Staff Members
Director: |
Susan Whittle |
LBPH Supervisor: |
Kathy Hutchins |
Outreach Coordinator: |
Arlene Freeman |
LBPH Assistant: |
Tammy Lindsey |
 Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is one of twelve subregional libraries in the state of Georgia and currently serves the following sixteen county region: Baker, Brooks, Calhoun, Clay, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Quitman, Randolph, Seminole, Terrell, Thomas, and Webster.
The library houses a large collection of recorded materials as well as reference materials. For recorded and Braille materials that are provided by the National Library Service (NLS) but not currently in stock at the Bainbridge Library, the Regional Library in Atlanta can be contacted to Interlibrary Loan the requested materials.
Patrons may either come to the library to pick up their own books or the books can be sent out in the mail free of charge going and returning.
Deposit collections are also available for use by residents of nursing facilities (ie. convalescence homes, nursing homes, hospitals) and for individuals in facilities such as senior citizen centers and schools. The collections are housed in the various facilities or in public libraries. These collections are periodically changed to provide readers with a variety of reading materials.
THE TALKING BOOK PROGRAM |
| A free national library program of Braille and recorded materials for blind and physically handicapped persons is administered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress. With the cooperation of authors and publishers who grant permission to use copyrighted works, National Library Service selects and produces full-length books and magazines in Braille and on cassettes. Reading materials are distributed to a cooperating network of regional and subregional (local) libraries where they are circulated to eligible borrowers. Cassettes and playback machines are sent to borrowers and returned to libraries in reusable containers along with mailing cards so that it can be returned by postage-free mail. Established by an act of Congress in 1931 to serve blind adults, the program was expanded in 1952 to include children, in 1962 to provide music materials, and again in 1966 to include individuals with other physical impairments that prevent the reading of standard print. |
BOOKS AND MAGAZINES |
| Readers may borrow all types of popular-interest books including bestseller, classic, mystery, westerns, romance, science fiction, history, biography, religious, children's books and foreign-language materials. Readers may also subscribe to more than seventy popular titles, such as Good Housekeeping, Consumer Reports, Ebony, Sports Illustrated, National Geographic, Newsweek, and Jack & Jill in Braille and recorded formats. |
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT |
|  Machines needed to play the cassettes, which are recorded at slower than conventional speeds to enable more recording per cassette or record, are loaned for as long as recorded materials are being borrowed and repairs/replacements are provided free of charge. An amplifier is available for blind and physically handicapped readers who are also certified as hearing impaired. Other devices are provided to aid readers with mobility impairments in using playback machines.
 New digital players (USB flash cartridges) are also available for patrons. They are smaller, lighter, easier touse, and have a longer battery life than the cassette players. Please call the Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped at 229.248.2680 or at 1.800.795.2680 for more information or to request a digital player.
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SPECIAL: TAKE THIS SURVEY!
Please complete this survey to help GLASS (Georgia Libraries for Accessible Statewide Services) make important decisions about providing library service to people with disabilities in Georgia. Please click here to complete this survey.
SEARCH FOR MATERIALS
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PRINTABLE INFORMATION
Download and print a brochure describing the services provided by the Bainbridge Sub-Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
The brochure is available in PDF format. Please click here to download the latest version from Adobe's web site.
Check out our presentation! Download our presentation at this link: Presentation. This file is in Microsoft PowerPoint version 2007. Click here to download a free Microsoft PowerPoint viewer if you do not have Microsoft PowerPoint 2007. Or, to download the presentation in PDF format, click here: Presentation.
LATEST NEWS
Check out the latest news from the Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped! View our latest newsletter here:
August 2010
Want to see more? Browse our archive of newsletters here!
The newsletter is available in PDF format. Please click here to download the latest version from Adobe's web site.
TALKING BOOK CENTER PUBLIC OPINION MEETING
Couldn't attend the talking book center public opinion meeting on Monday, January 11, 2010? Click here to download a video of this meeting!
LINKS OF INTEREST
Library Accessibility: What You Need to Know
From the Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA), this website contains fifteen tipsheets to help librarians understand and manage access issues.
Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation Services
A division of the Georgia Department of Labor, Vocational Rehabilitation Services assists people with disabilities by helping them obtain independence and meaningful employment.
NEW! TRAINING TOOL KIT AVAILABLE!
The Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is proud to announce the release of, “Tools for Turning Folks on to Talking Books”, a multi-media training tool kit. This tool kit contains information including who is eligible for services, special machines needed to use the service, sample reports, and much more. This is a valuable instrument for library staff to provide information to patrons regarding the Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.
This multi-media training tool kit is available for libraries through InterLibrary Loan. Request your copy today by contacting the Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped by calling 229.248.2680 or 800.795.2680, or by e-mailing lbph@swgrl.org.
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ELIGIBILITY |
You are eligible for the Library of Congress program if:
- You are legally blind - your vision in the better eye is 20/200 or less with correcting glasses, or your widest diameter of visual field is no greater than 20 degrees.
- You cannot see well enough or focus long enough to read standard print, although you wear glasses to correct your vision.
- You are unable to handle print books or turn pages because of a physical handicap.
Or, you are certified by a medical doctor as having a reading disability, due to an organic dysfunction, which is of sufficient severity to prevent reading in a conventional manner. |
The following adaptive equipment is available for use in the Bainbridge Subregional Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped:
KURZWEIL READING EDGE MACHINE:
The Reading Edge is a machine that will read a printed page aloud. The machine can also be connected to a cassette recorder and the machine can read the text while the cassette machine records it to enable the user to have a copy to take with him/her. We also have a Braille printer that can be connected to the Reading Edge, which allows the scanned text to be transferred into a Braille copy.
PERKINS BRAILLER:
This machine is the equivalent of a Braille typewriter. The library has two of these braillers, one for in-house use and one available for checkout.
BRAILLE-N-PRINT SLIM LINE:
This is a computer card that attaches to the bottom of the Perkins Brailler. This card allows a dot matrix printer to be connected to the Perkins Brailler and when something is typed on the Brailler, a print copy is generated on the dot matrix printer. This is only available on the brailler for use in the library.
PUBLIC ACCESS COMPUTER TERMINAL:
This is a Pentium IBM Clone with large print and Braille overlay keyboard. It has Zoomtext software that enlarges the text on the screen for the visually impaired and that speaks what is on the screen or typed in. This computer has Microsoft Word 97 installed and has access to the Internet.
OPTELEC 20/20+:
This machine enlarges materials that are placed underneath it by projecting it on the screen. The material can be enlarged up to 60 times its normal size.
The Perkins Brailler is currently the only machine available for checkout. We can make arrangements with the Public Libraries in the area so that this machine can be available for temporary checkout in all sixteen counties.
Further information is available by calling (229) 248-2680 or 1-800-795-2680, or by coming by the library at:
Southwest Georgia Regional Library System
301 South Monroe Street
Bainbridge, Georgia 39819
Our operating hours are:
Monday 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Wednesday, & Friday 9 a.m. - 6 p.m.
Thursday 9 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Saturday 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. |
