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| publisher            = [[Library of Congress]]: [[National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped]]
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| ISSN                 = 1046-1663
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| website              = {{URL|https://www.loc.gov/nls/newsletters/news/}}
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| publishing_country   = USA
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'''''News''''' ({{ISSN|1046-1663}}) is a quarterly publication of the [[National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped]] (NLS), part of the U.S. [[Library of Congress]], and is associated with libraries serving [[Blindness|blind]] and [[Physical disability|physically disabled]] readers, and their cooperating agencies.  This serial publication includes articles of interest to [[librarian]]s and others, and covers a broad range of topics including [[library|libraries]] and [[technology]]. The primary focus of the articles is on [[accessibility]] to blind and physically disabled readers.
As early as 1958,<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=L6M1AQAAIAAJ&q=%22DBPH+News%22 | title = Oxbridge Directory of Newsletters | publisher = Oxbridge Communications | edition = 1994 | year = 1994 | page = 105 | isbn = 9780917460524 | accessdate = 2015-06-06 }}</ref><ref name="hesslein"/> issues of the '''''Division for the Blind Newsletter''''' were published by what was then called the [[Library of Congress]] Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.<ref name="hesslein">{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7CFtAAAAMAAJ&q=DBPH | title = Serials on Aging: An Analytical Guide | first = Shirley B. | last = Hesslein | publisher = Greenwood Press | year = 1986 | quote = News - National Library Service for the Blind. DATE FOUNDED: 1978. TITLE CHANGES: Division for the Blind Newsletter (1958-67), DBPH News (1967-78). FREQUENCY: 4/yr. PRICE: Free. PUBLISHER: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, 1291 Taylor Street, N.W., Washington DC 20542 | isbn = 9780313247095 | page = 25 }}</ref>  Around 1967, the name became '''''DBPH News'''''.<ref name="hesslein"/><ref><!-- To establish existence as early as 1967 -->{{cite news | url = https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm67/bm67-nov.html#a11 | title = New Student Referral Service For D. C. Area | work = The Braille Monitor | date = November 1967 | edition = Inkprint | publisher = National Federation of the Blind | location = Des Moines, Iowa | accessdate = 2015-06-06 }} Cited as reprint of {{cite news | title = DBPH News | date = August 1967 | publisher = [[Library of Congress]], Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | location = Washington, D.C. }}</ref><ref><!-- to establish that issues were up to #26 by 1968 -->{{cite news | url = https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/bm/bm68/bm68-june.html#a11 | title = Two New Talking Book Machines | work = The Braille Monitor | date = June 1968 | edition = Inkprint | publisher = National Federation of the Blind | location = Des Moines, Iowa | accessdate = 2015-06-06 }} Source cites original as {{cite news | title = DBPH News | issue = 26 | date = April 1968 | publisher = [[Library of Congress]], Division for the Blind and Physically Handicapped | location = Washington, D.C. }}</ref>  The ''DBPH News'' became a regular bimonthly publication at the end of the 1960s<ref>{{cite book | url = http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED041603.pdf#page=77 | title = Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress, For the Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 1969 | year = 1970 | chapter = 3: The Reference Department | author = Library of Congress | author-link = Library of Congress | publisher = U.S. Government Printing Office | location = Washington, D.C. | page = 61 | lccn = 06006273 | issn = 0083-1565 | quote = A house organ, the DBPH News, which carries news of the regional libraries as well as division activities and policies, attained the status of regular bimonthly publication and acquired an attractive new masthead. }}</ref> and gained formal volume numbers with the January/February 1970 issue, {{ISSN|0160-9211}}, {{LCCN|78641469}}, {{OCLC|2251914}}.<ref>{{LCCN|78641469}}. Retrieved 2015-06-06.</ref>  Publication subtitled "National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped" started with the May/June 1978 issue, volume 9, number 3, as {{LCCN|78648230}}, {{OCLC|4518845}} for the paper edition.<ref>{{LCCN|78648230}}. Retrieved 2015-06-06.</ref>  It became quarterly starting with the January&ndash;March 1982 issue.<ref>{{cite book | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=NiBQMpyXXdwC&pg=PA112 | title = Monthly Catalog, Periodicals Supplement for 2000, No. 1281, Entries 2000-1 to 2000-892 | page = 112 | publisher = Government Printing Office | location = Washington, D.C. | accessdate = 2015-06-06 }}</ref>
Issues from 1995 (volume 26) on are available online ({{OCLC|4587864}}) at the official website or as http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3139
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.loc.gov/nls/newsletters/news/index.html NLS News Home] &mdash; official site, with electronic copies back to 1995; also permanently linked from http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS3139
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