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Magazines/Newspapers

To request magazines, print, fill out, and return the Magazines Request Form to LBPD.  The magazines listed on this form are available to consumers and institutions registered for service through LBPD or through any library in the National Library Service network.  Check the items that are desired and return the list to the Washtenaw County LBPD ( contact information).

Confidentiality

All records for registered individuals and institutions pertaining to this service are confidential.

Magazine Request Form (printable in 2 formats)

View/print the Magazine Request Form in the following formats:

  • PDF version: opens in Adobe Acrobat Reader.  4 printed pages.  Need Adobe Acrobat Reader?  Click here to download it for free!
  • HTML version: opens in your browser window.  5-6 printed pages.  Looks slightly different, but contains the same information.

Note: it takes approximately one week to process a form once it is received by LBPD.

NFB Newsline

Thanks to the National Federation of the Blind, consumers of LBPD can subscribe to a service which provides audio access to nearly 170 newspapers and three magazines.  By using a touch-tone phone, content of newspapers and magazines can be heard 24 hours a day, 7 days a week via the use of a toll-free phone number.

Partial listing of available newspapers includes:

  • Chicago Tribune
  • The Christian Science Monitor
  • The New York Times
  • USA Today
  • The Washington Post
  • Detroit Free Press
  • The Flint Journal
  • Lansing State Journal

Listing of available magazines available through NFB-Newsline® includes:

  • AARP The Magazine
  • The Economist
  • The New Yorker

To subscribe, contact LBPD or NFB directly at 1-888-882-1629.

 
 
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