National Library Service
for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Regional Talking Book Libraries (Links provided below)
Alabama
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.apls.state.al.us/webpages/services/BPH/BPHServices.htm
Serves: Alabama (60 of 67 counties). Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.anniston.lib.al.us/bandph.htm
Serves: Calhoun County
Subregional Library
Serves: Houston County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.hpl.lib.al.us/departments/bph/
Serves: Madison County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.tuscaloosa-library.org/departments/extension-services/handicapped/
Serves: Tuscaloosa County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.aidb.org/asb/aircb.asp
Serves: Coosa, St. Clair, and Talladega counties
Alaska
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.library.state.ak.us/dev/tbc.html
Serves: Alaska. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Arizona
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.lib.az.us/braille/
Serves: Arizona. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Arkansas
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.asl.lib.ar.us/ASL_LBPH.htm
Serves: Arkansas
Subregional Library
Serves: Bradley, Calhoun, Cleveland, Columbia, Dallas, Hempstead, Howard, Lafayette, Little River, Miller, Nevada, Ouachita, Pike, Polk, Sevier, and Union counties
California
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.library.ca.gov/html/pubser05.cfm
Serves: Northern California
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.braillelibrary.org/
Serves: Imperial, Kern, Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, and Ventura counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.fresnolibrary.org/tblb
Serves: Fresno, Kings, Madera, and Tulare counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://sfpl.lib.ca.us/librarylocations/accessservices/lbpd.htm
Serves: San Francisco
Colorado
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.cde.state.co.us/ctbl/
Serves: Colorado
Connecticut
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.cslib.org/lbph.htm
Serves: Connecticut
Delaware
Regional Library
Serves: Delaware. Braille readers receive service from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
District of Columbia
Regional Library
Web site: http://dclibrary.org/lbph/
Serves: District of Columbia
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.loc.gov/nls
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.loc.gov/nls/music/index.html
Serves: All patrons interested in braille or large-print musical scores or instructional music recordings
Florida
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.state.fl.us/dbs/library/index.shtml
Serves: Florida
Subregional Library
Web site: http://jpl.coj.net/library/tbl.html
Serves: Duval County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.mdpls.org/services/outreach/talk_books.asp
Serves: Miami-Dade and Monroe counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.ocls.info/Locations/talking_books.asp
Serves: Orange County
Subregional Library
Serves: Manatee and Sarasota counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://tbl.hcplc.org
Serves: Hillsborough County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.pbclibrary.org/outreach-talkingbooks.htm
Serves: Palm Beach County
Subregional Library
Serves: Broward County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.lee-county.com/library/progserv/ssvcs/tb.htm
Serves: Lee County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.brev.org/about_bcl/disabled_services.htm
Serves: Brevard County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.wfrl.lib.fl.us/talkingbooks.asp
Serves: Escambia and Santa Rosa counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.pplc.us/tbl/
Serves: Pinellas County
Georgia
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.georgialibraries.org/public/glass.html
Serves: Georgia. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.docolib.org/LFTB.html
Serves: Calhoun, Clay, Crisp, Dooly, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, Schley, Sumter, Terrell, and Webster counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.clarke.public.lib.ga.us/main/specialneedslibrary/specialneedslibrary.html
Serves: Banks, Barrow, Clarke, Elbert, Franklin, Greene, Gwinnett, Habersham, Hancock, Hart, Jackson, Jasper, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Putnam, Rabun, Stephens, Walton, and White counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.ecgrl.public.lib.ga.us/lbph.htm
Serves: Burke, Columbia, Glascock, Jefferson, Lincoln, McDuffie, Richmond, Taliafferro, Warren, and Wilkes counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.swgrl.org/local/lbph/LBPH1.HTM
Serves: Baker, Brooks, Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, and Worth counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.thecolumbuslibrary.org/class.html
Serves: Chattahoochee, Coweta, Harris, Marion, Meriwether, Muscogee, Quitman, Stewart, Talbot, Taylor, Troup, and Upson counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.laurens.public.lib.ga.us/index.pl/special_service_center
Serves: Bleckley, Dodge, Johnson, Laurens, Montgomery, Pulaski, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Treutlen, Washington, Wheeler, and Wilcox counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.hallcountylibrary.org/ehmap.htm
Serves: Hall County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.walker.public.lib.ga.us/tbc/tbc1.htm
Serves: Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Fannin, Gordon, Murray, Towns, Union, Walker, and Whitfield counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Baldwin, Bibb, Crawford, Houston, Jones, Macon, Peach, Twiggs, and Wilkinson counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.rome-lpd.org
Serves: Bartow, Carroll, Cherokee, Douglas, Floyd, Gilmer, Haralson, Heard, Paulding, Pickens, and Polk counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Bryan, Bulloch, Candler, Chatham, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Jenkins, Liberty, and Screven counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Coffee, Cook, Echols, Irwin, Jeff Davis, Lanier, Lowndes, Tift, and Turner counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Glynn, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Ware, and Wayne counties
Guam
Subregional Library
Serves: Guam
Hawaii
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.librarieshawaii.org/locations/oahu/lbph.htm
Serves: Hawaii, Guam, and U.S. Pacific Islands
Idaho
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.lili.org/tbl
Serves: Idaho. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Illinois
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/who_we_are/talking_book_and_braille_service/home.html
Serves: Illinois; braille readers receive service from Utah.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.shawls.lib.il.us/talkingbooks/index.html
Serves: Alexander, Bond, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Edward, Effingham, Fayette, Franklin, Gallatin, Hamilton, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Johnson, Lawrence, Madison, Marion, Massac, Monroe, Perry, Pope, Pulaski, Randolph, Richland, Saint Clair, Saline, Union, Wabash, Washington, Wayne, White, and Williamson counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.dupagels.lib.il.us/pages/voices.html
Serves: Boone, DeKalb, DuPage, Grundy, Kane, Kankakee, Kendall, Lake, LaSalle, McHenry, and Will counties and parts of Cook County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.mitbc.org
Serves: Champaign, Christian, Clark, Coles, Cumberland, DeWitt, Douglas, Edgar, Effingham, Ford, Fulton, Iroquois, Livingston, Logan, Macon, Marshall, Mason, McLean, Menard, Moultrie, Peoria, Piatt, Sangamon, Shelby, Stark, Tazewell, Vermillion, and Woodford counties and parts of Bureau and Henry counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.mitbc.org
Serves: Adams, Bond, Brown, Calhoun, Cass, Clinton, Fulton, Greene, Hancock, Henderson, Jersey, Knox, Macoupin, McDonough, Mercer, Madison, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Pike, Schuyler, Scott, St. Clair, and Warren counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.chipublib.org/003cpl/irlbph/cpltbc.html
Serves: Chicago
Indiana
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.statelib.lib.in.us/www//isl/lbph/lbphmenu.html
Serves: Indiana
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.barth.lib.in.us/TBColSub.html
Serves: Bartholomew, Clark, Crawford, Decatur, Floyd, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.elkhart.lib.in.us/cgi-bin/index5.pl?&file=bph.html
Serves: Elkhart, Kosciusko, LaGrange, Marshall, St. Joseph, and Starke counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Jasper, Lake, LaPorte, Newton, and Porter counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Daviess, Dubois, Gibson, Knox, Martin, Perry, Pike, Posey, Spencer, Vanderburgh, and Warrick counties
Iowa
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.blind.state.ia.us/library/
Serves: Iowa
Kansas
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.kslib.info/talking
Serves: Kansas. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/kansas/nwkls/howard/bph.html
Serves: Cheyenne, Clark, Comanche, Decatur, Edwards, Finney, Ford, Gove, Graham, Grant, Gray, Greeley, Hamilton, Haskell, Hodgeman, Kearny, Lane, Logan, Meade, Morton, Ness, Norton, Rawlin, Scott, Seward, Sheridan, Sherman, Stanton, Stevens, Thomas, Trego, Wallace, and Wichita counties.
Subregional Library
Serves: Barton, Cloud, Ellis, Ellsworth, Jewell, Lincoln, Mitchell, Osborne, Ottawa, Pawnee, Phillips, Republic, Rooks, Rush, Russell, Saline, and Smith counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://skyways.lib.ks.us/sckls/depts/talking/index.html/
Serves: Barber, Butler, Cowley, Harper, Harvey, Kingman, Kiowa, McPherson, Pratt, Reno, Rice, Stafford, and Sumner counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.manhattan.lib.ks.us/bph.html
Serves: Chase, Clay, Dickson, Geary, Lyon, Marion, Marshall, Morris, Pottawatomie, Riley, Wabaunsee, and Washington counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.tscpl.org/
Serves: Atchinson, Brown, Doniphan, Douglas, Franklin, Jackson, Jefferson, Johnson, Leavenworth, Miami, Nemaha, Osage, Shawnee, and Wyandotte counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Chautauqua, Cherokee, Coffey, Crawford, Elk, Greenwood, Labette, Linn, Montgomery, Neosho, Sedgwick, Wilson, and Woodson counties
Kentucky
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.kdla.ky.gov/collectionsktbl.htm
Serves: Kentucky
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.lfpl.org/tbl.htm
Serves: City of Louisville and Jefferson County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.kenton.lib.ky.us/information/talking.html
Serves: Boone, Campbell, Carroll, Gallatin, Grant, Kenton, Owen, and Pendleton counties
Louisiana
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.state.lib.la.us/Dept/SpecServ/sbph.htm
Serves: Louisiana. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Maine
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.maine.gov/msl/outreach
Serves: Maine. Braille readers receive service from Massachusetts
Maryland
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.lbph.lib.md.us
Serves: Maryland (except Montgomery County)
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/apps/libraries/branchinfo/sn.asp
Serves: Montgomery County
Massachusetts
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.perkins.org
Serves: Massachusetts; braille readers in Maine, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.worcpublib.org/talkingbook/index.htm
Serves: Entire state
Michigan
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.michigan.gov/hal
Serves: Michigan except Wayne County; all Michigan for braille
Regional Library
Web site: http://wayneregional.lib.mi.us
Serves: Wayne County except Detroit and Highland Park. Braille readers receive service from Lansing, Michigan.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.eWashtenaw.org
Serves: Jackson, Livingston, and Washtenaw counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.uproc.lib.mi.us/uplbph/
Serves: Alger, Baraga, Chippewa, Delta, Dickerson, Gogebic, Houghton, Iron, Keweenaw, Luce, Mackinac, Marquette, Menominee, Ontonagon, and Schoolcraft counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.co.oakland.mi.us/lvpi/
Serves: Oakland County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://gdl.falcon.edu/talkingbookcenter/talkingbooks.htm
Serves: Genesee, Lapeer, and Shiawassee counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.kdl.org/about_kdl/lbph/index.asp
Serves: Ionia, Kent, and Montcalm counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://tadl.tcnet.org/index/lbph.htm
Serves: Antrim, Benzie, Crawford, Grand Traverse, Kalkaska, Lake, Leelanau, Manistee, Mason, Mecosta, Missaukee, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, Roscommon, and Wexford counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.sccl.lib.mi.us/star.html
Serves: Huron, Sanilac, St. Clair, and Tuscola counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://nlc.lib.mi.us/library/
Serves: Alcona, Alpena, Arenac, Charlevoix, Cheboygan, Emmet, Iosco, Montmorency, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Otsego and Presque Isle counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.muskcolib.org/lbph.htm
Serves: Muskegon and Ottawa counties
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.libcoop.net/macspe
Serves: Macomb County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.detroitpubliclibrary.org/lbph/LBPH_index.htm
Serves: Detroit and Highland Park (Wayne County)
Minnesota
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.education.state.mn.us/html/intro_mlbph.htm
Serves: Minnesota
Mississippi
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.mlc.lib.ms.us/bphls/
Serves: Mississippi. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Missouri
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner
Serves: Missouri
Montana
Regional Library
Web site: http://msl.state.mt.us/tbl/
Serves: Montana. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Nebraska
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/tbbs/tbbs1.html
Serves: Nebraska. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Nevada
Regional Library
Web site: http://dmla.clan.lib.nv.us/docs/nsla/tbooks/
Serves: Nevada. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Subregional Library
Serves: Clark, Esmeralda, Lincoln, and Nye counties
New Hampshire
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.state.nh.us/nhsl/talkbks
Serves: New Hampshire. Braille readers receive service from Massachusetts.
New Jersey
Regional Library
Web site: http://www2.njstatelib.org/lbh/index.htm
Serves: New Jersey
New Mexico
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.stlib.state.nm.us
Serves: New Mexico. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
New York
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.nypl.org/branch/lb/
Serves: New York City and Long Island
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.nysl.nysed.gov/tbbl/index.html
Serves: New York State except New York City and Long Island
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.litbl.org
Serves: Nassau and Suffolk counties
North Carolina
Regional Library
Web site: http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/lbph/lbph.htm
Serves: North Carolina; braille readers in South Carolina.
North Dakota
Regional Library
Web site: http://ndsl.lib.state.nd.us/DisabilityServices.html
Serves: North Dakota. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Ohio
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.cpl.org/Locations.asp?FormMode=LBPH
Serves: Allen, Ashland, Ashtabula, Auglaize, Belmont, Carroll, Champaign, Columbiana, Coshocton, Crawford, Cuyahoga, Darke, Defiance, Delaware, Erie, Franklin, Fulton, Geauga, Guernsey, Hancock, Hardin, Harrison, Henry, Holmes, Huron, Jefferson, Knox, Lake, Licking, Logan, Lorain, Lucas, Mahoning, Marion, Medina, Mercer, Morrow, Ottawa, Paulding, Portage. Putman, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Shelby, Stark, Summit, Trumbull, Tuscarawas, Union, Van Wert, Wayne, Williams, Wood, and Wyandot counties
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/info/main/lb/
Serves: Adams, Athens, Brown, Butler, Clark, Clermont, Clinton, Fairfield, Fayette, Gallia, Greene, Hamilton, Highland, Hocking, Jackson, Lawrence, Madison, Meigs, Miami, Monroe, Montgomery, Morgan, Muskingum, Noble, Perry, Pickaway, Pike, Preble, Ross, Scioto, Vinton, Warren, and Washington counties
Oklahoma
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.library.state.ok.us/
Serves: Oklahoma. Braille readers receive service from Utah.
Oregon
Regional Library
Web site: http://egov.oregon.gov/OSL/TBABS/
Serves: Oregon
Pennsylvania
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.library.phila.gov/lbh/lbh.htm
Serves: Bradford, Cumberland, Lycoming, Northumberland, Perry, Snyder, Sullivan, York, and all other counties in eastern Pennsylvania; braille readers in all of Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Delaware
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/lbph
Serves: Adams, Centre, Clinton, Franklin, Huntingdon, Juniata, Mifflin, Tioga, Warren, and all other counties in western Pennsylvania; braille readers receive service from Philadelphia, PA.
Puerto Rico
Regional Library
Serves: Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.lori.ri.gov/tbp
Serves: Rhode Island; braille readers receive service from Massachusetts.
South Carolina
Regional Library
Web site: www.statelibrary.sc.gov
Serves: South Carolina. Braille readers receive service from North Carolina.
South Dakota
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.sdstatelibrary.com/talkbook/
Serves: South Dakota; braille readers receive service from Utah.
Tennessee
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/LBPH
Serves: Tennessee
Texas
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.TexasTalkingBooks.org
Serves: Texas
U.S. Virgin Islands
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.library.gov.vi
Serves: U.S. Virgin Islands
Utah
Regional Library
Web site: http://blindlibrary.utah.gov/
Serves: Utah and Wyoming; braille readers in Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
Vermont
Regional Library
Serves: Vermont; braille readers receive service from Massachuetts.
Virginia
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.vdbvi.org/lrcservices.htm
Serves: Virginia
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.alexandria.lib.va.us/main/talking_book.htm
Serves: Alexandria City
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.co.arlington.va.us/lib/outreach/special.htm
Serves: Arlington County
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library/branches/as/default.htm
Serves: Fairfax County, Fairfax City, and Falls Church.
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.newport-news.va.us/library/libsys/locat/mainst/outrech/libblind.htm
Serves: James City and York counties; cities of Newport News and Williamsburg
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.roanokegov.com/library/talking.html
Serves: Alleghany, Botetourt, Craig, and Roanoke counties; cities of Clifton Forge, Covington, Roanoke, and Salem
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.vbgov.com/dept/library/services.asp
Serves: Isle of Wright, Northampton, and Southampton counties; cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.staunton.va.us/talkingbooks
Serves: Augusta, Bath, Highland, Rockbridge, and Rockingham counties; cities of Buena Vista, Harrisonburg, Lexington, Staunton, and Waynesboro
Subregional Library
Web site: http://www.librarypoint.org/
Serves: Fredericksburg, Prince William, Spotsylvania, Stafford, and Westmoreland counties
Washington
Regional Library
Web site: http://www.wtbbl.org
Serves: Washington
West Virginia
Regional Library
Web site: http://librarycommission.lib.wv.us
Serves: West Virginia; braille readers receive service from Philadelphia, PA.
Subregional Library
Serves: Cabell, Mason, Mingo, Putnam, and Wayne counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Calhoun, Jackson, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane,Tyler, Wirt, and Wood counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, and Pendleton counties
Subregional Library
Serves: Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, and Wetzel counties
Wisconsin
Regional Library
Web site: http://regionallibrary.wi.gov
Serves: Wisconsin; braille readers receive service from Utah.
