New Mexico School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired

What is the Instructional Resource Center (IRC)?

The Instructional Resource Center (IRC) at NMSBVI’s main campus in Alamogordo serves as a statewide lending resource for braille and large print textbooks, as well as other specialized equipment used by students with visual impairments.

• central lending library for all school districts in New Mexico
• distributor of American Printing House for the Blind (APH) materials
• source for braille transcription needs for students statewide

What is the New Mexico Repository (NMR)?

NMSBVI voluntarily houses an inventory of braille and large-print textbooks purchased by local schools who then generously make them available to other New Mexico students through the NMR.  Many of these materials can be loaned to schools for eligible students at no cost to the school or student. (The NMR only accepts complete textbooks.  No fictional reading material or worksheets can be accepted.)

Braille Production Request Form (Staff & Community)

Braille Production Request Form (Inclusion)

What is NMVICount?

Students who qualify for APH and supplemental materials through NM-IRC are registered and managed through NMVICount, a statewide database website through which NM-IRC materials can be ordered. 

To visit to NMVI count website: Click link or button