If you are not receiving your books regularly or in a timely fashion, please call your local post office. Transit time is typically 5 to 10 working days but can take longer during holidays. Once they leave our facility, we have no way of tracking their course. Our books are sent within two days of the order being placed, based on their availability. Why haven’t I received any books in two weeks? You can contact our Reference Librarian at 1(800) 808-2555. Users are responsible for returning inter-library loans in a timely manner. If you find a title that you would like that is only available through another location, you can contact our Reference Librarian, who will be happy to order the title through inter-library loan. The National Library Service (NLS) also has a Web site, which lists all titles that are available nationally.Īll of the titles available through Braille Institute’s Library start with DB for digital books or BR for braille. Is there any way to see what books are available on the Internet?īraille Institute’s Library now provides access to its complete collection of books online. Around the winter holidays, the phones are especially busy with people trying to get books before they go on vacation. Mondays and Fridays are our busiest days. The best time of day to call is in the afternoon, Tuesday through Thursday. Call us at: 1(800) 808-2555, or email is the best time for me to call in a book order? They can suggest titles based on your interests or help you find titles by your favorite authors. If you ever have trouble selecting books, our Reader Advisors will be more than willing to help you. Simply contact the Machine-Lending Agency and we will send you a replacement. If your machine needs repair, please do not attempt to do it yourself or have it repaired. Keep food and liquids away from your machine and books.Be sure to listen to the recorded instructions supplied with your unit.Don’t expose your machine or books to extreme heat or cold.How do I care for book machines and perform maintenance? Do not include correspondence inside the containers. To return audio or braille books in the mail at no cost, simply reverse the mailing label on the mailing container and put it in a postal box. Books obtained through interlibrary loans may be kept for 60 days and must be returned promptly. No fines are levied for late books, but you are urged to observe this loan period so that materials can be supplied to other users. You may keep books on loan for one month. Here is a list of our Regional Branch locations. To pick up books at the Library call us the day before you come, and we will have your available selections ready for pick up at the Library counter. Once it is mailed to you, your selection will take about two weeks to arrive. Once your selection is found, we will arrange to have it mailed to you, if it is available, or put your name on the wait list if it is not available. Your reader advisor can find any book in our collection by title, author, or BR number. If you do not know the numbers for the books you would like, then you can make a list of specific titles and authors. If you receive Talking Book Topics, Braille Book Review or the yearly catalog, you can use them to create a list of book numbers (for books on tape) or BR numbers (for books in braille). The Braille Library does not place any restriction on the number of braille books or books for the visually impaired that you can have checked out at any given time but we do ask that you return each book within its one-month loan period. You are welcome to call as often as you like and order as many as 10 books per phone call.
#Books on tape download#
SHELF Project – Beside having access to books from NLS, you can now download locally produced books. Scheduled BARD Sessions – BARD sessions are available every month, to help you learn the process of downloading digital books.
#Books on tape for free#
Wi-Fi Connection – Bring in your personal laptop and access the internet for free in one of our quiet reading areas.Įxpert Reader Advisors – Meet one of our friendly and knowledgeable Reader Advisors at the Library front counter to select a book just for you!ĬCTV – There are three CCTV magnification stations available for patrons to read print.īARD Station – Not signed up for our Braille and Audio Reading Download yet? You can complete our online application in just a few easy steps at the BARD station. Patron Computer – Reserve our patron computer for online job resources and more.
We encourage you to visit us today and see how you can take advantage of the following services:īrowsing Area – Check out up to 2 digital books, 5 recorded cassettes and 2 braille books from a large selection of genres and authors. The Braille Institute library for the blind and visually impaired has numerous services that can benefit everyone.
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