Procedural guidelines developed by the Audio Standards Committee of the National Library of Australia to help improve the overall quality of production of audio materials for visually handicapped readers are presented. This report covers the following areas: selection of narrators and the narration itself; copyright; recording of books, magazines, and student texts; individual requests or small circulation items; monitoring and proof reading; recording environment; technical concerns; labelling; and packaging. Appendices include an accreditation check sheet, sources of reference for pronunciation, and suggestions for describing illustrations, maps, and graphs. (THC)