Library Extension
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The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS, also known as BARD) is a public service open to people with a visual disability, offering a wide variety of audiobooks, eBooks and braille books.
Offerings
- Audiobooks
- Braille
- eBooks
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is listed in the Library Extension under its full official name. If you know it as NLS or BARD, you’ll still find it - typing either term in the catalog search box will bring it up.
New in 2026.810.1If you don't see this yet, your copy of the Library Extension may not have updated to this version. See how to check your installed version.
Searches through this catalog had stopped returning results for a while. That has been fixed: searches now work again, and results include real availability information for talking books and braille titles.
Steps
- Start by clicking on the icon of the stack of Library books in your browser.
- Near the bottom, notice that there is a scrollable box with a ‘yellow’ background. All special catalogs are found in this box.
- Scroll to The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (listed under NLS / BARD) and click on Add The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled to add it to the Library Extension.
