Services for Visually Impaired

Library services for people with visual impairments

We are pleased to announce that several library branches offer special library services for citizens with visual impairments. These services are intended for people with limited vision or who have completely lost it.

Readers can use the following options:

• Read literature written in Braille;
• Scan, recognize, and read books and other flat-print documents;
• Search and process information on the Internet, as well as read the library’s e-books;
• Use a Braille printer (a device for printing text in Braille);
• Work on specially equipped library computers.

These services are provided at the following branches:

• Alatau Creative Hub, address: Nurkent microdistrict, 5/11
• Almaty Libraries Branch (Omarov St., 75a), address: Omarov Street, 75a
• Almaty Libraries Branch (Rozybakiev St., 247/7), address: Rozybakiev Street, 247 block 7
• Central City Library named after A.P. Chekhov, address: Gogol Street, 109
• Children’s Branch Library No. 29, address: Orbita-4 microdistrict, 10
• Library of Kazakhstani Writers, address: 11th microdistrict, 37
• Public Branch Library No. 14, address: Rimsky-Korsakov Street, 3
• Public Branch Library No. 45, address: Mamyr 7 microdistrict, 8a
• Republican Library for the Blind and Visually Impaired Citizens, address: Bogenbay Batyr Street, 214

For more information, please contact the listed branches or call +7 (727) 338-77-25, as indicated on the library website