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For '''large print''' books, follow the standard set by the [http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/largeprint.html National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped of the Library of Congress.] Consider a resource to be large print if both of these conditions are met:
* The item is printed in characters in a 14 point or larger font
* The item is labeled "large print" or "larger print"
The [http://www.oclc.org/bibformats/en/fixedfield/form.shtm Form fixed field element] should be <code>d</code>; the pagination in the 300 field should be qualified with <code>(large print)</code> following AACR2 2.5B23 and use genre heading <code>655 0 Large type books</code>. 
If there is no formal edition statement that would normally be transcribed (e.g. <code>250 2nd ed.</code>), then the "larger print" statement on the item should be added as an edition statement. (E.g. <code>250 Larger print.</code>) Otherwise, it should be given as a quoted note, along with where the statement was found.  (E.g. <code>500 "Larger print"—Cover.</code>)
[http://www.harpercollins.com/features/harperluxe/ HarperLuxe] and Harlequin are the primary publishers of "larger type" books.
Each library may decide for themselves whether the print size of a given book is big enough to warrant shelving it with their other large print books or with their other regular print books.
==External links==
[http://www.ccs.nsls.lib.il.us/ccs/minutes/scrap/2007/SCRAPMinutes2007_12.pdf SCRAP minutes, December 2007]
[http://www.loc.gov/nls/reference/circulars/largeprint.html Reading Materials in Large Print: A Resource Guide]

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