CT LAB mission statement

The mission of the Connecticut State Library, Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB), is to make available, in formats accessible to people who are blind, people with a visual impairment, people with a reading disability, or people with a physical disability, books and magazines representative of the range of print materials typically found in a public library, by:

• Lending braille, recorded books, and playback equipment supplied by the Library of Congress, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS).
• Augmenting the national collection with books produced by Connecticut’s and other states’ volunteer recording programs.
• Guiding its readers to sources of braille and recorded books not included in its own collection.
• Providing reference and referral services to its readers.
• Maintaining close ties with libraries, government and private agencies that serve handicapped people.
• Reaching out to eligible persons.