News (National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped)

News (ISSN 1046-1663) is a quarterly publication of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), part of the U.S. Library of Congress, and is associated with libraries serving blind and physically disabled readers, and their cooperating agencies. This serial publication includes articles of interest to librarians and others, and covers a broad range of topics including libraries and technology. The primary focus of the articles is on accessibility to blind and physically disabled readers.

News

Type	Quarterly
Format	Newsletter
Publisher	Library of Congress: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
Language	English
City	Washington, D.C.
Country	USA
ISSN	1046-1663
OCLC number	4518845
Website	www.loc.gov/nls/newsletters/news/

As early as 1958,^[1][2] issues of the Division for the Blind Newsletter were published by what was then called the Library of Congress Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.^[2] Around 1967, the name became DBPH News.^[2][3][4] The DBPH News became a regular bimonthly publication at the end of the 1960s^[5] and gained formal volume numbers with the January/February 1970 issue, ISSN 0160-9211, LCCN 78-641469, OCLC 2251914.^[6] Publication subtitled "National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped" started with the May/June 1978 issue, volume 9, number 3, as LCCN 78-648230, OCLC 4518845 for the paper edition.^[7] It became quarterly starting with the January–March 1982 issue.^[8]

Issues from 1995 (volume 26) on are available online (OCLC 4587864) at the official website or as http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3139

References

1. Oxbridge Directory of Newsletters (1994 ed.). Oxbridge Communications. 1994. p. 105. ISBN 9780917460524. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
2. Hesslein, Shirley B. (1986). Serials on Aging: An Analytical Guide. Greenwood Press. p. 25. ISBN 9780313247095. News - National Library Service for the Blind. DATE FOUNDED: 1978. TITLE CHANGES: Division for the Blind Newsletter (1958-67), DBPH News (1967-78). FREQUENCY: 4/yr. PRICE: Free. PUBLISHER: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington DC 20542
3. "New Student Referral Service For D. C. Area". The Braille Monitor (Inkprint ed.). Des Moines, Iowa: National Federation of the Blind. November 1967. Retrieved 2015-06-06. Cited as reprint of "DBPH News". Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. August 1967.
4. "Two New Talking Book Machines". The Braille Monitor (Inkprint ed.). Des Moines, Iowa: National Federation of the Blind. June 1968. Retrieved 2015-06-06. Source cites original as "DBPH News". No. 26. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped. April 1968.
5. Library of Congress (1970). "3: The Reference Department". Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969 (PDF). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 61. ISSN 0083-1565. LCCN 06006273. A house organ, the DBPH News, which carries news of the regional libraries as well as division activities and policies, attained the status of regular bimonthly publication and acquired an attractive new masthead.
6. LCCN 78-641469. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
7. LCCN 78-648230. Retrieved 2015-06-06.
8. Monthly Catalog, Periodicals Supplement for 2000, No. 1281, Entries 2000-1 to 2000-892. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. p. 112. Retrieved 2015-06-06.

External links

• NLS News Home — official site, with electronic copies back to 1995; also permanently linked from http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3139