Library helps blind improve their lives

In March 2011, the Sunshine Project was officially launched to provide the deliveries. Specialized staff at the library provide individual services. The staff is responsible for things such as equipment debugging, book borrowing, online information retrieval and downloading services. They also provide free lunch. When the blind patrons complete their visit, they are taken home safely on a shuttle bus provided by the library.

To improve the blind patrons' computer skills, the library also organizes computer training courses. Staff members take charge of the training, during which they not only explain basic computer concepts but also provide step-by-step directions in the use of screen-reading software designed for the blind. Mastery of basic skills includes surfing the internet, listening to music, sending emails, downloading, listening to a movie, creating documents and chatting online.

In this way, the library greatly enriches the cultural lives of the blind readers, giving them a new opportunity to understand and contact the world through a keyboard and airphone.

"In the future, we will be committed to offering better services for the blind by setting up supporting facilities,decreasing the cost of books and improving the structure of the collection," said Guo Xiangdong, a library director.