Programs
The Novosibirsk Regional Special Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired (NRSL) has participated and is participating in a number of Federal and Regional Programs:
- The Federal Program "Children of Russia", subprogram "Children with Disabilities", section 9 "Children with Disabilities and Culture"
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- The Federal Target Program "Culture of Russia", subprogram "Development of Culture and Preservation of Cultural Heritage"
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- The Regional Target Program "Preservation and Development of Culture in Novosibirsk Region"
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- The Regional Target Program "Libraries of Novosibirsk Region"
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- The Regional Target Complex Program "Children of Novosibirsk Region", subprogram "Children with Disabilities"
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- The Regional Target Program "Social Support to People with Disabilities in Novosibirsk Region"
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- The Municipal Target Program "Forming Accessible Living & Activity Environment for People with Disabilities and Other Groups of People with Mobility Problems in Novosibirsk"
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The key directions of works, fulfilled within the framework of these Programs, are::
- Creation of the base network for providing information on problems of rehabilitation and social integration of people with various kinds of disabilities
- Creation of a Methodological Consulting Center on typhlotechnologies and typhlocomputer technologies and training blind and visually impaired schoolchildren, students and specialists on its base.
- Creation of a system of additional education in the field of foreign languages for people with severe visual impairments.
- Production and dissemination of audio books and dubbed video materials on problems of rehabilitation of people with disabilities.
- Creation of a rent reserve stock of technical aids for reading talking books, preventative maintenance and repair of equipment, consultative assistance.
- Creation of accessible information environment, dissemination and introduction of spatial speech systems for orientation of the blind and visually impaired.
- Development of а Regional Special Polygraphy Center for production of braille, large print materials, and relief-graphical aids and diagrams.