Subregional Library for the Blind 
& Physically Handicapped

This is a State and Federally funded service for eligible Muskegon County and Ottawa County residents to receive free reading materials. It is part of the Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) www.loc.gov/nls. Muskegon is a subregional library of the Michigan Commission for the Blind, Braille and Talking Book Library www.michigan.gov/btbl.

Want more information on this service? Watch these informational videos by clicking on these links.

For more information on eligibility, click here.

To begin service, please request an application form from the library or click here for an application form in Adobe Acrobat PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader is available for free from Adobe's web site.) You may print the form, complete it and send it to:

Muskegon Area District Library
Administration Building 
4845 Airline Rd. - Unit 5, 
Muskegon, MI 49444-4503
Phone Numbers 
Daytime: (231) 737-6310 
Toll Free: (877) 569-4801 
After Hours: (231) 737-6248 
TDD: (231) 722-4103
Hours: Monday through Friday 8 AM to 5 PM.
Sheila Miller, Librarian

The Muskegon Area District Library’s LBPH has begun to offer new Digital Talking-Book Machines. The new players are smaller and very easy to use with excellent sound quality. Every day new titles arrive on digital cartridges made just for our players.

For Braille and Audio Download (BARD) click here.
Want more information on BARD? Watch these informational videos by clicking on these links.

For more information call (231) 737-6310 (toll free 877-569-4801).

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Other resources providing products and services to individuals with vision loss include:

American Foundation for the Blind www.afb.org (800) 232-5463

Association for the Blind and Visually Impaired www.abvimichigan.org (800) 466-8084

Bureau of Services for Blind Persons (formerly MI Commission for the Blind)  www.michigan.gov/mcb

(800) 292-4200

National Federation of the Blind www.nfb.org (410) 659-9314

Audio Bibles for the Blind http://audiobiblesfortheblind.org.