ahmedabad one of the largest public libraries in ahmedabad the sheth maneklal jethabhai mj public library inaugurated by mahatma gandhi with the donation of his personal collection of 7000 books in the 1930srecently audited the number of books it has for visually impaired people a report in this regard claims that some 2500 audiobooks were recently added to the reference and regular book stacks the library also possesses braille books the special section for the visually impaired was established in 2017 in the first year a total of 127 visually impaired individuals accessed the 150 audio cds and in 2019 around 140 visually impaired persons accessed 210 audio cds there was a 9 increase in membership of visually impaired persons in 2019 we are now carrying out a special drive to invite more visually impaired persons to become members the pandemic had put the brakes on our plans we have begun approaching special institutions for suggestions to improve our collection says a senior official at mj library there are 3641 audio cds for visually impaired persons and a library section equipped with six audio playercumrecorders sardar vallabhbhai patel opened the library in 1938 with nine branches across ahmedabad district