Network Bulletin 97-10
Date: February 7, 1997
Subject: Certification and eligibility
Index term: Patrons certified as reading disabled
A recent review of readers by handicap code showed that the
number of patrons registered with a reading disability as
the qualifying condition is 13 percent of the overall
readership.
Some regional and subregional libraries are serving a
percentage of reading disabled individuals that is
considerably higher than the national average. We realize
that local conditions may affect this, i.e., a concentration
of reading disabled individuals attending a high school or
college. Nevertheless, NLS wishes to remind network
libraries to ensure that all individuals receiving talking-
book service under the category of reading disability have
submitted applications that are properly certified by a
doctor of medicine or osteopathy. Applications for
individuals with a reading disability that are not signed by
either of the above, or those just marked with a rubber
stamp, are not acceptable.
NLS will be contacting for further discussion those
libraries whose service population of reading disabilities
exceeds 20 percent.
For more information contact:
Carolyn H. Sung
Chief, Network Division
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