Libraries for Blind and Partially Sighted People in Europe
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ARMENIA
Braille and Talking Book Library of the Armenian Association of the Blind
Komitas street 57, EREVAN
Tel: +374 1 231 822
Email: armblind2000@yahoo.com
AUSTRIA
Austrian Blind Union (only talking books)
Hagelingasse 4-6, A-1140 WIEN
Tel: +43 (01) 9855709-230
Fax: +43 (01) 9855709-235
Email: verleih@hoerbuecherei.at
Website: www.hoerbuecherei.at
Material: braille, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio streaming
Languages: English, German, Italian
Catalogue: available in audio format, as a text, Word or Excel document and online
Membership: costs 20 EUR/year
International: books are sent abroad, but only to other libraries
Bundes-Blindenerziehungsinstitut
Wittelsbachstrasse 5, A-1020 WIEN
Tel: +43 1 728 0866
Fax: +43 1 728 0866 275
Email: office@bbi.at
Website: www.bbi.at
AZERBAIDJAN
Azerbaijan Association of the Blind
Faik Yusifov 40, AZ1052 BAKU
Tel: +994 12 464 6511 or 464 7011
Fax: +994 12 464 0919
Email: azgec@azerbaijan.net
or sabdullayev@azer.net
BELARUS
Library for the blind
4 Amuratorskaya str, 220004 MINSK
Tel: +375 172 23 3004
Email: typhlo-bel@mail.ru
BELGIUM
Oeuvre Nationale des Aveugles
Avenue Dailly 90, 1030 BRUXELLES
Tel: +32 2 241 6568
Fax: +32 2 215 88 21
Email: bibliotheque@ona.be
Website: www.ona.be
Material: braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, large print, books with tactile images
Languages: French
Catalogue: available in braille, large print and as a Word document
Membership: costs 10 EUR/year
International: books are sent abroad
Les Amis des Aveugles
Rue de la Barrière 37-39, 7011 GHLIN
Tel: +32 65 40 3100
Fax: +32 65 40 3109
Contact person: Mr Jacky Hannecart
Email: j.hannecart@amisdesaveugles.be
Website: www.amisdesaveugles.be
La Lumière
Rue Sainte-Veronique 17, 4000 LIEGE
Tel: +32 4 222 3535
Fax: +32 4 221 2356
Email: biblio@lalumiere.be
Website: www.lalumiere.be
Luisterpuntbibliotheek
Gustave Schildknechtstraat 28, 1020 Brussel
Or
Oudenburgweg 40, 8490 Varsenare
Tel: +32 70 246 070
Fax: +32 2 423 04 15 or +32 50 38 02 56
Email: info@luisterpuntbibliotheek.be
Website: www.luisterpuntbibliotheek.be
Material: braille, DAISY cd, musical scores
Languages: Dutch
Catalogue: available online
Membership: free of charge
International:
Ligue Braille
Rue d'Angleterre 57, 1060 BRUXELLES
Tel: +32 2 533 3211
Fax: +32 2 537 6426
Email: info@braille.be
Website: www.liguebraille.be
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA
Library for the Blind
Street Sime Matavulja 6, 78000 BANJA LUKA
(Republic of Srpska - B and H)
Tel/Fax: +387 51 324 820
Email: ssrs@blic.net
Library for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Avdage Sahinagica 14, 71000 SARAJEVO
(Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Tel: +387 33 440 513
Fax: +387 33 447 749
Email: bibliotekas@bih.net.ba
Website: www.bibsis.org.ba
Material: contracted braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio cd, large print, musical scores, books with tactile images, digital books in .doc and .txt format
Languages: Bosnia, English
Catalogue: available as a Word document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
BULGARIA
National Library for the Blind "Louis Braille 1928"
1 "B" Slaveykov Sq, 1000 SOFIA
Tel: +359 2 988 32 69
Email: nllb@abv.bg
Website: http://nllb.hit.bg
Union of the Blind of Bulgaria
Ul. Naicho Tzanov 172, 1309 SOFIA
Tel: +359 2 812 7050
Fax: +359 2 812 7049
Email: ssb@sofianet.net
Website: http://ssb-bg.net
Material: cassette tape, MP3 cd
Languages: Bulgarian
Catalogue: available as a Word document and online
Membership: free of charge. 30 CDs with audio books for 10 euro are sent to the subscribers every year; Every member can order for 0.75 euro a CD with audio books from the catalogue
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members. 1 EUR/book
CROATIA
Croatian Library for the Blind
Šenoina 34/I POB.231
Tel: +385 1 48 12 509
Fax: +385 1 48 21 587
Email: cl.blind@zg.t-com.hr
Website: www.hkzasl.hr
Material: braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, musical scores
Languages: Croatian
Catalogue: available in braille, large print and online
Membership: costs 50,00 Kn = 8,00 EUR
International: books are sent abroad but only to other libraries
CYPRUS
Saint Barnabas School for the Blind
P.O. Box 23511, 1684 NICOSIA
Tel: +357 22 40 3300
Fax: +357 22 40 3340
Email: varnavas@cytanet.com.cy
Website: www.schoolfortheblind.net
Pancyprian Organization of the Blind
P.O. Box 23511, 1684 NICOSIA
Tel: +357 22 813 383
Fax: +357 22 495 395
Email: pot@logos.cy.net
CZECH REPUBLIC
Severoceská vedecká knihovna v Ústí nad Labem
Special department – Audio library for blind and visually impaired
Lesní cesta 5, 400 01 Ústí nad Labem
Tel: +420 734 326 712
Fax: +420 475 200 045
Email: library@svkul.cz
Website: www.svkul.cz
Material: cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, musical scores
Languages: Czech, English
Catalogue: available in large print and online: List of audio books on cassettes and List of audio books in MP3
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
City Library of Hradec Králové_, Musical library-Sound Library
Tomkova 177, 50001 Hradec Králové
Tel: +420 495 514 521 or +420 495 075 026
Fax: +420 4955 145 23
Email: knihovnahk@knihovnahk.cz
Website: www.knihovnahk.cz
Material: cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd
Languages: Czech, German (only text books), English (only text books)
Catalogue: available in large print, audio format, as a text document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
Diakonie CCE – Stredisko pro zrakove postižené
Klimentská 18, 110 15 Praha 1
Tel: +420 222 316 306
Email: szp@diakoniecce.cz
Website: http://szp.diakoniecce.cz
Material: braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, digital books in .txt format
Languages: English
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, as a Word or text document and online
Membership: 100 CZK per year for library services. For magazines an annual subscription fee is charged.
International: books are sent abroad but only to Slovak Republic
Knihovna pro nevidomé a slabozraké Knihovny Jirího Mahena v Brne
KJM v Brne, Kobližná 4, 601 50 Brno
Tel: +420 542532175
Email: nevidomi@kjm.cz
Website: www.kjm.cz
Material: braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, audio download, audio streaming, musical scores, digital books in .doc format
Languages: Czech, English, and text books of French, German, Spanish, Russian and Italian language
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, as a digital document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
Knihovna pro nevidomé pri Studijní a vedecké knihovne Plzenského kraje
Jagellonská 1,305 17 pošt.prihr.217,Plzen
Tel: +420 377 236 990
Email: slepecka@svkpl.cz
Website: www.svkpl.cz
Material: cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd
Languages: Czech, a few books in simplified English
Catalogue: not available
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
midingerova knihovna Strakonice
Zámek 1 Strakonice II, 386 11
Tel: +420 383 32 22 19
Fax: +420 380 422 701
Email: director
Website: www.hnih-st.cz
Material: cassette tape, MP3 cd
Languages: Czech
Catalogue: available as a Word or PDF document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
Library of Digital Documents – Knihovna Digitalnich dokumentu (KDD)
SONS – Knihovna digitalnich dokumentu, Krakovska 21, 110 00 Praha 1
Tel: +420 221 462 482
Fax: +420 221 462 461
Email: info@kdd.cz
Website: www.kdd.cz
Material: digital books in .txt, .rtf, .doc and .html format
Languages: Czech and a few English
Catalogue: available as a Text or HTML document and online where the user has to generate the digital format on his/her own in searching form and on the ground of filled parametres will be created file which person can save after it. It is possible to create required catalogue this way.
Membership: free of charge, but limited to citizens of the Czech Republic
International: books are not sent abroad
INTEGRACE - knihovna
Slavikova 23 Prague 2_ ZIP 12000
Tel: +420 222 710 901
Email: tina@integraceos.cz
Website: www.integraceos.cz
Material: digital books in .txt format
Languages: Czech, English, French
Catalogue: available in audio format, as a Text document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad since they can be downloaded from internet
The Library and Printing Office for the Blind
Knihovna a tiskarna pro nevidomé K.E.Macana
Ve Smeckach 15, 115 17 Praha 1
Tel: +420 2 222 104 92, +420 2 222 115 23
Fax: +420 2 222 104 94
Email: ktn@ktn.cz
Website: www.ktn.cz
Material: braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio cd, musical scores, books with tactile images and digital books in .doc and .txt format
Languages: Czech, English
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format, as a Word, PDF or Text document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
Christian Library for the Blind
Univerzita Karlova v Praze
Katolicka teologicka fakulta Knihovna - Oddeleni pro nevidome
Thakurova 3, 160 00 Praha 6
Tel: +420 220 181 394
Email: knn@ktf.cuni.cz
Website: www.ktf.cuni.cz/KTF-267.html
Material: MP3 cd and digital books in .doc format
Languages: Czech
Catalogue: available as a Word document and online
Membership: costs 100 CZK per year
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
University Library for Students with Special Needs
Support Centre for Students with Special Needs
Masarykova univerzita
Šumavská 15, 602 Brno
Tel: +420 5449491107
Fax: +420 549491120
Email: knihovna@teiresias.muni.cz
Website: www.teiresias.muni.cz/vydavatelstvi
Material: contracted braille, non-contracted braille, cassette tape, audio cd, hybrid books, books with tactile images, digital books in .doc and .pdf format
Languages: Czech, English, French, German, Spanish, a few books: (ancient) Greek, Latin, Russian, Italian, Portuguese
Catalogue: available online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
In addition, 24 general libraries also have a special department for visually impaired people.
DENMARK
Nota. Danish National Library for persons with Print Disabilities
Teglvaerksgade 37, 2100 COPENHAGEN
Tel: +45 39 27 44 44
Email: biblioteket@nota.nu
Website: www.nota.nu
Material: contracted braille, DAISY cd, audio download, streaming audio, musical scores, digital books in .rtf, .doc and .html format
Languages: Danish, Norwegean, Swedish, Icelandic, English
Catalogue: available online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
National Institute for Blind and Partially Sighted Children and Youth
Synscenter Refsnaes
The Material Laboratory
Kystvejen 112, 4400 KALUNDBORG
Tel: +45 59 57 01 00
Fax: +45 59 57 01 01
Email: synref@vestamt.dk
Website: www.synref.dk
Danish Students Library for the Blind
National Institute for the Blind and Partially Sighted
Rymarksvej 1, 2900 HELLERUP
Tel: +45 39 45 2545
Fax: +45 39 45 25 25
Email: ibos@ibos.dk
Website: www.ibos.dk
ESTONIA
Estonian Library for the Blind
Suur-Sõjamäe 44a, 11415 Tallinn
Tel: +372 674 8212, +372 621 4246
Email: epr@epr.ee
Website: www.epr.ee
Material: braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio cd, books with tactile images
Languages: Estonian, English, German, Russian, Finnish
Catalogue: available in audio format, as a Word document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
FINLAND
Celia Library for the Visually Impaired
P.O. Box 20, FI-00030 IIRIS
Tel: +358-9-229521
Fax: +358-9-22952295
Email: info@celia.fi
Website: www.celia.fi
Material: braille, DAISY cd, streaming audio, books with tactile images
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Finnish, Swedish, Sami, Russian, Estonian, Arabic, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, Greek, Hungarian, Serbocroatian, Romanian, Somali, Sorani, Vietnamese, Hebrew, Latin, Esperanto
Catalogue: available in braille, audio format, as an HTML or text newsletter and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members. There's an agreement between Nordic Libraries to use each others' collections free of charge.
FRANCE
Médiathèque de l'Association Valentin Haüy
5 rue Duroc, 75343 PARIS Cédex 07
Tel: +33 1 44 49 27 27
Email: bibliotheque@avh.asso.fr
Website: www.avh.asso.fr
Material: contracted braille, non-contracted braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, large print, musical scores, books with tactile images
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format, as an HTML document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
Association Bibliothèque Braille Enfantine
111 Avenue Parmentier, 75011 PARIS
Tel/Fax: +33 1 43 38 07 96
Email : bibli.braille.enfant@free.fr
Website : http://bibli.braille.enfant.free.fr
Bibliothèque Hélène
UPMC boîte 23, 9 quai Saint-Bernard, 75005 Paris
Tel: +33 1 44 27 34 35
Fax: +33 1 44 27 34 49
Email: helene@snv.jussieu.fr
Website: www.bibliotheque-helene.org
Material: audio download (DAISY) and digital books in .htm and .pdf format
Languages: French, English (50 titles)
Catalogue: is available online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are only available to French citizens
Last updated: september 2011
GERMANY
Berliner Hörbücherei für Zivil- und Kriegsblinde e.V.
Auerbacher Strasse 7, D-14193 BERLIN
Tel: +49 30 826 31 11
Fax: +49 30 923 74 100
Email: info@berliner-hoerbuecherei.de
Deutsche Katholische Blindenhorbücherei GmbH
Graurheindorfer Strasse 151 a, D-53117 BONN
Tel: +49 228 674050
Fax: +49 228 67 40 55
Blindenhörbücherei der Stimme der Hoffnung e. V.
Am Elfengrund 66, D-64297 DARMSTADT
Tel: +49 6151 95 4444
Fax: +49 6151 95 4470
Email: info@stimme-der-hoffnung.de
Stiftung Centralbibliothek für Blinde - Norddeutsche Blindenhörbücherei
Herbert-Weichmann-Strasse 44-46, D-22085 HAMBURG
Tel: +49 40 227 286 0
Fax: +49 40 227 286 20
Email: info@blindenbuecherei.de
Website: www.blindenbuecherei.de
Deutsche Zentralbücherei für Blinde zu Leipzig
Postfach 100245, D-04002 LEIPZIG
Tel: +49 341 7113 0
Fax: +49 341 7113 125
Email: info@dzb.de
Website: www.dzb.de
Deutsche Blinden-Bibliothek
in der Deutschen Blindenstudienanstalt
Postfach 1160, D-35037 MARBURG
Tel: +49 6421 606 267
Fax: +49 6421 606 269
Email: dbb@blista.de
Website: www.blista.de
Bayerische Blindenhörbücherei e.V.
Lothstrasse 62, D-80335 MUNCHEN
Tel: +49 89 121 551 0
Fax: +49 89 121 551 23
Email: info@bbsb.org
Website: www.bbsb.org
Westdeutsche Blindenbücherei e.V.
Harkortstrasse 9, D-48163 MUNSTER
Tel: +49 251 71 9901
Fax: +49 251 71 2846
Email: wbh@wbh-online.de
Website: www.wbh-online.de
Blindenhörbücherei des Saarlandes e.V.
Küstriner Str. 6, D-66121 SAARBRUCKEN
Tel: +49 681 587 2411
Fax: +49 681 81 3778
Hörbücherei der Evangelischen Blindenarbeit, Abonnement-Bücherei
Eschersheimer Landstr. 567, D-60439 FRANKFURT am MAIN
Tel: +49 69 5302 244
Fax: +49 69 5302 266
Email: eb@integrationshilfen.de
Website: www.integrationshilfen.de/blindneuindex.htm
GREECE
Talking Books Library
Panhellenic Association of the Blind
31 Veranzerou Street, 104 32 ATHENS
Tel: +30 210 5228 333
Fax: +30 210 5222 112
Email: pab@otenet.gr
Website: www.pst.gr
HUNGARY
Hungarian Federation of the Blind and Partially Sighted
H-1146 BUDAPEST, Hermina ut 47
Tel: +36 1 384 8440, Tel/Fax: +36 1 384 5028
Email: titkarsag@mvgyosz.hu
Website: www.mvgyosz.hu
ICELAND
Icelandic Library for the Blind
Digranesvegi 5
200 KOPAVOGUR
Tel: +354 54 54 900
Fax: +354 54 54 906
Email: uppl@bbi.is
Website: www.bbi.is
IRELAND
National Council for the Blind of Ireland Library and Media Centre
Unit 29 Finglas Business Centre
Jamestown Road, Finglas, Dublin 11
Tel: +353 1 8642266
Fax: +353 1 8642280
Librarian: lina.kouzi@ncbi.ie
Website: www.ncbi.ie
Material: contracted braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio cd, audio download, large print
Languages: Irish, English
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format and as a Word document
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
ITALY
Biblioteca Italiana per Ciechi "Regina Margherita" - ONLUS
Via G. Ferrari 5/a, 20052 MONZA (MILANO)
Tel: +39 39 283 271
Fax: +39 039 833 264
Email: bic@bibciechi.it
Website: www.bibciechi.it
Material: braille, large print, musical scores, books with tactile images and digital books in .pdf, .doc and .txt format
Languages: Italian, English, French, German
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, as a Word, PDF or text document and online
Membership: free of charge.
International: books are sent abroad
Stamperia Braillle
Via Aurelio Nicolodi 2, 50131 FIRENZE
Tel: +39 55 438 2800
Fax: +39 55 438 2815
Email: s-braille@regione.toscana.it
Website: www.rete.toscana.it/sett/polsoc/braille
Stamperia Braille
Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti
Registred Office: Via Etnea 602, 95128 CATANIA
Tel: +39 095 500177
Fax: +39 095 509881
Production Centre: Via Aurelio Nicolodi 4, 95125 CATANIA
Tel : +39 095 551697
Fax: +39 095 509811
Email: info@stamperiabrailleuic.it
Website: www.stamperiabrailleuic.it/
Centro Nazionale Tiflotecnico UIC
Via Mozart 16, 20122 MILANO
Tel: +39 02 760 23 150
Fax: +39 02 760 094 88
Email: cnt@uiciechi.it
Centro Nazionale del Libro Parlato
Via Borgognona 38, 00187 ROMA
Tel: +39 0669988360
Fax: +39 06 678 6815
Email: lp@uiciechi.it
Website: www.uiciechi.it
Head office of a network of 13 TB distribution centres over Italy
Material: cassette tape, DAISY cd, audio download
Languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
Catalogue: available in braille, as a PDF or text document and online (click on “Scarica il catalogo”)
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
International loans:
Centro Nazionale del Libro Parlato
Unione Italiana dei Ciechi e degli Ipovedenti
Via Divisione Tridentina 54, 25124 BRESCIA
Tel: +39 030 2209 421
Fax: +39 030 2209 420
Email: lpbs@uiciechi.it
Website: http://www.uicbs.it/
Servizio del Libro Parlato "Robert Hollman"
Via Rosmini 5, 28921 VERBANIA - VB
Tel: +39 0323 40 2355
Fax: +39 0323 58 1280
Email: lionsverbania@libero.it
Website: www.libroparlatolions.it
Material: Cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, Audio download, Streaming audio, digital documents in .txt, .doc and .pdf format
Languages: Italian, English, French, Spanish
Catalogue: is available as a Word, text or PDF document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
Centro Internazionale del Libro Parlato A. Sernagiotto”
Viale Monte Grappa 6, 32032 FELTRE - BELLUNO
Tel: +39 0439 880425
Fax: +39 0439 847288
Email: info@libroparlato.org
Website: www.libroparlato.org
CENTRO TRASCRIZIONI BRAILLE Istituto dei Ciechi
Only for school books
Via Vivaio 7, 20122 MILANO
Tel: +39 02 77 2261
Fax: +39 02 76 022 158
Email: segreteria.direzione@istciechimilano.it
Website: www.istciechimilano.it
Material: braille, large print, books with tactile images, digital books in .doc format
Languages: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish
Catalogue: available online
Membership: only for pupils
International: books are not sent abroad
Federazione Nazionale delle Istituzioni pro Ciechi
Via Gregorio VII 267, 00165 ROMA
Tel: +39 06 3936 57
Fax: +39 06 3936 6521
Email: info@prociechi.it
Website: www.prociechi.it
KAZAKHSTAN
Republic Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Bogenbai Batyr str. 214
480012 ALMATY
Tel: +7 327 2 347080
Fax: +7 327 2 680175
Library for Blind and Partially sighted Persons
67, Mikropaion-3
466200 AKTAU
Tel: +7 329 22 27 9 90
Akmola Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Polevay str. 2/1
773040 ASTANA
Tel: +7 317 22 4 31 94
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Openburgskay str. 11
463008 AKTUBINSK
Tel: +7 313 22 2 18 70
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Zhanybek str. 77
459830 ARKALYK
Tel: +7 330 22 2 38 18
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Goslovskay str. 91
465027 ATYRAU
Tel: +7 312 22 3 57 55 or 3 46 22
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Mirzoayn str. 5
484039 TARAZ
Tel: +7 326 22 4 49 27
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Kommunnay str. 1
470067 KARAGANDA
Tel: +7 321 22 4 49 27
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Amangeldy 67
467008 KZYL-ORDA
Tel: +7 324 22 3 68 66
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Chapaev str. 37
475003 KOKSHETAU
Tel: +7 316 22 4 53 32
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Chehov str. 29
458007 KOSTANAI
Tel: +7 314 2 9 73 55
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Amangeldy str. 17/1
637023 PAVLODAR
Tel: +7 318 2 47 89 98
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Zhambyl str. 39
642023 PETROPAVLOVSK
Tel: +7 315 22 47 54 14
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Karzhaubai-uly 320
490040 SEMIPALATINSK
Tel: +7 322 22 63 08 03
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Lenin str. 135
488001 TALDYKORGAN
Tel: +7 328 22 2 37 10
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Mikroraion "Severo-Vostok-2"
417003 URALSK
Tel: +7 311 22 3 55 89
Library for Blind and Partially Sighted Persons
Novator str. 11/1, Glavpostamp, a/b 2040
417003 UST-KAMENOGORSK
Tel: +7 323 2 64 54 24
Library for Blind and partially Sighted Persons
Valiganov str. 213-A
486013 SHYMKENT
Tel: +7 3252 66 42 02 or 66 42 83
LATVIA
Latvian Library for the Blind
14 Juglas Street, LV-1024 RIGA
Tel: +371 67 531748
Fax: +371 67 514512
Email: bibmet@lnerbibl.apollo.lv
Website: www.neredzigobiblioteka.lv
Material: braille, music scores, MP3 cd, audio cd, large print, books with tactile images
Languages: Latvian, Russian
Catalogue: available in braille
Membership: is free of charge
International: books in Latvian are send to members abroad
LITHUANIA
Lithuanian Library for the Blind
Skroblu st. 10, 03142 VILNIUS
Tel: +370 5 215 0610
Fax: +370 5 215 06 11
Email: info@labiblioteka.lt
Website: www.labiblioteka.lt
LUXEMBOURG
Audio-Bibliothéik
47 rue de Luxembourg, L-7540 BERSCHBACH/MERSCH
Tel: +352 32 90 31 - 262
Fax: +352 3291 81
Email: bibliotheik@flb.lu
Website: www.flb.lu
Material: DAISY cd, MP3 cd
Languages: Luxemburgish, French, German
Catalogue: available in large print and as an Access document
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
MOLDOVA
Special Republic Library
Union of the Blind in Moldova
Street Petrarilor 2, KISCHINEV
Tel: +373 2 73 14 66
National Centre for Information and Rehabilitation
MD-2021, Chisinau, 36/2 Drumul Viilor street
Tel: +373 22 731456
Fax: +373 22 731493
Email: centrulsom@rambler.ru
Material: braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, audio download, books with tactile images
Languages: Romanian, Russian
Catalogue: available as a Word document
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad but only through other libraries
MONTENEGRO
Library for the blind of Montenegro
Radosava Burica 9, 81000 Podgorica
Tel: +382 20 648 723
Fax: +382 20 648 724
Email: biblio@t-com.me
Material: contracted braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, musical scores, digital books in .doc and .pdf format
Languages: Montenegrin, English, Albanian, Esperanto
Catalogue: available in braille, audio format and as a Word and PDF document
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
NETHERLANDS
Dedicon Netherlands, accessible information for people with a print impairment
Postbus 24, 5360 AA GRAVE
Tel: +31 486 486 486
Fax: +31 486 476 535
Email: info@dedicon.nl
Website: www.dedicon.nl
Material: braille, DAISY cd, audio streaming, musical scores, books with tactile images, digital books in .kes and .doc format
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, as a Word document and online
Membership: library services are free of charge for visually impaired people. Dyslectic users pay €4,50 per title. For newspapers, all clients pay a (small) subscription fee.
International: books are sent abroad under certain conditions: we send to Dutch citizens living abroad. Or persons in the Dutch Antilles. We collaborate with the Flemish Luisterpunt. We sell titles to colleague libraries abroad
Remark: All of our leisure reading services are delivered through the National Centre for Accessible Reading (Loket Aangepast-lezen), or through Public Libraries.
Loket aangepast-lezen
Postbus 84010, 2508 AA Den Haag
Tel: +31 70 3381 500
Fax: +31 70 3381 550
Email: klanten@aangepast-lezen.nl
Website: www.aangepast-lezen.nl
Material: braille, DAISY cd, audio streaming
Languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish, Some Turkish, some Portuguese
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, as a Word document and online
Membership: free of charge for library services; for newspapers and magazines an annual subscription fee is charged
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
Koninklijke Visio, Audiotheek
Amersfoortsestraatweg 180, 1272 RR HUIZEN
Tel: +31 35 69 73267
Fax: +31 35 69 73274
Email: audiotheek@visio.org
Website: www.visio.org
NORWAY
Norwegian Talking and Braille Books Library
(Norsk Lyd og blindeskrifts bibliotek)
Rosenborgs gate 19
POB 5834 Majorstua, 0308 OSLO
Tel: +47 22 06 88 00
Fax: +47 22 60 88 90
Email: utlaan@nlb.no
Website: www.nlb.no
POLAND
Central Library of the Polish Association of the Blind
ul. Konwiktorska 7, 00-216 Warszawa
Tel/Fax: +48 22 635 3320
Email: biblioteka@bcpzn.pl
Website: www.biblioteka-pzn.org.pl
Material: contracted braille, non-contracted braille, cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio cd, audio download, encoded mp3 (czytak), large print, musical scores, books with tactile images, digital books in .doc, .txt and .pdf format
Languages: Polish, English, French, German, Spanish, Esperanto, Russian
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format, as a digital document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
PORTUGAL
ACAPO - DRSI
R Rodrigues Sampaio, 146, 2° esq°, 1150-282 LISBOA
Tel: +351 21 318 2910
Fax: +351 21 318 29 29
Email: tb-lisboa@acapo.pt
Area de Leitura Especial
Biblioteca Nacional de Portugal
Campo Grande 83, 1749-081 LISBOA
Tel: +351 217 9820 00
Fax: +351 217 98 21 38
Email: aldv-leitura@bnportugal.pt
Website: www.bnportugal.pt
Material: contracted braille, Non-contracted braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, musical scores, digital books in .doc, .rtf and .txt format
Languages: Portuguese, English, French, Spanish
Catalogue: available in braille, large print and as a digital document
Membership: free of charge
International:
Centro Professor Albuquerque e Castro
Tel: +351 226 069 906
Fax: +351 226 095 195
Morada Rua do Instituto de S. Manuel, 4050-308 PORTO
Email: cpac@scmp.pt
Biblioteca Sonora da Biblioteca Publica Municipal do Porto
(Oporto Municipal Library's Audio Library)
Rua Dom Joao IV, 4049-017 PORTO
Tel: +351 225 193 480
Fax: +351 225 193 488
Email: sonorabpmp@cm-porto.pt
ROMANIA
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
c/o Association of the Blind in Romania
Bucharest, 108 BIS, Vatra Luminoasa, sector 2, postal code 021919
Tel: +40 21 250 6525 or 6615
Fax: +40 21 250 0519
Email: secretariat@anvr.ro
Website: www.anvr.ro
Material: braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio download and digital books in .rtf, .pdf and .doc format
Languages: Romanian, English, French
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format, as a Word or Text document and online
Membership: free of charge but readers must be a member of the Romanian Blind Association
International: books are sent abroad but postal costs must be covered by the reciepient
RUSSIA
The Russian State Library for the Blind (RGBS)
Protopopovski Pereulok, 9, MOSCOW 129010
Tel: +7 495 680 2614 ; +7 495 680 0595
Fax: +7495 6802867
Email: admin@rgbs.ru
Website: www.rgbs.ru
Material: braille, cassette tape, MP3 cd, audio cd, audio download, large print, digital books in .rtf and .doc format
Languages: Russian, English
Catalogue: available in braille and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
All Russia Association of the Blind, VOS
Novaja Plochad 14, 109012 MOSCOW
Tel: +7 495 623 6160 ; Fax: +7 495 623 9149
Email: oms@vos.org.ru
Nearly all regional branches of VOS are equipped with library services.
LOGOS VOS Center
Malomoskovskaya Street, 8/2, MOSCOW 129164
Tel/Fax: +7 495 683 5835 ; +7 495 686 0298 (editorial)
Email: iptk@logosvos.ru
ol@logosvos.ru (editorial)
LOGOS VOS is an editorial/publishing house run by VOS. It also runs a small library.
SERBIA
Library for the Blind Milana Budimira
c/o Union of the Blind of Serbia
Knez Mihailova 42, 11000 BEOGRAD
Tel: +381 11 3286 550 or 3286 706
Fax: +381 11 3286 722
Email: savezslepihsrbije@bvcom.net
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Slovenska kniznica pre nevidiacich M. Hrebendu
Matej Hrebenda Slovak Library for the Blind
Sturova 36, 054 65 LEVOCA
Tel/Fax: +421 53 245 1201
Fax: +421 53 245 1003
Email: skn@skn.sk
Website: www.skn.sk
Material: braille, music scores, cassette tape, DAISY cd, Mp3 cd, audio cd, audio download (WMA DRM 10), large print, books with tactile images, digital documents (rtf, txt)
Languages: Slovak, English, German, Czech, Hungarian, Polish
Catalogue: is available in braille, large print, as an rtf or txt file and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad to members and libraries
SLOVENIA
Association of the Blind and Partially Sighted of Slovenia
Groharjeva 2, SI 1000 LJUBLJANA
Tel: +386 14700 211
Fax: +386 14700 220
Email: zdsss@zveza-slepih.si
Website: www.zveza-slepih.si
SPAIN
Servicio Bibliografico de la ONCE
C/ La Coruna 18, 28020 MADRID
Tel: +34 91 589 4200
Email: sbomadriddau@once.es
Servicio Bibliográfico de la ONCE
C/ Pedro IV, 78-84, 08005 BARCELONA
Tel: +34 93 300 1454
Email: sbobarcelonadau@once.es
SWEDEN
Swedish Library of Talking Books and Braille, TPB
Post: Box 5113, 121 17 Johanneshov
Visiting: Palmfeltsvägen 5 A, plan 7, 121 62 Johanneshov
Tel: +46 8-580 02 700
Fax: +46 8-580 02 770
Email: info@tpb.se
Website: www.tpb.se
SWITZERLAND
Bibliothèque Braille Romande et Livre Parlé
Association pour le Bien des Aveugles
Place Bourg-de-Four 34, 1204 GENEVE
Tel: +41 22 317 7900
Fax: +41 22 317 7911
Email: bbr@abage.ch
Website: www.abage.ch
Bibliothèque Sonore Romande
Rue de Genève 17, 1003 LAUSANNE
Tel: +41 21 321 1010
Fax: +41 21 321 1019
Email: info@bsr-lausanne.ch
Website: www.bsr-lausanne.ch
Material: DAISY cd, MP3 cd, audio download
Languages: French
Catalogue: available in large print, audio format, as a Word document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are sent abroad
Schweiz. Caritasaktion der Blinden
Blindenbibliothek
Hinterdorfstrasse 29, 8597 LANDSCHLACHT
Tel: +41 71 695 12 14
Fax: +41 71 695 12 51
Email: bbl@cab-org.ch
Website: www.cab-org.ch
Schweizerische Bibliothek für Blinde, Seh- und Lesebehinderte
Grubenstrasse 12, 8045 ZURICH
Tel: +41 43 333 3232
Fax: +41 43 333 3233
Email: info@sbs-online.ch
Website: www.sbs-online.ch
Material: contracted braille, non-contracted cassette tape, DAISY cd, large print, musical scores, books with tactile images and digital books
Languages: English, French, German, Spanish
Catalogue: available in braille, large print, audio format, as a digital document and online
Membership: free of charge, single registration fee (CHF 50.-)
International: books are sent abroad
Etoile Sonore
Chemin du Monastère 6, 1868 COLLOMBEY (Valais)
Tel: +41 24 471 8210
Fax: +41 24 471 8212
Email: etoile.sonore@vtxnet.ch
Website: www.cab-org.ch/cab/sonor.htm
Biblioteca Braille e del libro parlato della Unitas
via Contra 160, 6598 Tenero
Tel: +41 91 745 61 61
Email: biblioteca@unitas.ch
Website: www.unitas.ch
Material: braille, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, large print
Languages: Italian
Catalogue: available in audio format, as a Word and PDF document and online
Membership: free of charge
International: books are not sent abroad
TURKEY
Turkey Library for the Visually Impaired
Mithatpasa Caddesi Numara 404/1
Asansor - Konak, IZMIR
Tel: +90 232 483 3023
Fax: +90 232 446 4631
Email: bilgi@turgok.org
Website: www.turgok.org
Six Dot Association of the Blind
Alti Nokta Korler Dernegi Kultur Merkezi
Erzurum Mah., Gecim Sokak No 21
Kurtulus, ANKARA
Beyazit State Library (only talking books)
Turan Emeksiz Sokak, Numara 2/4
34450 Beyazit, ISTANBUL
Tel: +90 212 522 3167 ; +90 212 519 3883
For information on the availability of books either in braille or on cassette in the Turkish language, contact the Publication Department of the Turkish Federation of the Blind: GMK Bulvan 32/6
Demirtepe / ANKARA
Tel: +90 312 231 8243 ; Fax: +90 312 231 8246
Email: bilgi@korlerfederasyonu.org.tr
UKRAINE
Central Library for the Blind
5 Pechortsky spusk
252023 KIEV
Tel: +380 44 225 00 63
Library for the Blind
15 Mariupolskaya str.
343400 ARTEMOVSK,
Donezk Region
Tel: +380 6274 62101
Fax: +380 6274 64114
Library for the Blind
14 Shinnaya str.
320107 DNEPROPETROVSK
Tel: +380 562 960926
Fax: +380 562 963153
Library for the Blind
61 Pavschich Kommunarov str.
340014 DONEZK
Tel: +380 622 95 8380
Fax: +380 622 95 8392
Library for the Blind
26 Shchorsa str.
348009 LUGANSK
Tel: +380 642 95 8363
Fax: +380 642 95 3213
Library for the Blind
4 Torfyanaya str.
290058 LVOV
Tel/Fax: +380 322 52 2722
Library for the Blind
21 Varnenskaya str.
270065 ODESA
Tel: +380 482 65 6045
Fax: +380 482 65 9013
Library for the Blind
6 Furmanov str.
314032 POLTAVA
Tel/Fax: +380 5322 30213
Library for the Blind
11 General Rodionov str.
333023 SIMFEROPOL
CRIMEA
Tel: +380 652 23 3889
Fax: +380 652 23 3998
Library for the Blind
50 Kovtun str.
310036 CHARKOV
Tel: +380 572 52 0182
Fax: +380 572 52 8182
Library for the Blind
5 Entuziastov str.
274 018 CHERNOVTSI
Tel: +380 3722 4 2720
Fax: +380 3722 7 4948
Library for the Blind)
28 Vrublevskiy str.
288600 BAR
Vinnitsa Region
Tel: +380 43410 2078
Library for the Blind
92 Svoboda str.
332440 BERDYANSK
Zaporozhye Region
Tel/Fax: +380 6153 3 2769
Library for the Blind
39 Zaporozhtsa str.
256400 BELAYA TSERKOV
Kiev Region
Tel: +380 4463 5 2425
Fax: +380 4463 5 4542
Library for the Blind
9 "600 years" str.
286021 VINNITSA
Tel/Fax: +380 432 44 7612
Library for the Blind
2 Kibrik str.
329600 VOZNESENSK
Nikolaev Region
Tel/Fax: +380 5134 4 2062
Library for the Blind
4 Korolenko str.
334320 EVPATORIYA
Tel/Fax: +380 6569 3 1118
Library for the Blind
13 Street of 8-th March
262000 ZHITOMIR
Tel/Fax: +380 412 37 3129
Library for the Blind
9 Komsomolskaya str.
330063 ZAPOROZHYE
Tel/Fax: +380 612 64 2230
Library for the Blind
30 Karl Libknecht str.
258610 ZVENIGORODKA
Cherkasä Region
Tel: +380 4740 5 2583
Library for the Blind
59 Kokorin str.
334502 KERTCH
Crimea
Tel: +380 6561 2 0286
Fax: +380 6561 1 2507
Library for the Blind
115 Krasnozvezdnaya str.
252118 KIEV
Tel: +380 44 264 3064
Fax: +380 44 264 5777
Library for the Blind
6 Leonid Pervomayskiy str.
252023 KIEV
Tel/Fax: + 380 44 224 0056
Library for the Blind
72 Glubotchitskaya str.
252050 KIEV
Tel: +380 44 417 5419
Fax: +380 44 417 4300
Library for the Blind
4 Fanernaya str.
253160 KIEV
Tel: +380 44 559 4377
Library for the Blind
5 Fisanovitch str.
316050 KIROVOGRAD
Tel: +380 522 22 0746
Library for the Blind
1 Karl Libknecht str.
260100 KOROSTEN
Zhitomir Region
Tel: +380 4142 4 1083
Fax: +380 4142 4 1212
Library for the Blind
25/23 Engels str.
245060 KROLEVETS
Sumä Region
Tel: +380 5453 5 1778
Library for the Blind
72 Petrovskiy str.
332339 MELITOPOL
Zaporozhye Region
Tel: +380 6142 69 981
Library for the Blind
103-a Komosomolskaya str.
327008 NIKOLAEV
Tel/Fax: +380 512 24 1128
Library for the Blind
275 Oktyabrskaya Revolutsiya
288700 MOGILEV-PODOLSKIY
Vinnitsa Region
Tel/Fax: +380 4337 2 5895
Library for the Blind
62-a Pionerskaya str.
295400 MUKATCHEVO
Zakarpatskiy Region
Tel: +380 3131 2 3561
Library for the Blind
47 Vasilevskaya str.
251200 NEZHIN
Chernigov Region
Tel: +380 4631 3 1066
Library for the Blind
29 Kaschtanovaya str.
255400 OBUCHOV
Kiev Region
Tel/Fax: +380 4472 5 3302
Library for the Blind
17 Proletarskaya str.
317900 ALEXANDRIYA
Kirovograd Region
Tel: +380 5235 2 3344
Library for the Blind
21 Zamkovaya str.
266000 ROVNO
Tel: +380 362 22 4326
Library for the Blind
49 Mayakovskiy str.
245909 ROMNÄ
Sumä Region
Tel/Fax: +380 5448 2 2155
Library for the Blind
28 Budennäy str.
349870 RUBEZHNOE
Lugansk Region
Tel: +380 6453 5 0320
Library for the Blind
8 Kuznechnaya str.
244030 SUMÄ
Tel: +380 542 22 0056
Fax: +380 542 22 1559
Library for the Blind
11 Lenin str.
334808 FEODOSIYA
Tel: +380 6562 3 2117
Library for the Blind
18-a Muchaylovich str.
325025 CHERSON
Tel: +380 5522 2 3878
Fax: +380 5522 4 2462
Library for the Blind
39 Vorovskiy str.
257031 CHERKASSÄ
Tel: +380 472 47 2400
Library for the Blind
5 Mendeleev str.
250013 CHERNIGOV
Tel: +380 4622 3 4100
Fax: +380 4622 3 5148
Library for the Blind
8 Dzerzhinskiy str.
334212 YALTA
Crimea
Tel: +380 654 32 3591
Fax: +380 654 32 9723
Library for the Blind
33 Moskovskaya str.
334320 EVPATORIYA
Crimea
Tel: +380 6569 3 0558
Library for the Blind
1 Lesnaya str.
255510 BOYARKA
Kiev Region
Tel: +380 298 3 5596
UNITED KINGDOM
RNIB National Library Service (or RNIB Talking Book Service)
Far Cromwell Road, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SG
Tel: +44 1733 37 53 51 (Customer Services/Helpline)
Fax: +44 161 355 2098
Email library@rnib.org.uk
Website: www.rnib.org.uk/library
Material: contracted braille, non-contracted braille, DAISY cd, audio streaming, giant print size 24 point, musical scores
Languages: English, French (braille only), German (braille only), Spanish (braille only)
Catalogue: available as a digital document and online
Membership: free of charge for braille and giant print; 79 GBP for DAISY (including player)
International: only braille books are sent abroad and only if copyright allows
National Talking Newspapers and magazines
We provide recording of 200 popular UK national newspapers and magazines titles in a variety of accessible formats. The recordings are sent to subscribers which the subscribers keep, apart from audio tapes. Tapes are returned because they can be re-used.
National Recording Centre
10 Browning Road, HEATHFIELD TN21 8DB
(East Sussex)
Tel: +44 1435 866 102
Fax: +44 1435 865422
Email: info@tnauk.org.uk
Website: www.tnauk.org.uk
Material: cassette tape, DAISY cd, MP3 cd, Audio CD, Audio download
Languages: English
Catalogue: available in large print, audio format, as a PDF document and online
Membership: •a modest annual subscription. Subscription charges vary depending on frequency of publication and the format taken. Postage is free. From £11 a year for a monthly publication on audio CD or tape. Currency - sterling
International: books are sent abroad, but only to members
CALIBRE, Cassette Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
New Road
Weston Turville, AYLESBURY HP22 5XQ
Tel: +44 1296 432 339
Fax: +44 1296 392 599
Website: www.calibre.org.uk