Library Services to Handicapped People and the Role of the Advisory Committee

Title IVB of the Library Services and Construction Act of 1966 stimulated the growth of library services to people with handicaps in Ohio, as in other states. The IVB Advisory Council was instrumental in setting the direction of service for more than a decade, and encouraged the involvement of public libraries in promoting the braille and talking book service, state and regional workshops for librarians, a state consultant for library services to the handicapped, improvement of services at the two regional libraries to the blind and physically handicapped, and model projects funded by L.S.C.A. The successor to the IVB Advisory Council, and Advisory Committee for Library Outreach Services, continues to advise the State Library Board and State Library staff and Ohio's experience can serve as a model to other states as they implement TITLE IVB.