This section is for information on Idaho’s Talking Book Service (TBS), braille materials, accessible spaces and signage, and agencies that can increase your library’s capacity to serve everyone in your community.
- Information about the Idaho Talking Book Service (TBS). TBS is a free audiobook library service for Idahoans who are unable to read standard print due to low vision, blindness, or a physical, perceptual, or reading disability. Patrons receive titles by downloading them and/or having materials mailed directly to and from their residence at no cost. TBS can also help you obtain braille materials for your library.
- Your library’s plan to provide access, signage, and appropriate technology for your entire community, including, but not limited to: people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind; people who are blind or have low vision; people who use wheelchairs or other mobility devices; people with speech disabilities; people who are autistic; people with psychiatric disabilities or mental illness; people with developmental disabilities; people with learning disabilities; people with traumatic (or acquired) brain injury; people who are short of stature; people with cerebral palsy; people with Tourette Syndrome; people who look different; people with hidden disabilities; people living with HIV and AIDS; and people who use service animals.
For more information on interacting with all patrons, see:
- Equity, diversity, and inclusion are fundamental values of the American Library Association (ALA) and its members.
- The Office for Diversity, Literacy, and Outreach Services uses a social justice framework to ensure the inclusion of diverse perspectives within our profession
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Disability Impacts All of Us
- Disability Rights & Resources
- “It’s Time for a Reimagining of Disability Etiquette” from Forbes
- The Gallaudet University Library’s LibGuide for working with deaf or hard of hearing patrons or with deaf-related collections
- “The Librarian with Tourette’s Syndrome” from the BBC
- Disability etiquette information from the National Disability Navigator Resource Collaborative
- The ICfL’s Best Practices: Services and Programming Toolkit includes information on serving all patrons