New name for LBPH: Connecticut Library for Accessible Books

The Connecticut State Library is pleased to announce that the Connecticut Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (LBPH) has adopted a new name: The Connecticut Library for Accessible Books (CT LAB). The new name was selected by the State Library with the support and approval of the Advisory Committee for CT LAB.

On October 1, 2019, CT LAB’s federal partner, the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS) changed its name from the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped to its present name. CT LAB’s name change is part of a wider movement to update names of regional libraries within the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disableds (NLS) nationwide network of libraries.

Though the library’s name has changed, its core services and resources remain the same. CT LAB remains a unit of the Connecticut State Library with a mission to serve people who are blind, individuals who have a visual disability, people who have a perceptual or reading disability, and persons unable to read print materials as a result of a physical disability.

CT LAB is in the process of updating its website and other promotional materials to reflect our updated name. Please bear with us as we make these updates.