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Queens Library Mail-A-Book Services
for Seniors, Adults, Young Adults, and Children

 

Queens Library at Queens Village
94-11 217 Street
Queens Village, NY 11428
718-776-6800

• Mail-A-Book services are available to homebound residents of Queens with no access to the Library due to health reasons or disability
• Items are sent through the mail to readers. Items are enclosed in reusable book bags; readers can return the items in the reusable book bags. Postage-paid return labels are included
• Materials circulate for 45 days and are renewable
• When materials are returned, other materials are sent out automatically 
• Readers may request specific titles or indicate their subject or author preferences or request titles in languages other than English
• Books are available in hardcover, paperback, and audio format (CD and mp3 format).
• DVDs and music CDs are also available for loan 
• Mail-A-Book applications and requests can be made by mail or by phone (phone/address above)
• This service is free of charge to Queens residents 

 

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Services from Other Organizations

The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
http://talkingbooks.nypl.org/
40 West 20th Street
New York, NY 10011-4211
General information: 212-206-5400
24 hour answering machine: 212-206-5425
TTY: 212-206-5458
Application for Services (PDF format)

• Branch of the New York Public Library and a Regional Library of the Library of Congress National Library Service for the Blind & Physically Handicapped
• Mailing program that delivers Braille and recorded books to eligible customers
• Free of charge
• Specialized playback equipment is required for listening to the library's cassettes. This equipment is issued on extended loan, as needed, free of charge for home use

< Recorded on Note> Many organizations use specialized equipment to produce their recorded books on 4-track cassettes. A special cassette player is needed to listen to these 4-track tapes. This equipment can be obtained on extended loan, and free of charge, from the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled.

Jewish Braille Institute of America Library
http://jewishbraille.org/librarysrv.html
110 East 30th St.
New York, NY 10016
212-889-2525
800-433-1531

• Secular and sacred books on cassette, in Braille and in large print in English, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, Hungarian, Romanian and Polish
• Books of Jewish interest on cassette, in Braille and in large print
• Available to anyone who is blind, visually impaired, physically or learning disabled
• Large print books in Braille
• Recorded books are available in English, Hebrew, Russian, Yiddish, Hungarian, Romanian, and Polish
• All services are free of charge
• Specialized playback equipment is required

The Jewish Guild for the Blind - The Sortino Audio Library
http://www.jgb.org
15 West 65th Street
New York, NY 10023
212-769-6331
800-284-4422

• Tape recording of best-selling books in 28 subject categories for blind and visually impaired
• Catalog lists more than 1,500 titles
• $25/yr user fee, which is waived for people receiving Medicaid

American Printing House for the Blind
http://www.aph.org
1839 Frankfort Avenue
P.O. Box 6085
Louisville, KY 40206-0085
800-233-1839
502-895 2405

• Large-print books by mail service
• Library maintains a collection of over 6,500 classic and contemporary titles
• Among other services, the American Printing House for the Blind provides free subscriptions to Newsweek and other magazines, and Reader's Digest in Braille or on cassette
• Specialized playback equipment is required

Choice Magazine Listening
http://www.choicemagazinelistening.org
Box TM, 85 Channel Drive
Port Washington, NY 11050
516-883-8280

• Bi-monthly service providing eight hour audio tapes of magazine articles, literature, and poetry
• The unabridged articles come from more than 100 periodicals, such as Smithsonian, The New Yorker, Atlantic, Time, Granta, House and Gardens, The New York Times and National Geographic
• Audio tapes of magazine articles, literature, and poetry
• Specialized playback equipment is required
• Free of charge

Matilda Ziegler Magazine
http://www.zieglermag.org
80 8th Avenue, Room 1304
New York, NY 10011
212-242-0263

• Monthly periodical that reprints articles covering a wide range of interests from four national newspapers and thirty popular periodicals
• Published in Grade 2 Braille and on cassette
• Free of charge to people who are legally blind
• Specialized playback equipment is required

 

Textbooks And Other Educational Material

Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic
http://www.rfbd.org
20 Roszel Road
Princeton, NY 08540
609-452-0606
800-221-4792

• Serves people who cannot read standard print because of visual, perceptual or other physical disabilities
• Lending library of academic and professional textbooks on audio tape from elementary through post-graduate and professional levels
• Specialized playback equipment is required
• RFBD also offers the nonprofit sale dictionaries, reference materials and professional books on computer disk (E-Text) and specially adapted tape players/recorders to use with their recorded books
• Free

Educational Tape Recording For The Blind And Disabled, Inc.
3915 West 103rd Street
Chicago, IL 60655
773-445-3533

• Records and loans text books for students from elementary school through Ph.D. in the United States
• Annual registration fee of $50.00
• Specialized playback equipment is required

 Xavier Society for the Blind
154 East 23rd Street
New York, NY 10010
800-637-9193
212-473-7800

• Lending library of religious and inspirational material in large print, Braille, and on cassette