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Programs and Services For People With Disabilities

InfoLine Virtual & Telephone Reference Services

To get factual information quickly, you can call, email or chat with a Reference Librarian.

Print and Audio Books by Mail

Many free (and nominal charge) services that provide books on tape, large print and Braille by mail. The list includes general, academic and religious sources.

CCTVs (Closed Circuit Televisions)

CCTVs enlarge reading materials, documents, and photos up to 100 times and display the image on a television screen in black and white or color.

CCTVs are located at:

 

  • Central Library in the Job Information Center and in Youth Services
  • Flushing Interenational Resource Center
and in the following branches:

TTY Loan Program

A telecommunication device for the hearing impaired. This telephone/keyboard hybrid sends keyed messages over phone lines to a partner device where they are displayed and/or printed. This program is offered by Queens Library in partnership with Bell Atlantic. If you have a Queens Library card you can borrow a TTY for up to three weeks by visiting one of the following libraries:

Services For People In Care And The Homebound

Bi-Folkal Kit Demonstrations

Bi-Folkal Productions is a non-profit company formed by librarians seeking new ways to encourage creative programming within older adult and mixed-age groups. By facilitating interaction and conversation, Bi-Folkal kits have proven to be an effective recreation therapy took in nursing homes, adult homes, adult day care centers, and senior centers, as well as some home care environments.

  • Remembering African American
  • Remembering Automobiles Remembering Music
  • Remembering Country Fairs
  • Remembering the Depression
  • Remembering Fall
  • Remembering Farm Days
  • Remembering Fashion
  • Remembering The Fifties (New)
  • Remembering Fun & Games
  • Remembering Home
  • Lives Remembering the Homefront
  • Remembering Birthdays Remembering 1924
  • Remembering Pets
  • Remembering School Days
  • Remembering Summertime
  • Remembering Train Rides
  • Friends (Mini-kit-- slide/tape presentation only- no videotape)
  • Christmas (Mini-kit)
  • Jewish Memories (Mini Kit)
Please call the Special Service Office at 718-990-0746 (718-990-0809 TTD) at least one day in advance to arrange for pick-up at either the Central Library in Jamaica or Peninsula branch on the Rockaway Peninsula.

 Volunteer Readers' Service

Volunteer readers are available to record spoken cassettes of print materials to supplement the other Talking Books services. Contact Special Services at 718-990-0746.