Posts from Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library

The 95 titles on the list represent books we and the public turn to regularly as activists, students, archivists, and curators, with a particular focus on books by Black authors and those whose papers we steward.

More than 200 stories of trans and gender non-conforming lives.

For anyone—registered with us or not—there are great options.

Knowing that this desire for health and wellness lives within the patrons we serve, we here at the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library decided to help out by creating a workshop specifically aimed at physical fitness with accessibility in mind.

Every year, NYPL librarians come together to create the Best Books for Kids list. This post gathers every title available at Heiskell from that list and provides links to the titles in our digital book (DB) collection or on Bookshare.

New arrivals, students, and professionals are united in their quest for tactile maps of New York City.

Accessibility is more than a feature you request. It can also be something you make.

Where does a person start if she is an immigrant in need of English and has recently lost her eyesight? Why, The New York Public Library, of course.

At the Andrew Heiskell Braille & Talking Book Library, we’re always discovering new ways for patrons with all kinds of vision to explore information. As New Yorkers prepare for the upcoming solar eclipse on August 21, here are a few ways to experience this rare event and other celestial phenomena in an accessible way.

In a world where Siri is happy to keep your calendar straight and Amazon Echo takes 24/7 requests for your favorite tunes, why not speak your mind to the blinking cursor in Microsoft Word?

the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS) recently accepted the donation of a computer application for Windows that helps library patrons download braille and talking books and magazines in just a few steps.

Andrew Heiskell Library is partnering with DIYAbility and the Blind Arduino Project to present hands-on workshops introducing youth and adults to nonvisual and adaptive techniques for coding and physical computing.

Chancey Fleet’s Library Story began as girl when she visited the Andrew Heiskell Talking Book Library for the first time. She tells about that first experience, and how it lead her to want to teach other visually impaired people to use technology to communicate.

NYPL is proud to announce a new partnership with Bookshare, making 370,000 accessible e-books free to patrons with print disabilities.

Reading a book aloud to a child is one of life’s sweetest pleasures, and children sometimes ask to repeat the experience with the same book over and over. And over. And over.

Lewis Carroll’s creative masterpiece turns 150 this fall, and NYPL is celebrating with a major exhibition—and, of course, with book recommendations.

At the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, patrons often ask us whether it’s a good idea to update to the latest new software release. We hope this post helps you think through your options and make the best decision you can.

We asked our expert NYPL staff members to recommend books that helped them stay sane and navigate life in Gotham.

Our expert NYPL librarians recommend their favorite books about interplanetary travel.