Connecticut State Library with state seal

Library For The Blind & Physically Handicapped

National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Downloadable Books and Magazines

BARD: Braille and Audio Reading Download

Potential users

Access to the BARD web site is restricted to eligible readers. You will need a login ID and password to access it.

If you do not have them, review the criteria for participation by reading the BARD application instructions and, if you qualify, request an account.

Current users

Please log in below:

   
   

Reset your BARD password

For support, please e-mail csl.bard@ct.gov 

Library for the Blind & Physically Handicapped logo


Tel: 860-721-2020 or 1-800-842-4516 Fax: 860-721-2056 | Hours
Unit Head: Carol Taylor
Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Connecticut State Library, 198 West Street, Rocky Hill, CT 06067

The Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped is a network library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress.

The Library provides free mail loan of recorded and Braille books and magazines and necessary playback equipment to eligible state residents unable to read conventional print because of a visual or physical disability.

Recorded materials are provided by the National Library Service. The NLS Catalog lists these titles. Additional materials of interest to Connecticut readers are recorded by the Connecticut Volunteer Services for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. Catalogs of these recordings are available from the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.