Write Your Story - Writing your memoir workshops
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Updated VA Connect App: Webinar
In this recorded webinar, members from the Library team talk through features and changes to the VA Connect App and how to use the updated version. Our library team answer members' questions.
Online library membership application form
The Vision Australia Library is a free information service for Australian residents with a print disability.
To support your membership application you will need to provide a referee and, if applicable, your Department of Veterans' Affairs Gold Card membership details.
Note that mandatory fields on this form will be marked with an asterisk (*).
Audio book and narration examples
As a library member you can access thousands of audio books through our collection. Many of these books have been recorded by our dedicated volunteer narrators. We also make use of synthetic voice narration to provide content such as newspapers, to make sure you to receive it as soon as possible. You can get a feeling for both our volunteer narrated audio and synthetic voice content by listening to some excerpts and examples below.
Talking book clips
Vision Australia narrators
The following audio samples have been narrated by Vision Australia volunteers:
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We would love you to join our Library! Membership is free and available to people who have Australian Residence and a print disability.
This means:
Our collection
As a member of the Vision Australia Library you can access an exciting range of fiction and non-fiction reading materials including:
- Books, magazines and newspapers (in audio, braille and ebraille)
- Braille music
- Podcasts
Members can log in to the i-access Library catalogue.
DAISY audio
The Vision Australia Library has a collection of over 45,000 titles available in DAISY audio, across a broad range of recreational reading genres.
Technology Guides and Training
We can support you to get the most out of your DAISY player through training and guides.
Contact the library on 1300 654 656 for assistance or to book a DAISY telephone training session. Face to face training may be possible in certain locations. Please have your DAISY player with you when you call.
Training guides
Learn how to operate a DAISY player with the following training manuals. If you have any questions about the machines or these guides, please contact us.
Current members
Suggest a book
To recommend a book you can’t find in our collection please Contact the Library and we will do our best to source it and add it to the collection
Contact the Library
Membership enquiries
1300 654 656 8:30am-5:00pm (AEST)
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General enquiries
1300 654 656 8:30am-5:00pm (AEST)
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Vision Australia Kooyong Library
Opening hours
Monday to Friday 9.00am-4.30pm AEST
Postal address
454 Glenferrie Road, Kooyong VIC 3144
Library news and events
February 2022
Vision Australia Library is pleased to announce our first ‘In Conversation’ author event for 2022, featuring very special guest, adventurer and Australian legend, Dick Smith.
Described by Paul Hogan as 'Part Bear Grylls, part Bill Gates, but 100% Aussie larrikin.’ Dick Smith is an icon of Australian business, philanthropy and aeronautics.