Services For Blind Patrons
Eastman’s attempts to improve services for blind patrons began in 1903 when she instituted Braille classes as part of the Library’s offering. Her attempts to build the library’s Braille collection were frustrated by the high price of the books and the difficulty of transporting them, but by 1928 the Library had a collection of six thousand Braille texts. When Eastman retired, the special service was distributing books to thirty thousand blind patrons across northern Ohio. In addition to Braille texts, the Cleveland Library was trailblazing in its use of books recorded on phonograph, initially conceived as a solution for blind patrons who were unable to read Braille.
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