The head of the Library of Congress, James Billington, recently told a key appropriator that funding for a program for the blind and visually impaired, which fell about $7 million short of his ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas State Library highlights Braille resources during Kansas Talking Books Week for Kansans. The Kansas State Library said during the week of March 6, Kansas Talking Books ...

Gerry C. Cohen, for 40 years a passionate leader of the Talking Books Program and the Connecticut Volunteer Services for the Blind and Handicapped, Inc. (CVSBH, Inc.), died peacefully in her home on ...

Seacoast libraries fear losing federal funding for the interlibrary loan program (ILL) due to a recent executive order. The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant, potentially facing ...

Patricia M. Obrimski, 71, a retired quality assurance manager with the talking books program of the Library of Congress, died Sept. 20 of diverticulitis with peritonitis at Suburban Hospital in ...