Assistive Services

Audio Books

Books recorded on compact disc including fiction, mystery, nonfiction, self-help, instructional, business, and radio programs. A collection of fiction, mystery, and nonfiction books are available on personal mp3 players called PlayAways.

Braille and Audio Reading Download

Blind and physically handicapped patrons with digital Talking Book machines can download books and magazines for free through the Braille and Audio Reading Download website.  To sign up for this service, visit the State Library website.

Closed-Captioned DVDs

Located in our adult and children's DVD collections.

Hand-Held Magnifiers

Located at the Ask Us and Children's Desks.

Homebound Services

If you're homebound, we'll bring the library's offerings to you! We can deliver and pick up library materials at a prearranged time. To be eligible, you must be a Downers Grove resident and be either: physically handicapped; recovering from surgery; a senior who can't get to the library; or unable to maintain normal activity due to a chronic illness. If you are homebound but have someone who can pick up your library materials, we can still work with you. Let us know what type of materials you'd like to have. We'll collect them and have them waiting when your delivery person stops in. If you are interested in Homebound Service, please call Marianne Trautvetter in the Adult and Teen Services Department at 630-960-1200, ext. 277.

Instructional Sign Language Books and Videos

Located in both the Adult and Teen Services Department and the Children's Services Department.

Large Print

Located in the Adult and Teen Services Department and includes fiction, mysteries, nonfiction, biographies, and the Reader's Digest.

Talking Books Service

The Voices of Vision Talking Book Service provides recorded books, materials in Braille format, and descriptive videos for use by those with visual, physical, or reading disabilities which prevent them from reading conventional print. For more information contact Voices of Vision at 1-800-227-0625.

ESL/Literacy

Adult Basic Reading Collection

Located in the Adult and Teen Services Department for those who are improving their reading skills or are learning English as a second language.

Literacy Classes

Contact the Literacy Volunteers of Central DuPage at (630) 416-6699.

Multimedia Materials

Located in the Adult and Teen Services Department. The videos are in the nonfiction DVD collection, and the audios are shelved with the ESL/Literacy books in the nonfiction book collection.