Program Information Sheet for:
WV Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Location:
WV Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East

Charleston, WV 25305-0620
Mailing Address:
ATTENTION: DONNA CALVERT
WV LIBRARY COMMISSION
1900 KANAWHA BOULEVARD, EAST

CHARLESTON, WV 25305-0620

Telephone Numbers and Contact information
Phone #:(304) 558-4061 Special Services Director
Phone #:(800) 642-8674 Toll Free, calls recorded 24 hrs.
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Fax Number:(304) 558-6016' ;

Web Page:  librarycommission.lib.wv.us/special_services.htm
E-mail to:   calvertd@wvlc.lib.wv.us

Program Details:
Operating Agency: WV Library Commission (Governmental)
Person In Charge: Director:Donna Calvert
Hours: 0830-1700, Mon-Fri
Eligibility: Blind, visually handicapped, reading disabled, or any disability preventing reading standard reading material
Fees: None.
Intake Process: Contact office.
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Staff Qualifications:
Service Area: West Virginia.
Handicap Accessibility:

Program/Service Notes:
Provides recorded cassette books, braille books, large print books and descriptive videos for blind and physically handicapped individuals and for reading disabled individuals. Also provides a dialup newspaper service using a standard telephone. Part of the National Library Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and Library of Congress. Free playback equipment (on loan) is provided and materials are sent postage free. Individuals must be certified as unable to see to read or unable to physically hold a book to read. Individuals with a reading disability, must have their applications certified by a doctor of medicine or a doctor of osteopathy. SUBREGIONAL SITES: Cabell County Public Library Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library WV School for the Blind

This information was last updated on 06/18/2007


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