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Library Services
Some area libraries offer special services for individuals who are unable to physically visit the library. Always check with your local library to find out about or confirm availability of services.
Dayton Metro Library Outreach Services
Dayton Ohio 45402
Description:
Homebound Delivery - The Dayton Metro Library provides this service to adults who have difficulty getting out. Call the Outreach Services staff at (937) 496-8956 to request Homebound Delivery. They will take your requests and set up a delivery time. Deliveries are made every three weeks, they'll bring as much as you can use in that time. They will pick up whatever you are ready to return and bring a new bag of library materials every three weeks. They'll bring anything you can borrow from the Dayton Metro Library to your door, including regular and large type books, DVDs and videos, music, books on tape and CDs. Whatever your favorite authors, subjects or genres, the Dayton Metro Library has something for you!
Greene County Public Library Outreach Program
Xenia Ohio 45385
Description:
The Greene County Library Outreach Service will deliver library materials to Greene County residents who are homebound due to age, illness, or physical disability.They can bring you books, audiobooks, music, movies, or magazines. Simply tell them what you enjoy or request specific titles. Materials will be delivered to your home and picked up again.
Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Disabled
Cleveland 44110-4006
Description:
About the Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress provides free recorded and brailled books to eligible adults and children. The Ohio Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, located in Cleveland, Ohio at the Cleveland Public Library, provides information and applications to all Ohio residents.
The Lebanon Public Library
Lebanon Ohio 45036
Description:
The Lebanon Public Library homebound service offers delivery of books - both regular and large print - and recorded books to people of all ages who are unable to visit the library.
Library materials are delivered at regular monthly intervals. This service is available to residents in the City of Lebanon, the Village of South Lebanon, Turtlecreek Township, and Union Township.
If you are interested, please call the library at (513) 932-2665.
The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County
Cincinnati OH 45202-2071
Description:
The Cincinnati Public Library provides a variety of services for people with special needs through its Outreach Services Department.
Special services of interest to seniors or people with disabilities, may include:
Books to Your Door
The department provides monthly deliveries of library materials to Hamilton County nursing homes, assisted living facilities, correctional facilities, and other congregate living locations. The department supplies deposit collections for residents to share, activity director collections, and books for individuals. Residents may make special requests or have Outreach Services staff select materials for them based on their reading interests.
Books by Mail
Outreach Services mails library materials to individuals in Hamilton County living in their own homes or apartments who are unable to visit the library due to an illness or disability. Homebound residents should contact the department for additional information and to request a questionnaire they can fill out detailing their interests.
Senior Programs
The department provides programming for seniors at nursing homes and assisted living facilities. It also provides materials in a variety of formats for senior book clubs.
Materials for Nursing Home Activity Directors
Bifolkal program kits, videos, music, craft books, trivia, poetry, pictorials, and professional literature. Contact the department for a checklist of available materials.
The Outreach Services Department can be reached at 513-369-6963.
The Library's Web site also has a special section dedicated to library users age 55 and older: Fifty-five +.
Talking Books
Free recorded books, magazines and playback equipment to eligible blind, visually impaired, physically handicapped, and reading disabled Ohio residents
Free Tax Assistance
The Library offers free tax assistance from American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) volunteers. The AARP service takes place on Fridays from 9:00 a.m.--3:00 p.m. from January 27 --April 13 in Room 2A of the Main Library. The service is for taxpayers 50 and over. For these taxpayers, volunteers will also assist in State of Ohio returns. Returns prepared by AARP volunteeers are filed electronically.
AARP tax assistance is by appointment only. For details or to schedule an appointment, contact the Information and Reference Department at 513-369-6900. Walk-ins will not be accepted.