All AADL locations will open at 10 AM on Thursday, February 13!
The Kids Area of the Downtown Library is closed for reorganization & renovations that will last up to 8 weeks. Storytimes, a small selection of kids' books, and a play area are available in the Lobby. More info here.
Search for additional titles in the NLS catalog. While searchable, items are not available for request. To place requests for items found in the NLS catalog, call (734) 327-4224, or email wlbpd@aadl.org.
The NLS catalog's most recent book titles are available in the Talking Book Topics publication. Registered WLBPD patrons automatically receive Talking Book Topics in the mail every other month.
Library patrons with NLS Digital Talking Book Machines (DTBM) eager to read digital books not yet available on digital cartridge, or who have their own NLS-compatible commercial player, are encouraged to download books from BARD, the Braille and Audio Reading Download service offered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress. Tens of thousands of books and dozens of magazines are available for download, with more added every week.
In order to download books from BARD you must first apply for a login and password. Only patrons actively registered for service through WLBPD, or through another library within the National Library Service network, are eligible to download from BARD.
Downloading from BARD requires an email address, a computer with a high-speed Internet connection, a USB drive, and an NLS-issued or NLS-compatible DTBM. Once the book is on your computer as a .zip file it can be unzipped and copied to a digital cartridge or flash drive.