| Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped |
| Free Library of Philadelphia |
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Updates and Coming Events!!!Join our Accessible Book Club: five gatherings start in Fall 2009 at the Parkway Central Library. Join us at our final 2009 gathering December 3. Bring a friend! The NEW Digital Player: find images and information about the digital flash media player. Click here for views of our new player through 10 enlarged images. WELCOME!The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Free Library of Philadelphia, is part of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS), a free library program of braille and audio materials circulated to eligible borrowers in the United States by postage free mail. In Pennsylvania, the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Philadelphia serves the eastern half of the state and the Carnegie Library for the Blind of Pittsburgh serves the western half of the state. In addition, the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped in Philadelphia serves the entire Commonwealth, Delaware, and West Virginia with braille materials. Email LBPH your email address!!Coming soon, special events, newsletters, and announcements will go electronic. Send your electronic contact information to flpblind@freelibrary.org with the subject "email". NEWSLINEAre you interested in getting the local newspaper? Now you can. Newsline is a free telephone newspaper service that synthesizes print into voice for over 100 newspapers. The New York Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Wall Street Journal, and the Pittsburgh Post Gazette are some of the many newspapers available through this free service sponsored by the National Federation of the Blind. To find out more information and sign up for the service call the library at (800) 222-1754. INFOEYES LBPH is proud to announce our participation
in a nationwide electronic reference program called InfoEyes. InfoEyes is
a virtual reference and information service for people with visual
impairments.
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