Talking Book and Braille Service
Braille Spotlight
Fluffy, the Classroom Guinea Pig Series by Kate McMullan:
"Say hello to Fluffy, the world's coolest guinea pig. It's not his fault that the kids in Ms. Day's classroom named him Fluffy. If he had his way, his name would be Butch, or maybe Rocky. In his mind, he is one bad pig."
Search our
Books in Series website to find book numbers from our BBR collection. Or contact your readers advisor.
News and Updates
5/8/12 We have had some changes in our recorded magazine subscriptions lately.
Here is a list of magazines available only in digital cartridge format.
5/7/12 A new twin-vision contracted Braille book has come in, (BR 19048) The Nutcracker retold by AnnMarie Anderson.
4/30/12 A new contracted Braille title, (BBR 00010) Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke, has come in.
4/24/12 Online Catalog Now Ready for You! TBBS is pleased to announce the arrival of of its Online Catalog. This catalog is a way for borrowers and their family members to search our collection of audio, video, and Braille materials and to request them. Read more
here.
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About Us
The Nebraska Library Commission's Talking Book and Braille Service (TBBS) is part of a nationwide network of cooperating libraries headed by the National Library Service
(NLS), a division of the
Library of Congress.
TBBS provides free books and magazines on cassette,
on digital cartridge, through digital download, and in Braille to individuals with a
visual or physical condition, or a
reading disability which limits use of regular print. Our transition to digital books and players continues to increase weekly.
In our in-house sound studios, we also record and produce audiobooks and audio-magazines from either Nebraska and regional authors or about Nebraska and the Great Plains. The recordings from our Nebraska Collection are made available for loan to our patrons.
Our collection of books and magazines is similar to those
found in a public library. Special cassette and digital playback equipment is also provided free of charge. Our
Descriptive Video Collection offers audio description of the visual elements of movie and Public Television program videos and DVDs.
Books, magazines, videos, and players are mailed to and from our library postage-free.
Our library service is available to individuals, as well as
schools and other
facilities, such as nursing homes, hospitals and senior citizen centers.
In addition to the free services mentioned above, we provide
audio production,
audio tape to digital file conversion, and
Braille embossing to nonprofit organizations and governmental
agencies.