West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Library
About the WVSDB Library
The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Library is housed in the Sevigny Building at the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind. The WVSDB Library services are for educational and leisure purposes to students and staff at the WVSDB. We provide materials in many formats: print books, Braille books, Twin-Vision books (print books with pictures and Braille overlays), large print books, audiobooks, tactile books, children’s books with signed words, ASL books, audio-described videos, closed-captioned videos, kits containing multi-media packets, print and Braille magazines, games (with compatible accessibility features), MakerSpace items (related to STEAM content), technology, and digital talking books for all ages.
The West Virginia Library Commission: Subregional Library is housed in the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind school Library. We serve qualifying patrons from 8 surrounding counties by providing free digital book players and digital talking books. Under regulations prescribed by the Library of Congress, patrons can obtain this free service if they are Blind/Low Vision, Physically Handicapped, or Print Disabled. Readers must be certified by a competent authority as unable to read standard printed material as a result of physical limitations. These materials are mailed to patrons free of charge and maintained by the WVSDB Library staff. Talking Books are available in many reading levels and genres. Applications for services are available through the WVSDB Library and the West Virginia Library Commission.
- Insert the Thumb Drive into the right side of your Digital Book Player (the slit next to the Headphone Socket) with the raised dot side up.
- Turn on Digital Book Player, it will say how many books are on the USB Thumb Drive.
- Hold down the Green Play Button until you hear a Beep. It will say “Bookshelf” and name the number of books on the USB Thumb Drive.
- Push FF/Forward to select the book you want to read. Push RW/Rewind/Back to go to the previous book.
- Each book will automatically advance once they are completed.
WV Info Depot (Click here)
- Children's Authors Read Aloud Links: https://www.weareteachers.com/virtual-author-activities/?fbclid=IwAR22ie32Fahm599TxYcx56dp4VGj4T1Y7wFLqHa2MWOMQJNDXsR_KLJBl6k
Barbara Kidwell
Library Aide/Reader Advisor
West Virginia School for the Blind
WV Library Comission - NLS Subregional Library
Phone 304.822.6656
150+ years of History at WVSDB (click here)