Borrowers may receive the library service through an individual registration at home, or through the institution where they reside or attend. TBBL provides service to many kinds of institutions, including:
Application form for TBBL service for institutions 
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Once they have a TBBL account, institutions can also download digital books for their readers via BARD. (More about BARD.)
Please e-mail or call TBBL for more information.
We encourage public libraries to become members of TBBL. Having an active TBBL membership enables public librarians to become familiar with the talking book services that are freely available to anyone who has a print disability preventing them from reading standard print materials. To sign your library up for TBBL membership, use this application.
Membership in TBBL provides libraries access to TBBL audio playback equipment, audio and braille books through the mail, a downloading account and printed publicity materials that explain the service. Public libraries are encouraged to create a small demonstration area in a convenient space in the public library. TBBL will supply the public library with these publicity materials, including board displays and flyers that describe the program to the public.
Your TBBL patrons can also e-mail or call TBBL if they have any questions about talking book services in general. Downloading is an excellent way to obtain any book or magazine at any time. For those patrons not able to download, the TBBL mailing of book orders on cartridge also provides access to any book in the collection.
The primary role of a public librarian is to publicize and promote TBBL services. Many more people are eligible than use the service. If someone is eligible for TBBL materials, as public librarians you can help them apply for service so they can receive materials directly.
Public libraries in upstate New York that are TBBL members may be better able to assist their TBBL patrons. Participating libraries, arranged by county, are listed below.
Note: New York City and Long Island are served by the Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library
in New York City.
Albany Public Library – Main Branch
Albany Public Library – Bach Branch
Albany Public Library – Howe Branch
Albany Public Library – Pine Hills Branch
Altamont Free Library
Berne Public Library
Bethlehem Public Library
Cohoes Public Library
Guilderland Public Library
Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk Community Library
Rensselaerville Public Library
Watervliet Public Library
William K. Sanford Town Library
Alfred Box of Books Library
Angelica Free Library
Bolivar Free Library
Cuba Circulating Library
Genesee Library
Scio Memorial Library
Broome County Public Library
Vestal Public Library
Allegany Public Library
Blount Library
Cattaraugus Free Library
Delevan-Yorkshire Public Library
Ellicottville Memorial Library
Gowanda Free Library
King Memorial Library
Memorial Library of Little Valley
Olean Public Library
Portville Free Library
Randolph Free Library
Salamanca Public Library
Seneca Nation Library – Allegany Branch
Hazard Library
Case Memorial-Seymour Library
Springport Free Library
Stewart B. Lang Memorial Library
Ahira Hall Memorial Library
Alexander Findley Library
Anderson Free Library
Ashville Free Library
Bemus Point Public Library
Cassadaga Branch Library
Clymer-French Creek Library
Darwin R. Barker Library
Dunkirk Public Library
Ellington Farman Library
Falconer Public Library
Fluvanna Free Library
Hazeltine Public Library
James Prendergast Library
Kennedy Free Library
Lakewood Memorial Library
Mary E. Seymour Library
Mayville Library
Minerva Free Library
Myers Memorial Library
Patterson Library
Ripley Public Library
Seneca Nation Library – Allegany Branch
Seneca Nation Library – Cattaraugus Branch
Sinclairville Free Library
Smith Memorial Library
Steele Memorial Library
New Berlin Public Library
Sherburne Public Library
Dodge Memorial Library
Chatham Public Library
Hudson Area Library
New Lebanon Library
Cortland County Library
Cannon Free Library
Fairview Public Library
Sidney Public Library
William B. Ogden Free Library
Amenia Free Library
Beekman Library
E. Fishkill Community Library
Howland Public Library
Lagrange Association Library
Millbrook Library
Northeast-Millerton Library
Pawling Library
Pleasant Valley Library
Poughkeepsie Public Library
Red Hook Public Library
Stanford Free Library
Angola Public Library
Clarence Public Library
Grand Island Memorial Library
Lancaster Public Library
Newstead Public Library
North Collins Public Library
Elizabethtown Public Library
Keene Valley Library
Lake Placid Public Library
Wadhams Free Library
Saranac Lake Free Library
Wead Library of Malone
Gloversville Public Library
Northville Public Library
Catskill Public Library
D.R. Evarts Library
Heermance Memorial Library
Adams Free Library
Black River Free Library
Bodman Memorial Library
Crosby Public Library
E. Hounsfield Free Library
Evans Mills Public Library
Holland Library
Macsherry Library
Orleans Library
Thousand Island Park Library
Bush Memorial Library
Lowville Free Library
Lyons Falls Free Library
Port Leyden Community Library
Strong Memorial Library
Lima Public Library
Wadsworth Library
Canastota Public Library
New Woodstock Free Library
Sullivan Free Library
Chili Public Library
Fairport Public Library
Gates Public Library
Greece Public Library
Ogden Farmers' Library
Penfield Public Library
Pittsford Community Library
Rochester Public Library
Seymour Library
Webster Public Library
Amsterdam Free Library
Canajoharie Library
Fort Hunter Free Library
Fort Plain Free Library
Frothingham Free Library
Margaret Reaney Memorial Library
Barker Free Library
Niagara Falls Public Library
North Tonawanda Public Library
Youngstown Free Library
Dunham Public Library
Kirkland Town Library
New Hartford Public Library
Utica Public Library
Vernon Public Library
Waterville Public Library
Brewerton Free Library
Marcellus Free Library
North Onondaga Public Library
Paine Branch Library
Skaneateles Library
Geneva Public Library
Honeoye Public Library
Wood Library
Albert Wisner Public Library
Chester Public Library
Cornwall Public Library
Florida Public Library
Goshen Public Library and Historical Society
Greenwood Lake Public Library
Highland Falls Library
Josephine Louise Public Library
Middletown Thrall Library
Moffat Library
Monroe Free Library
Newburgh Free Library
Port Jervis Free Library
Woodbury Public Library
Lee-Whedon Memorial Library
Ainsworth Memorial Library
Central Square Library
Mexico Public Library
Oswego Public Library
Parish Public Library
Pulaski Public Library
Huntington Memorial Library
Worcester Free Library
Desmond Fish Library
Kent Public Library
Mahopac Public Library
Patterson Library
Putnam Valley Library
Castleton Public Library
Cheney Library
East Greenbush Library
Nassau Free Library
Rensselaer Public Library
Sand Lake Town Library
Stephentown Memorial Library
Troy Public Library
Valley Falls Free Library
Blauvelt Free Library
Finkelstein Memorial Library
Haverstraw Public Library
Nanuet Public Library
New City Free Library
Nyack Library
Orangeburg Library
Palisades Free Library
Pearl River Public Library
Piermont Library
Rose Memorial Library
Sloatsburg Public Library
Suffern Free Library
Tappan Free Library
Tompkins Cove Public Library
Valley Cottage Library
Canton Free Library
Clifton Community Library
Hammond Free Library
Hepburn Library of Colton
Hepburn Library of Edwards
Hepburn Library of Lisbon
Hepburn Library of Madrid
Hepburn Library of Norfolk
Hepburn Library of Waddington
Massena Public Library
Norwood Public Library
Ogdensburg Public Library
Potsdam Public Library
Rensselaer Falls Library
Richville Free Librar
Coburg Village Residential Library
Galway Public Library
Mechanicville District Public Library
Round Lake Library
Saratoga Springs Public Library
Schuylerville Public Library
Town of Ballston Community Library
Schenectady County Public Library
Cobleskill Community Library
Schoharie Free Library
Sharon Springs Free Library
Montour Falls Memorial Library
Watkins Glen Public Library
Lodi Whittier Library
Benedek Memorial Library
Cohocton Public Library
Fred Harriett Taylor Library
Hornell Public Library
Prattsburgh Free Library
Southeast Steuben Public Library
Daniel Pierce Library
Ethelbert Crawford Public Library
Fallsburg Library
Liberty Public Library
Livingston Manor Free Library
Mamakating Library
Roscoe Free Library
Sunshine Hall Free Library
Western Sullivan Public Library
Apalachin Library
Southworth Library Association
Tompkins County Public Library
Ulysses Philomathic Library
Ellenville Public Library
Highland Public Library
Hurley Library
Morton Memorial Library
Olive Free Library
Phoenicia Public Library
Pine Bush Area Public Library
Plattekill Public Library
Rosendale Library
Saugerties Public Library
Stone Ridge Library
Town of Esopus Library
Wallkill Public Library
West Hurley Public Library
Woodstock Public Library
Crandall Public Library
Hillview Free Library
Town of Johnsburg Library
Easton Library
Clyde-Savannah Public Library
Macedon Public Library
Ontario Public Library
Palmyra Community Library
Walworth Seely Public Library
Wolcott Public Library
Briarcliff Manor Library
Bronxville Public Library
Chappaqua Public Library
Field Public Library
Greenburgh Public Library
Harrison Public Library
Kendal on Hudson Library
Larchmont Public Library
New Rochelle Public Library
Osborn Branch – Rye Free Library
Ossining Public Library
Port Chester Rye Brook Library
Rye Free Reading Room
Scarsdale Public Library
Gainesville Public Library
Perry Public Library
Stevens Memorial Community Library
Warsaw Public Library
Penn Yan Public Library