Libraries for the Blind
These organizations lend braille or talking books to the blind. This
list is in geographic order, first by country, and then by postal code.
For the United States, we only list regional libraries established by
the National Library Service. For a more complete list of American
libaries, including sub-regional libraries,
click here
United States
Virgin Islands Library ft Blind & PH
3012 Golden Rock, Christiansted
St. Croix VI 00820
340-772-2250 v
340-772-3545 f
ac757@virgin.usci.net
Igri Enriquez; Puerto Rico Reg Lib f/t Blind & Phys Hnd
Stop 8/12, 520 Ponce de Leon Ave
Puerta de Tierra S Puerto Rico 00901
787-723-2519 or 800-981-8008 v
787-721-8177 f
ienrique@tld.net
175 N Beacon St
Watertown MA 02172
617-972-7240 or 800-852-3133 v
617-972-7363 f
btbl@perkins.pvt.k12.ma.us
Office of Library Services, One capital Hill
Providence RI 02908
401-222-5800 or 800-734-5141 v
401-222-4195 f
tbplus@lori.state.ri.us
117 Pleasant Street
Concord NH 03301
603-271-3429 or 800-491-4200 v
603-226-2907 f
talking@lilac.nhsl.lib.nh.us
Benita Davis; Maine State Library Services f/t Hndicpd
64 State House Station
Augusta ME 04333
207-287-5650 or 800-452-9793 v
207-287-5624 f
benitad@ursus3.ursus.main.edu
Francis Woods; Vermont Department of Libraries
Special Services Unit
Montplier VT 05602
802-828-3273 or 800-479-1711 v
802-828-2199 f
ssu@dol.state.vt.us
198 West St
Rocky Hill CT 06067
860-566-2151 or 800-842-4516 v
860-566-6669 f
ctaylor@csunset.ctstate.edu
20 Roszel Rd.
Princeton NJ 08540
609-452-0606 or 800-221-4792 v
609-987-8116 f
2300 Stuyvesant Ave
Trenton NJ 08618
609-530-4000 or 800-792-8322 v
609-530-6384 f
nilbph@njsl.tesc.edu
40 West 20th Street
New York NY 10011
212-206-5400 or 212-206-5458 TDD v
212-206-5418 f
ahlbph@nypl.org
110 East 30th Street
New York NY 10016
212-889-2525 or 800-433-1531 v
admin@jewishbraille.org
Cultural Education Center
Albany NY 12230
518-474-5935 or 800-342-3688 v
518-474-5686 f
tbbl@mail.nysed.gov
4724 Baum Blvd
Pittsburgh PA 15213
412-687-2440 or 800-242-0586 v
412-687-2442 f
clbph@clpgh.org
919 Walnut Street
Philadelphia PA 19107
215-683-3213 or 800-222-1754 v
215-683-3211 f
flpblind@library.phila.gov
Libr f/t Blind & Phys Handicapped
43 South DuPont Highway
Dover DE 19901
302-739-4748 or 800-282-8676 v
302-739-6787 f
nls@loc.gov
901 G Street NW
Washington DC 20001
202-727-2142 v
202-727-1129 f
104416.2202@compuserv.com
415 Park Avenue
Baltimore MD 21201
410-333-2668 or 800-964-9209 v
410-333-2095 f
recept@lbph.lib.md.us
395 Azalea Avenue
Richmond VA 23227
804-371-3661 or 800-552-7015 v
804-371-3508 f
mccartbn@dvh.state.va.us
Donna Calvert; West VA Libr Svcs f/t Blind & Phys Hndc
Cultural Center, 1900 Kanawha Blvd East
Charleston WV 25305
304-558-4061 or 800-642-8674 v
304-558-6016 f
calvertd@wvlc.wvnet.edu
1811 Capital Blvd
Raleigh NC 27635
919-733-4376 or 800-662-7726 v
919-733-6910 f
nclbph@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
301 Gervais Street
Columbia SC 29202
803-898-5900 or 800-922-7818 v
803-898-5907 f
guynell@leo.scsl.state.sc.us
420 Platt Street
Daytona Beach FL 30215
904-239-6000 or 800-226-6075 v
904-239-6069 f
weberd@mail.firn.edu
1150 Murphy Avenue SW
Atlanta GA 30310
404-756-4619 or 800-248-6701 v
404-756-4618 f
lkoldenhoven@dtae.org
6030 Monticello Dr
Montgomery AL 36130
334-213-3906 or 800-392-3900 v
334-213-3993 f
fzaleski@apls.state.al.us
403 Seventh Avenue North
Nashville TN 37243
615-741-3915 or 800-848-0298 v
tlbph@mail.state.tn.us
5455 Executive Place
Jackson MS 39206
601-354-7208 or 800-446-0892 v
nls@loc.gov
Richard Feindel; Kentucky Library ft Blind & PH
300 Cofee Tree Road
Frankfort KY 40602
502-564-8300 or 800-372-2968 v
502-564-5773 f
rfeindel@ctr.kdla.state.ky.us
325 Superior Avenue
Cleveland OH 44114
216-623-2911 v
nls@loc.gov
800 Vine Street, Library Square
Cincinnati OH 45202
513-369-6999 or 800-582-0335 v
513-369-3111 f
140 N Senate Avenue
Indianapolis IN 46204
317-232 3684 or 800-662-4970 v
317-232-3728 f
lbph2STATELIB.LIB.IN.US
30555 Michigan Ave
Westland MI 48186
734-727-7300 or 888-968-2737 v
734-727-7333 f
wcrlbph@wayneregional.lib.mi.us
P.O. Box 30007
Lansing MI 48909
517-373-5614 or 800-992-9012 v
517-373-5865 f
info@sbph.libofmich.lib.mi.us
524 Fourth Street
Des Moins IA 50309
515-281-1333 or 800-362-2587 v
515-281-1378 f
cathyf@blind.state.ia.us
813 West Wells Street
Milwaukee WI 53233
414-286-3045 or 800-242-8822 v
414-286-3102 f
evalan@mpl.org
Myrna Wright; Minnesota Libr f/t Blind & Phys Hndicpd
P.O. Box 68, Hwy 298, 400 SE 6th Ave
Faribault MN 55021
507-332-3279 or 800-722-0550 v
507-332-3260 f
libblnd@state.mn.us
State Libr Bldg 800 Govnrs Dr
Pierre SD 57501
605-773-3131 or 800-423-6665 v
605-773-4950 f
danb@stlib.state.sd.us
604 East Blvd
Bismark ND 58505
701-328-1477 or 800-843-9948 v
701-328-2040 f
scone@pioneer.state.nd.us
1515 East Sixth Ave
Helene MT 59620
406-444-2064 or 800-332-3400 v
406-444-5612 f
cbriggs@msl.mt.gov
1055 W Roosevelt Rd
Chicago IL 60608
312-746-9210 or 800-331-2351 v
312-746-9192 f
2002 Missouri Blvd
Jefferson City MO 65109
573-751-8720 or 800-392-2614 v
573-526-2985 f
beckles@mail.sos.state.mo.us
1200 Commercial
Emporia KS 66801
316-343-7124 or 800-362-0699 v
316-343-7124 f
pattilang@ink.org
1200 N Street, Suite 120
Lincoln NE 68508
402-472-7691 or 800-742-7691 v
402-471-6244 f
doertli@neon.nlc.state.ne.us
701 North Fourth St
Baton Rouge LA 70802
225-342-4944 or 800-543-4702 v
225-342-6817 f
sbph@pelican.state.lib.la.us
One Capitol Mall
Little Rock AR 72201
501-682-1155 v
501-682-1529 f
jhall@asl.lib.ar.us
300 NE 18th Streett
Oklahoma City OK 73105
405-521-3514 or 800-523-0288 v
405-521-4582 f
olbph@oltn.odl.state.ok.us
P.O. Box 12927 Capitol Sta
Austin TX 78711
512-463-5458 v
512-463-5436 f
jenifer.flaxbart@tsl.state.tx.us
180 Sherman St
Denver CO 80226
303-727-9277 v
303-727-9281 f
ctbl@csn.net
325 W State St
Boise ID 83702
208-334-2117 or 800-233-4931 v
208-334-2194 f
ksalmon@isl.state.id.us
2150 South 300 West
Salt Lake City UT 84115
801-468-6789 or 800-662-5540 v
801-468-6767 f
gbuttars@library.state.ut.us
1030 North 32nd St
Phoeniz AZ 85008
602-255-3701 or 800-255-5578 v
602-255-4312 f
btbl@dlapr.lib.az.us
1209 Camio Carlos Rey
Santa Fe NM 87501
505-476-9770 or 800-456-5515 v
505-827-3888 f
jbrewstr@stlib.state.nm.us
100 North Stewart Street
Carson City NV 89701
702-687-5154 or 800-922-9334 v
702-687-8311 f
putnam@equinox.unr.edu
741 North Vermont Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90029
323-660-3880 or 800-808-2555 v
323-663-0867 f
bils@brailib.org
P.O. Box 942837
Sacramenta CA 94237
916-322-4090 or 800-952-5666 v
916-654-1119 f
btbl@library.ca.gov
402 Kapahulu Ave
Honolulu HI 96815
808-733-8444 or 800-559-4096 v
808-733-8449 f
olbcirc@state.lib.hi.us
Donna Benson; Oregon State Library, talking Books & Braille
250 Winter Street NE
Salem OR 97310
503-378-3849 or 800-452-0292 v
503-588-7119 f
tbabs@sparkie.osl.state.or.us
2021 9th Avenue
Seattle WA 98121
206-615-0400 or 800-542-0866 v
206-615-0437 f
wtbbl@wtbbl.org
344 West Third Ave. #125
Anchorage AK 99518
907-269-6575 v
907-269-6580 f
patm@muskox.alaska.edu
Argentina
Biblioteca Braille de la Provincia de Buenos Aires
Calle 47 No 512
1900 La Plata
Argentina
+54 1-21 210578 v
Australia
Braille and Talking Book Library
31-51 Commercial Road
3141 South Yarra Victoria
Australia
PO Box 1855; 230 Pirie Street
5001 Adelaide SA
Australia
+61 8-223-6222 v
+61 8-223-7836 f
David Gribble; Association for the Blind of Western Australia
16 Sunbury Road
6100 Victoria Park WA
Australia
+61 9-311-8202 v
+61 9-361-8696 f
ABWA@OZEMAIL.COM.AU
Austria
Bundes-Blindenerziehungstitut
Wittelsbachstrasse 5
A 1020 Wien
Austria
+43 222-728 0483 x 18 v
+43 222-218 3561 f
Blindenerziehungsinstitut
Wittelsbachstrasse 5
A-1200 Vienna
Austria
+43 1-728 0483 v
+43 1-728 35621 f
Azerbaijan
Azerbajan Association of the Blind
19 Khuluflu Str
52 Baki
Azerbaijan
+7 8022-64 0919/5294/2455 v
Bahamas
Salvation Army Institute for the Blind
#31 Mackey St. PO Box N-205
Nassa
Bahamas
+1 809-393 2475 v
+1 809-393 2189 f
Bangladesh
FAVH (Fellowship for the Advancement of the Visually Handicapped)
8/4 Block C,6/9 Laimatia
1207 Dhaka
Bangladesh
+880 2-813591 v
+880 2-883416 f
Belgium
Vlaamse Blindenbibliotheek
Gustave Schildknechtstraat 28
B-1020 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2-428 2045 v
+32 2-424 0565 f
ONA (Oeuvre Nacionale des Aveugles
Ave Dailly 90-92
B-1030 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2-241 6568 v
+32 2-215 8821 f
Ligue Braille - Inst. Nationale pour le Bien des Aveugles
57 Rue d'Angleterre
B-1060 Brussels
Belgium
+32 2-533 3211 v
+32 2-537 6426 f
Blindenzorg Licht en Liefde
Oudenburgweg 34A
B-8202 Varsenare
Belgium
+32 50-386821 v
Brazil
Instituto Benjamin Constant/Biblioteca Luis Braille
Avenida Pasteur 350
Rio de Janeiro Urca
Brazil
Chile
Biblioteca Central para Ciegos
Rafael Canas, 165 Providencia
Santiago
Chile
+56 2-235 6891 v
Czech Republic
Knihvona a Tiskarna pro Nevidome Karla E. Macana
Krakovska 21
Prague 1 Nove Mesto 11517
Czech Republic
+42 2-422 7806 v
Denmark
Danmarks BlindeBibliotek
Teglvarksgade 37
2100 Copenhagen
Denmark
+45 3927 4444 v
+45 3927 1021 f
Estonia
EBA Eesti Pimedate Uhing
Vene Str 7
EE-0001 Tallinn
Estonia
+372 2-446317 v
+372 2-601640 f
Finland
Nakovammaisten Kirjasto/Biblioteket for Syskadade
Makelankatu 58-60
SF00510 Helsinki
Finland
+358 0-146 4051 v
+358 0-146 4104 f
France
AGATE
5-7 rue Guilleminot
75041 Paris
France
+33 1-4320 5321 v
+33 1-4320 5234 f
Ghana
GSB Ghana Society for the Blind
PO Box 3065
Accra
Ghana
+233 21-221614 v
Israel
Central Library for the Blind, Visually Impaired
4 Hahistadruth St.
42441 Nathanya
Israel
+972 9 861 7874 v
+972 9 862 6346 f
clfblind@inter.net.il
Jewish Institute for the Blind
POB 925 Kiryat Moshe
91008 Jerusalem
Israel
+972 2 x52 2211 v
+972 2 x51 2186 f
Italy
Servizio Non Vedenti, Biblioteca Civica
via della Cittadella 5
I-10122 Torino
Italy
+39-1144-29836 v
+39-1144-29830 f
u206845@comune.torino.it
Instituto per Ciechi e Ipovedenti David Chiossone
Corso Armellini 11
I-16122 Genoa
Italy
+39 10-881043 v
+39 10-841 1414 f
Japan
Japan Federation of the Blind
1-10-33 Takadanobaba, Shinjuku-ku
169 Tokyo
Japan
+81 3-200 0011 v
+81 3-200 7755 f
Japan Broadcasting Service for the Print Handicapped
1-13-2 Edobori, Nishi-ku
550 Osaka
Japan
+81 6-441 0033 v
+81 6-445 8871 f
Korea
Korea Society for the Welfare of the Visually Handicapped
Sangil-tong 126, Kangdong-su
134-090 Seoul
Korea
+82 2-427 9111 v
+82 2-427 2687 f
Liberia
Liberian National Association of the Blind
PO Box 4336
Monrovia
Liberia
Malaysia
Sekolah dan Asrama St. Nicholas
Locked Bag No3032 (4 Bagam Jermal Rd)
10990 Penang
Malaysia
+60 4-365911/373294 v
Persatuan Bagi Orang Buta Malaysia (MAB)
No 2 Lorong Utara B, 46200 Petalung Jaya, Bx 10687
50722 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
+60 3-757 7222 v
+60 3-757 9151 f
Netherlands
Studie en Vakbibliotheek voor Visueel en Anderszins
Molenpad 2
1016 GM Amsterdam
Netherlands
+31 20-626 6465 v
+31 20-620 8459 f
Christelijke Bibliotheek CBB
PO Box 131
3850 AC Ermelo
Netherlands
+31 3417-51014 v
+31 3417-62488 f
Blindenbibliotheek De Sage Ten Broek
De Vlotkampweg 77, Postbus 30.012
6503 HP Nijmegen
Netherlands
+31 80-782626 v
+31 80-780641 f
Netherlands Antill
Sociedad Nacional pa Siegunan
Corrieweg 16
Curacao
Netherlands Antill
+599 9-379222 v
New Zealand
National Library of New Zealand
Private Bag
Wellington 1
New Zealand
Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind
39 George Street, Private Bag 99941
1 Newmarket Auckland
New Zealand
+64 9-309-6333 v
+64 9-366-0099 f
Nigeria
Nigerian National Advisory Council for the Blind
Plot 255/256 Johnson St.,Off Bode Thomas St, Surulere
Lagos
Nigeria
+234 1-03323594 v
Norway
Norwegian Braille Library
PB 5834 Majorstua
N-0308 Oslo
Norway
+47 22 06 8800 v
+47 22 60 7473 f
Pakistan
Al-Faisal Markaz-e-Nabina
New Civil Lines, Near Iqbal Stadium
Faisalabad
Pakistan
+92 411-34526 v
Papua New Guinea
Mt. Sion Centre for the Blind
PO Box 1068
Goroka EHP
Papua New Guinea
+675-722850 v
+675 723189 f
Portugal
Associacao dos Cegos e Ambliopes de Portugal ACAPO
Rua de S Jose 86-1
1100 Lisbon
Portugal
+351 1-342 2001 v
+351 1-342 8518 f
Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional Area da Deficientes Visais
Campo Grande 83
1751 Lisbon Codex
Portugal
+351 1-795 0130 v
+351 1-793 3607 f
Romania
Asociatia Nevazatorilor din Romania
str Vatra Luminoasa nr 108 bis sectr 2
73302 Bucharest
Romania
+40 1-250-6525 v
+40 1-250 0519 f
Russia
Rossiyskaya Gosudarstvennaya Biblioteca dlya Slepykh
Protopopovski per 9
129010 Moscow
Russia
+7 95-280 2093 v
+7 95-280 9750 f
Singapore
47 Toa Payoh Rise
298104 Singapore
Singapore
+65 251 4331 v
+65 253 7191 f
South Africa
Tape Aids for the Blind
PO Box 47016, Greyville
4023 Durban
South Africa
South African Library for the Blind
PO Box 115
6140 Grahamstown
South Africa
Sweden
Talboks - Och Puntskriftsbiblioteket
Sandsborgsvagen 52
S12288 Enskede
Sweden
+46 8-399350 v
+46 8-6599467 f
Switzerland
Simone Muhlemann; SBS -- Braille Press Zurich
Albisriederstrasse 399/400
CH-8047 Zurich
Switzerland
+41 1-491-25-55 v
+41 1-492-64-75 f
braillepress@sbszh.ch
Taiwan
Teacher Prep Centre/Taiwan Programme for the Blind
33 Section 2. Shu-lin St
70010 Tainan
Taiwan
+886 6-228 8354 v
+896 6-226 7944 f
Tunisia
Nadi Al Bassar
9 Blvd Bab Menara
1008 Tunis
Tunisia
+216 1-260333 v
+216 1-561737 f
Ukraine
Ukrainian Association of the Blind
3 Pechortsky spusk
Kiev 252023
Ukraine
+7 44-224 1127 v
+7 44-225 4342 f
United Kingdom
Far Cromwell Road
Bredbury Stockport SK6 2SG
United Kingdom
+44 161 355 2000 v
+44 161 355 2098 f
Uruguay
Centro de Rehabiltacion para Ciegos Tiburcio Cachon
Juan Jose Quesada 3666
Montevideo
Uruguay
+598 2-200966 v
Zimbabwe
Dorothy Duncan Braille Library and Transcription Service
PO Bx CY 1551, Causeway; Chedza Kumapofu, 119 Fife Ave.
Harare
Zimbabwe
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