Bookmobile Services operates two mobile library vehicles to bring the full range of library services, books and materials to more than thirty locations every week.
Services for People with Disabilities are the special programs and assistive devices the library offers to help make it possible for a person with a disability to access materials, equipment and services.
Assistive Technology refers to the special services and assistive devices the library offers to help make it possible for a person with a visual, hearing or speech impairment to access materials, equipment and services.
Connections: Library Service for the Homebound provides books-by-mail service to individuals of all ages unable to visit the library in person due to chronic illness, physical disability and frailties of age. Special outreach programming services to facilities and groups who serve the elderly are also available.
Talking Books Library loans books and magazines on cassette tapes or in Braille FREE by mail to persons who have difficulty seeing or using standard small print.
Literacy Programs are those programs and services the library offers to its patrons of all ages who want to pursue the ability to read and write. Literacy skills are enhanced with the availability of reading materials appropriate for beginning readers, whether they are children or adult new learners.
Jump Start is the Miami-Dade Public Library System’s preschool story kit program for licensed childcare centers. Jump Start kits contain all the tools needed to present fun, high quality story times on a variety of topics. Each kit includes books, fingerplays, a flannel board story, songs, and a musical cassette.
Project L.E.A.D. (Literacy for Every Adult in Dade) is the library's adult literacy program which offers free, one-on-one, confidential tutoring to improve reading and writing skills. We match adult learners with volunteer tutors who help them achieve self-determined literacy goals.
S.M.A.R.T. stands for Science, Math and Reading Tutoring and is the library's response to overwhelming requests from both parents and children for homework assistance in a group setting. |