Columbus Public Library

223 W. James St., Columbus, WI 53925
920-623-5910 · Children's Dept. 920-623-5926

Outreach Services

• Fall River High School
• Nursing Homes
• Handicapped/ Homebound

Handicapped accessibility @ your library

• Handicapped parking
• Handicapped accessible facility
• Magnifying glasses
• ZOOM TEXT and track ball available on Internet computer

Mail Service for the blind, deaf, reading disabled, visually and/or physically handicapped

Please call 623-5910 for an application.

Materials can be checked out at the library by a person authorized to check out materials for the handicapped individual, or we can mail materials to your home. Mailed items are limited to 1 item at a time checked out for 2 weeks. You can return items before the due date. There is no charge for postage and no overdue fines. There is a replacement charge for any lost materials or shipping bags.

Mailed materials are to be returned in the same bag free of charge. Remove the mailing label and lock the bag using the locking tab provided. Next put the bag with the materials in it into your mailbox, or drop it off at the post office.

Materials available include large print books, books on tape or CD, closed-captioned videos and DVDs.

Materials can be played on regular cassette, CD and DVD machines. The library does not supply said equipment.

Who is eligible for mail service?

• Blind: Visual acuity of 20/20 or less in the better eye with correcting glasses or the widest diameter of visual field subtending an angular distance no greater than 20 degrees.
• Moderate hearing impairment: Some difficulty hearing and understanding speech.
• Physical Handicap: Unable to hold a book or turn pages as a result of physical limitations. Examples include: without arms or the use of arms; impaired or weakened muscle and nerve control; limitations resulting from strokes, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, polio, arthritis, or similar conditions; and individuals who are homebound due to illness or injury.
• Profound hearing impairment: Cannot hear or understand speech.
• Reading disability: Organic dysfunction of sufficient severity to prevent reading printed materials in a normal manner.
• Visual handicap: Lacks visual acuity to read standard printed materials without special aids or devices other than regular glasses.