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The chief of these services at the Library of Congress suggests that international library service for blind and physically handicapped persons be discussed at the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA) meeting in Brussels in September 1977. Discussion would focus on the development of a proposal that IFLA establish a working…
Descriptors: Blindness, International Programs, Librarians, Library Associations
Cylke, Frank Kurt – UNESCO Journal of Information Science, Librarianship and Archives Administration, 1979
Reports the activities of IFLA's Round Table of Libraries for the Blind to develop library services, including the production of audiomaterials in standardized formats to facilitate copying for exchange or borrowing. Current projects are concerned with copyright, formats, postal regulation and custom law, international relations, bibliographic…
Descriptors: Blindness, Copyrights, International Programs, Library Services
Download full textCookson, John; Cylke, Frank Kurt; Dixon, Judith; Fistick, Robert E.; Fitzpatrick, Vicki; Kormann, Wells B.; Moodie, Michael M.; Redmond, Linda; Thuronyi, George – 1998
This report describes the plans of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) to convert their talking books service to a digitally based audio system. The NLS program selects and produces full-length books and magazines in braille and on recorded disc and cassettes and distributes them to a cooperating network of…
Descriptors: Adults, Audiodisks, Audiotape Recordings, Children
Cylke, Frank Kurt – 1983
Two meetings of the International Federation of Library Associations Section of Libraries for the Blind (BLISTA) are summarized. The first was an expert meeting which was held in Marburg/Lahn, Federal Republic of Germany, in August 1983. Participants included 51 librarians and technical experts serving blind and physically disabled individuals in…
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Foreign Countries, International Organizations
Cylke, Frank Kurt; Deschere, Allen R. – Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science, 1979
Presents an overview of the recent developments in communications and information technologies for the blind and physically handicapped, with particular emphasis on braille, recorded books, and reading machines. (CWM)
Descriptors: Audiovisual Aids, Audiovisual Communications, Blindness, Braille
Cylke, Frank Kurt – 1996
This report describes activities of the talking-book program of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) of the Library of Congress, with emphasis on activities conducted in cooperation with the Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB) library program. First, the overall NLS program in the U.S. which…
Descriptors: Audiotape Recordings, Blindness, Braille, Cooperative Programs
Cylke, Frank Kurt – 1999
This testimony on the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress (NLS) provides information on: (1) NLS authority; (2) background; (3) functions and responsibilities; (4) Office of the Director; (5) director; (6) management; (7) budget; (8) division/section/office functions, including the Administrative…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Administrative Organization, Blindness, Braille
Cylke, Frank Kurt – 1999
The National Library Service (NLS) is developing a digital talking book and Braille book system for use by the blind and physically handicapped community. The following elements drive the design of the program: NLS offers a free library service; NLS is consumer-driven; NLS pays no royalties to copyright holders; the program is accessible to a wide…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Blindness, Braille, Computer Oriented Programs
