Join METRO and our sister council, Long Island Library Resources Council (LILRC), for this presentation from Ashley Dalle, Interim Chief Librarian about the many free benefits available for children from the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library.
The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library is a branch of the New York Public Library (NYPL) and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) that provides FREE accessible reading material for patrons who are blind, low vision, physically disabled, print disabled, or otherwise unable to read print, to patrons located in the five boroughs of New York City, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties. Andrew Heiskell Library offers materials to borrow in a wide range of formats, including braille, talking books (audio), and magazines, for users of all ages, as well as players and mobile apps. Patrons can also find accessible programming and events, individual coaching in assistive technology, group workshops, braille study groups, the Dimensions Lab for tactile creation, and more.
Ashley will present on how to apply for NLS service, the benefit to you, your students, and your patients, as well as the types of assistive technology courses and workshops that are being offered, for FREE, to library patrons. Andrew Heiskell Library offers children's materials to borrow in a wide range of formats, including braille, talking books (audio), and magazines, as well as players and mobile apps, and early tactile literacy kits for early Braille users.