Library services are no longer confined to library buildings but have expanded into facilities where they are desperately neededprisons. hospitals. and nursing homes. Library services under LSCA are not only essential for rural areas but also in densely populated districts like the one I represent in New York City. Under programs funded by LSCA. volunteers tutor school dropouts and the functionally illiterate. and new immigrants receive free language training and referrals for job placement or training and education. Through the Library for the Blind. nearly 20.000 eligible individuals in New York City are receiving braille and recorded books and magazines by postagefree mail. In addition. title II of the LSCA. which provides for construction and renovation. is of utmost importance to New Yorks libraries. which are dete. riorating at an alarming rate.
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