Individual Memberships
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Anyone who is unable to effectively read due to a vision impairment, physical disability or specific learning disability is eligible for service. An RFB&D membership provides access to our CV Starr Learning Through Listening® Library of more than 98,000 titles. Additionally, RFB&D's reference librarians can search the collections to tell members what titles are available in specific subject areas.
RFB&D members are welcome to visit the New Jersey Unit recording studios where they can receive training on the use of the playback devices or enjoy a tour of the recording facilities. To arrange a time for training, please contact our Educational Outreach Center at 609-750-0595. To arrange a time for a tour of our studios, please call the New Jersey Unit at 609-750-1830.
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Membership Requirements
RFB&D's membership application requires the signature of a certifying professional who can attest to the basis of a physical, perceptual or vision disability. Qualified professionals include family physicians, school psychologists, special education teachers, educational therapists and optometrists.
There are two ways to obtain an application:
- Download one from RFB&D's national Web site. The cost associated with membership is minimal. Effective April 1, 2004, there is a $65 one-time registration fee and a $35 annual fee. When you return your completed application form, you should include your payment of $100. The cost for each consecutive year of membership will be $35.
For an individual membership form, go to Individual Membership Application
For further questions, please contact Member Services at RFB&D's national office: 800- 221-4792.
Eligibility Concerns
You do not need to be enrolled in school to register with RFB&D. Vocational materials, cookbooks and gardening manuals are examples of other educational matter in our library. Due to an agreement with textbook publishers, RFB&D can only provide service to people with vision, perceptual or physical disabilities. RFB&D audio textbooks cannot be used to help limited English speakers learn the language. They can be used with ESL students who have been assessed with reading disabilities.
Online catalogue of books
You may check RFB&D's online catalog of books. Anyone may browse through this catalog. The books listed are for RFB&D members only. The notice is simply there to inform you that if you see a book that you want, you cannot borrow it unless you are registered with RFB&D.
School Membership
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RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® Institutional Memberships
RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® (LTL) Institutional Membership program was created to meet the growing demand of schools and other institutions who benefit from our services, and who have asked for a convenient and flexible method of providing an onsite educational accommodation for their students with learning disabilities, visual impairments and other physical disabilities.
RFB&D's LTL program offers an affordable way of providing students with an accessible education, and you will feel confident knowing that RFB&D's audio textbooks give your students the educational materials they need while fulfilling federal and state mandates for equal access to education.
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As an LTL Institutional Member, you will also receive the following additional support services and benefits:
- Learning Through Listening
® Video series (four videos)
- RFB&D Membership Guide
- Copies of RFB&D's colorful visual instruction guides for CD players
- Classroom strategies and visual organizers
RFB&D offers several different levels of membership to choose from, enabling you to have the flexibility to choose which program best meets your school's needs.
| Membership Level |
Number of Audiobooks Annually |
Typical Number of Students Served |
Annual Fee |
| Level 1 |
25 |
1 - 12 |
$350 |
| Level 2 |
50 |
13 - 25 |
$500 |
| Level 3 |
100 |
26 -40 |
$950 |
If you are a New Jersey teacher or administrator who would like more information about RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® Institutional Membership, please contact The New Jersey Unit Outreach Center at 609-750-0595 or (Toll Free) 877-473-2365.
For an LTL Institutional Membership form, go to
RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® Institutional Memberships Form.
New Jersey Teachers may now order books using the online catalog or New Jersey Unit's Book Order Form.
For additional support with book orders, please contact the New Jersey Unit Educational Outreach Center: 609-750-0595.
For further assistance, please call Member Services at our National Headquarters:
Member Services Toll Free Support: 800-221-4792
Member Services Fax Line: 609-987-8116
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Choosing the Type of Membership
Individual memberships are good for students who can independently select and order their own books. RFB&D's LTL Institutional Memberships are ideal for schools that order books for multiple students. Many LTL Institutional Membership sites create their own on-site listening libraries by ordering common textbooks and popular novels and keeping them on hand for different students to use throughout the school year.
RFB&D's Learning Through Listening® Institutional Membership and individual memberships work well when used together. For example, a school can use an LTL Institutional Membership to order the standard curriculum for its students, while each student may have his or her own membership to borrow reading materials which supplement the curriculum.
Copyright
The contents of all RFB&D audiobooks are protected under copyright law. Copying, sharing or redistributing them in any form to any person is strictly prohibited by law and is a violation of publishers' rights and of the terms of RFB&D memberships. All members, both individual and institutional, are required to complete, sign and return a Copyright Acknowledgment Form before their membership application can be processed.
RFB&D's Copyright Acknowledgment Forms are included with the RFB&D Individual or Learning Through Listening® Institutional Membership Application. For your convenience, however, you may print out, then fax or mail a PDF or HTML version from the national RFB&D website. If you have any questions about these forms or about RFB&D's copyright policy, please call RFB&D's Member Services department at 800-221-4792 or by sending an e-mail to custserv@rfbd.org.