The DC Public Library, through its Adaptive Services Division, helps the deaf community, visually impaired, older adults, veterans and injured service people better use the library.

DC Public Library Accommodation Statement

Upcoming Programs

Recent Events

DC Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped

Library Services for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities
    * Resources for learning American Sign Language
    * Free American Sign Language classes
    * Deaf Culture Programs
    * American Sign Language Story Hours
    * LSDC News

L-STAR Library Services to At-home Readers
Library materials by mail for persons who are temporarily or permanently unable to leave their homes because of age, disability or illness.

Adaptive Technology Program
    * Tools that promote communication and independence
    * Demonstration collection of Adaptive Technology
    * Adaptive Technology Training
    * Saturday Technology Training Sessions
    * Sttsdc.blogspot.com

Contact Us

Room 215, Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
901 G St., NW, Washington, DC 20001
Telephone: 202-727-2142
Videophone:  202-559-5368
Video Relay Service:  1-866-570-7364, ask for Janice Rosen
TTY: 202-727-2255
E-mail: lbph.dcpl@dc.gov
Hours: 12noon-9pm Monday and Tuesday, 9:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m., Wednesday through Friday