HR 119 (LSB 5673HH (3) 84)

HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 119

BY  KELLEY

A Resolution honoring the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

   WHEREAS, in 1960 the Library of Congress established the Iowa Library for the Blind, and for over five decades the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped has provided books and other materials in alternative formats to Iowa residents who are unable to read standard print materials; and
   WHEREAS, the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, a division of the Library of Congress, has honored the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped with an award to recognize its 50th anniversary and its success in distributing the new digital talking book players to its thousands of patrons across Iowa; and
   WHEREAS, the Iowa library, a division of the Iowa Department for the Blind, has been hailed as one of the best regional National Library Service libraries in the country and holds the largest collection of Braille titles in the world; NOW THEREFORE,

   BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, That the House of Representatives congratulates the Iowa Department for the Blind, former director Karen A. Keninger, and Randy Landgrebe, director of the Iowa Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, for their exemplary service to the people of Iowa.