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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