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Braille Libraries
Braille is not a language, but a script in which one can read and write English (or any other language). It consists of embossed dots which are felt by blind people.
This section provides a list of braille libraries in India and overseas.
National
Blind Relief Association, Delhi
Kerala Federation of the Blind, Kerala
National Association for the Blind, Mumbai
National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun, Uttaranchal
Victoria Memorial School, Maharashtra
Overseas
American Printing House for the Blind (APH)
BookShare.org (Embossed braille books) [New]
Christian Record Services, Inc
Jewish Braille Institute of America
Matilda Ziegler Magazine for the Blind
National Library Service for Blind and physically handicapped (NLS)
The Perkins Braille and Talking Book Library, Massachusetts
Blind Relief Association, Delhi
The Blind Relief Association's Library houses over 3,000 volumes in braille and over 1,000 printed texts for the benefit of school and university students as well as research scholars.
Its Braille Production Unit has a computerised braille production facility with two electronic braille printers and transcription software for books in English, Hindi and Sanskrit. It also has a Cassette Recording Studio for text books.
Contact details:
Mrs. Romila Ahluwalia,
Blind Relief Association
Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg, (Near Hotel Oberoi),
New Delhi 110003
Phone: +91-11-24361376
Fax: +91-11-24364730
E-mail: lbsbra@delhi1.mtnl.net.in
Website: www.blindrelief.org
Kerala Federation of the Blind, Kerala
This braille library at Thiruvananthapuram has a collection of 4,000 books in English, Hindi and Malayalam.
Contact details:
Mr. Georgekutty Kareparampil
General Secretary
Kerala Federation of the Blind
Kunnukuzhi
Thiruvananthapuram 695034
Kerala
Phone: +91-471-2304993, 2304831
Fax: +91-471-2304993
National Association for the Blind, Mumbai
N.A.B.’s L.M.B.R.C. library hosts a fine collection of over 5,000 titles, which encompasses books, periodicals, seminar reports and research articles. It is a rich warehouse of information on blind welfare and on varying subjects relating to blindness and offers enriching reference material for professional and research scholars.
The library regularly receives several professional journals and magazines from India and abroad, including: Journal of visual impairment and blindness, The British journal of visual impairment, The World Blind among others, thus allowing access to updated news, views, trends and government policies.
The library offers life and ordinary memberships to individuals and institutions in Mumbai and around the country.
The L.M.B.R.C. also offers lending and reference services
to all its members.
The library also has a press called the N.A.B. Sir R J Duggan
Braille Press. Its productions include prints in five languages
- Marathi, Hindi, English, Gujarati and Sanskrit. The Braille press also
offers enriching information in the form of seven periodicals
in Marathi, Hindi and English; academic textbooks for
the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat from std. I - X for all subjects;
general literature (both fiction and non-fiction); Vigyan
Bharati, a specialized braille journal devoted to Science and
technology; Vartaman, a fortnightly journal with a focus
on information on current events; and recreational literature in the form
of novels, short stories in Gujarati, Hindi and Marathi languages.
The Tactile Map Unit of the press produces graphs and maps. This Braille Press was the first to print Braille Atlas in India in 1970 and an illustrative book with graphs on acupressure in the early 80's.
Contact details:
Department of Employment, 2nd floor
11/12, Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road
Worli Seaface, Mumbai 400 025
Maharashtra
Phone: +91-22-498 8134
Fax : +91-22-493 2539
E-mail: hemaupendra@nabindia.org
Website: www.nabindia.org
National Institute of Visually Handicapped (NIVH), Dehradun, Uttaranchal
The Institute has a National Library for the print/visually disabled. The library offers free lending services to the visually disabled readers all over the country. It has 45,948 braille volumes and 7,761 print books. The library has a total membership of 2,980 persons.
Contact details:
Mr. Salil Jain,
116, Rajpur Road,
Dehradun 248001, Uttaranchal
Phone: +91-135-27444979
Fax: +91-135-2748147
E-mail: nivh@sancharnet.in
Website: www.nivh.org
Victoria Memorial School, Maharashtra
A library unit for visually impaired has been added to its activities list. The state-of-the-art library is called `VMS-Navnit Shah Library Information and Resource Centre'.
This is claimed to be the first of its kind in the country, it has ‘Braille’ books, 'talking' books such as recorded cassettes and CDs, has Reading Machines, an enlargement equipment to help those with low vision. It also provides access to Internet and has space for listening to music and read-aloud sessions.
Contact details:
The Victoria Memorial School For The Blind
Tardeo Road
Mumbai 400034
Maharashtra
Phone: +91-22-494-4236
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