National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
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United States government program
federal library program
library service for people with disabilities
The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
All labels observed (7)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10895 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled Context triple: [Library of Congress, hasDivision, National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled]
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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C.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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D.
Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library is the main public library serving the city of Newton, Massachusetts, offering extensive collections, programs, and community services.
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E.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled Target entity description: The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
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A.
Library of Congress
The Library of Congress is the national library of the United States and one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive research libraries, serving as the research arm of the U.S. Congress.
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B.
New York Public Library
The New York Public Library is one of the largest public library systems in the world, renowned for its extensive collections, iconic Beaux-Arts main branch in Manhattan, and role as a major cultural and research institution.
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C.
Library of Congress Online Catalog
The Library of Congress Online Catalog is the digital search system that provides public access to the Library of Congress’s vast collections of books, recordings, photographs, maps, and other materials.
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D.
Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library is the main public library serving the city of Newton, Massachusetts, offering extensive collections, programs, and community services.
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E.
National Archives and Records Administration
The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is an independent U.S. federal agency responsible for preserving and providing access to the nation’s government records and historical documents.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States government program
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federal library program ⓘ library service for people with disabilities ⓘ |
| acronym | NLS ⓘ |
| administers |
network of cooperating regional libraries
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network of cooperating subregional libraries ⓘ |
| costToUser | free ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| distributionMethod |
online download
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postal mail ⓘ streaming audio ⓘ |
| eligibilityCriterion |
inability to read or use standard printed materials
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physical limitation preventing handling of print materials ⓘ reading disability resulting from organic dysfunction ⓘ visual impairment ⓘ |
| formerName |
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
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| fundedBy |
United States government
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surface form:
federal government of the United States
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| hasProgram |
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD)
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| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalBasis | U.S. federal law ⓘ |
| mediaFormat |
braille
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digital audio ⓘ large print (through cooperating libraries) ⓘ |
| mission | to ensure that people with visual and print disabilities have access to reading materials ⓘ |
| offers | BARD Mobile app ⓘ |
| operatedBy | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| parentOrganization | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| partOf | Library of Congress ⓘ |
| provides |
audio books
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audio magazines ⓘ braille and audio equipment ⓘ braille books ⓘ braille magazines ⓘ digital talking books ⓘ downloadable digital books ⓘ mail delivery of materials ⓘ music instructional materials ⓘ music scores in braille ⓘ |
| sector | library and information services ⓘ |
| serviceArea |
District of Columbia
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United States territories ⓘ
surface form:
U.S. territories
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| targetAudience |
people who are blind
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people with physical disabilities that prevent reading standard print ⓘ people with print disabilities ⓘ people with visual disabilities ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled Description of subject: The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled is a U.S. federal program that provides free accessible reading materials, including braille and audio books, to people with visual or print disabilities.
Referenced by (12)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
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formerName
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
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hasProgram
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD)
United States National Recording Registry
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category
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
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this entity surface form:
United States Library of Congress programs
this entity surface form:
National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped
this entity surface form:
Braille and Audio Reading Download Mobile
this entity surface form:
National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS)
subject surface form:
Main Library (San Francisco Public Library)
this entity surface form:
Library for the Blind and Print Disabled
Talking Book and Braille Library
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networkMembership
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National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled
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