The Outreach Staff is available to provide a program for your
organization. We also have a display that we will bring for a convention
exhibit, health fair, etc.
The following services are available only to MITBC registered
patrons.
Reader Advisors.
They can assist your with your book orders or help you with any service
problems.
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Old-time Radio
Catalog.
We have over 700 old-time radio shows available to our patrons.
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Descriptive Video
Catalog.
Descriptive videos are regular TV programs or movies that have an added verbal
description of the action, costumes, settings, etc. that would aid the
visually impaired viewer.
Order
books online, by phone, or from the catalogs.
Chapter-a-day
online book clubs.
There are seven clubs, each with a different interest, that you may subscribe
to. You will receive (Monday through Friday) by e-mail a brief portion
of the book until you have received two or three
complete chapters. Then we’ll start a new book. There is more information available when you go to
their website to register. There is no charge for this service; no reports; just
enjoyment. If you want to read the rest of the book, contact your
Reader Advisor to see if it is available. More information is included in our
September 2002 newsletter.
WORLD WAR II: POW STORIES (video).
A thirty minute VHS video with three former WWII POWs talking about their
experiences with middle and junior high students. The video is available
for purchase by the public for a charge of $10.
Summer Reading Program.
Newsline.
Access to newspapers over the phone.
Radio
Information Service.
Using a special radio receiver, listeners can hear readings from local
newspapers and other local information as well as some national newspapers and
magazines.
Reference and Referral. Contact
your Reader Advisor or the Outreach Staff if
you need reference
information or if you need to locate an agency or organization. With Internet access and our collection
of catalogs, we can provide you with a
variety of information.
Catalogs,
Publications and Bibliographies.
- Periodicals.
Subscriptions listed are provided free of charge by the
Illinois Regional Library
or by NLS/BPH. Contact your Reader Advisor for a copy
of "Magazines
in Special Media" for a listing of other periodicals
available from their
publishers. Associated
Services for the Blind also provides a fee-based
subscription service for certain magazines.
Web-Braille.
Web-Braille is an Internet, web-based service that provides, in an electronic format, many braille books and all braille
magazines produced by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS).
Updated: September 17, 2002.