Serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the United States of America
Cylke, Frank Kurt; Moodie, Michael M.; Fistick, Robert E.
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Title
Serving the Blind and Physically Handicapped in the United States of America
Author(s)
Cylke, Frank Kurt
Moodie, Michael M.
Fistick, Robert E.
Issue Date
2007
Keyword(s)
Library services for the visually impaired
Abstract
Since the early 1930s federal legislation has enabled the Library of
Congress to offer free library service to blind and physically handicapped
individuals resident in the United States as well as to U.S.
citizens overseas. Technological changes in the program have mirrored
and sometimes anticipated transformations and developments
in the world of consumer electronics. Braille is now accessible over
the Internet by means of specialized keyboards; audiobooks, originally
cut onto rigid shellac 78-rpm disks, have progressed to flexible
discs and a refined analog cassette technology that will in turn soon
be replaced by digital flash-memory cartridges playable on efficient,
reliable, lightweight, and portable machines. The National Library
Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped looks forward to
the inauguration of its new digital system in 2008.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press and the Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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