National Braille Library

{{Short description|Library in Kathmandu, Nepal}}

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| name = National Braille Library

| native_name = राष्ट्रिय ब्रेल पुस्तकालय

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| established = {{Start date|2009}}

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| location = Tripureshwor, Kathmandu

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| collection_size = 25,000 {{Cite web| title = Country’s only library for visually impaired has no visitors| accessdate = 2020-07-26| url = https://kathmandupost.com/national/2019/01/12/countrys-only-library-for-visually-impaired-has-no-visitors}}

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The National Braille Library ({{langx|ne|राष्ट्रिय ब्रेल पुस्तकालय}}) is the first library for visually impaired people in Nepal, and as of 2020, the only one. It is located in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, in the building of the Nepal Association for the Welfare of the Blind. It was established on 27 March 2009{{Cite web| title = 2609 Mahavir- Nepali Times| accessdate = 2020-07-26| url = http://archive.nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=16949}} by Nirmala Gyawali, who herself has a visual impairment.{{Cite web| title = M&S Vmag-How Nirmala Gyawali built the National Braille Library--brick by brick A Complete Video Magazine| accessdate = 2020-07-26| url = http://mnsvmag.com/news/2017-10-17/one-womans-vision-20160808174249.html}} All the books in the library are in English.{{Cite web| title = A (non) inclusive state – South Asians for Human Rights| accessdate = 2020-07-26| url = http://www.southasianrights.org/?p=2095}}

The library had about 15-20 visitors per month as of 2017.