E-mail: dmiddle@detroit.lib.mi.us
Description
The Detroit Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped provides services, in accordance with the guidelines established by the U.S. Library of Congress National Library Service (NLS), to those who cannot read conventional print material, including persons who are blind, visually handicapped, physically handicapped, or reading disabled.The LBPH collection is primarily a leisure collection of books on tape with adult and juvenile Bestsellers, Classics, Black History, and Old Time Radio Shows. It also includes Large Print books, regular print books and journals about disabilities, reference sources on the ADA, and self-instruction sign language video cassettes and CD-ROMs.
Programs
Judo Class
LBPH provides many programs and activities for its users. One particular program is a judo class. Read about one persons experience in this great program.
Learn More>>Materials
Talking Books, along with talking book machines, are available to eligible residents who live in a 14 ZIP code area of Detroit and Highland Park. Loans of the books and machines are made to individuals and to institutions such as schools, nursing homes and senior residences. Over 51,575 book titles are available (many in Spanish) as well as some magazines including Ebony, Good Housekeeping and Sports Illustrated. Sheet music in Large Print and Braille and recorded music instruction are available through the NLS office in Washington D.C. All materials can be provided through the mail Free Matter for the Blind. There is no cost for the customer.
LBPH publishes a quarterly newsletter, In Focus, describing services, programs, and activities.E-Resources
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