Historical information
Various images taken of library processes and staff, for the NILS Annual Report. These include:
- the Circulation area, where items were returned via post and stacked on trolleys. Cassette books were checked for completeness (as a book could require multiple cassette containers or having missing cassettes) and if they had been rewound, before returning. The computer system either re-circulated the book out to another borrower or put to storage in the Hanging Carousel, which was 1 storey high and housed 1000's of books. Books being sent out again were issued a card with the address label printed on it, and were required to be placed in the address rack on the book, before being shipped out via post.
- Computer Access Centre was located in the Browsing Library and consisted of two computers, one with a larger screen for increased font size and a trackball mouse designed for people with limited mobility.
- Duplication where blank cassettes are loaded into 'slaves' and a master recording duplicated on to multiple tapes
- Browsing Library where a small selection of Braille, audio and large print books are kept and can be viewed.
- Braille and Large Print Production, where text is scanned then transformed into the desired format, before proofing and dispatch to the client.
- Audio Production studios where text is recorded by single or multiple narrators, and produced.
Physical description
298 images of NILS staff, clients and volunteers
