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Each branch has a collection of large print books available for circulation. You can browse through these collections and borrow what you like, or you can use Queens Library’s Large Print Books: a Bibliography, (1998 ed.) to request titles through reserve or interloan. This bibliography is available at most reference desks. Interloans for Large Print books are exempt from the usual 40 cent fee.
Books on tape are available at Central Library and all 62 branches of Queens Library.
Designed for persons with limited vision, Descriptive Video Service (DVS) home videos carefully describe the visual elements of a movie - the action, characters, locations, costumes and sets - without interfering with the movie's dialogue or sound effects. Click here to view a list of the descriptive videos currently held by Queens Library
Applications for the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped are available from Special Services and all branches.
Volunteer readers are available to record spoken word cassettes of print materials to supplement the other Talking Books services. Contact Special Services at 718-990-0746.
Special Services staff are available, by appointment, to introduce people with special communication needs to the Library's staff, collections and services.