Visually Impaired & Blind Services – Somers Library Your Library in the Park
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Welcome to the Somers library, your library in the park!
(914) 232-5717
Route 139 & Reis Park
Somers, NY 10589
Monday open
10AM - 5PM
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Visually Impaired & Blind Services
NY State Talking Book and Braille Library (TBBL)
This free library service is for eligible residents of upstate New York who are unable to use standard print materials due to a visual, physical, or reading disability. Materials are mailed to and from their homes at no charge. Books can also be downloaded directly to a tablet or smartphone. The TBBL collection includes print braille books, and fiction and nonfiction audiobooks, with over 70 magazine subscriptions available as well.
Phone:
518-474-5935
or
800-342-3688
Email:
tbbl@nysed.gov
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)
This free braille and talking book library service is for people registered with the New York State Talking Book and Braille Library. Through a national network of cooperating libraries, NLS circulates books and magazines in braille or audio formats that are instantly downloadable to a personal device or delivered by mail free of charge.
BARD
(Braille and Audio Reading Download) is their free library service of downloadable braille and audio reading material.
Phone:
202-707-5100
or
800-424-8567
Email:
nls@loc.gov
Music materials
are available from the NLS, including braille and large print musical scores, recorded instructional materials, and recorded materials about music and musicians.
Phone:
800-424-8567
ext. 2
Email:
nlsm@loc.gov
Bookshare
This eBook and audiobook library makes reading easier. People with barriers like dyslexia, blindness, and cerebral palsy can read in ways that work for them with a huge collection of titles in audio, audio + highlighted text, braille, and other formats. The service is free for all qualified U.S. students and schools, and less than $1 per week for all other members.
New York Public Library (NYPL) patrons can join for free, and everyone living in NY State qualifies for a NYPL card. Apply for a NYPL card
here
Contact NYPL staff at
talkingbooks@nypl.org
or call
212-206-5400
for more information and to obtain a promo code.
National Federation of the Blind’s NFB-NEWSLINE®
NFB-NEWSLINE® is a free audio news service for anyone who is blind, low-vision, deafblind, or otherwise print-disabled. It offers access to more than 500 publications, emergency weather alerts, job listings, and more.
Request an application by calling
866-504-7300
download and mail an application
or complete an
online application
RISE
This is WMHT’s 24-hour radio information service for the blind and print-disabled in New York’s Capital Region and the Hudson Valley. Volunteers read articles from local and national newspapers, popular periodicals, and books.
Applicants for a receiver must complete and submit this
application form
Phone:
518-880-3400
Email:
email@wmht.org
Learning Ally
This service offers popular audiobooks and titles aligned to educational learning standards. Items can be found by grade, lexile level, and subject. The cost for joining is $75 unless you are affiliated with an educational institution.
Phone:
800-221-4792
Email:
CustomerCare@learningally.org
NY State Commission for the Blind (NYSCB)
NYSCB provides vocational rehabilitation and other direct services to legally blind New York State residents, including children, adults, and elderly persons. One of their primary objectives is to assist consumers in achieving economic self-sufficiency and full integration into society.
Phone:
914-993-5370
Email:
Ana.Duraes@ocfs.ny.gov
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We have three types of email that go out to our patrons – adults, teens and kids. Make sure you have signed up for all of the ones you are interested in receiving. Just click
HERE
to sign up!
Contact
Route 139 & Reis Park Somers, NY 10589
(914) 232-5717
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Emails
info@somerslibrary.org
director@somerslibrary.org
teens@somerslibrary.org
kids@somerslibrary.org
circ@somerslibrary.org
Hours
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 10 am - 5 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 10 am - 8 pm
Saturday: 10 am - 5 pm *
*(June-Sept closing at 3 pm)
Monday, Wednesday & Friday: 10 am – 5 pm
Tuesday & Thursday: 10 am – 7 pm
Saturday: 10 am – 3 pm
Sunday: Closed
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