On her recall to England in 1919, Miss Comber requested that Josie Wood make accessible these materials.

This collection and the services based on it grew to form the South African Library for the Blind (SALB).

In 1930, a grant received from the Carnegie Corporation of New York (CCNY) allowed for a building to be purchased to permanently house the collections and services.

The grant was awarded on the condition that all library services for visually impaired persons in South Africa be centralised.

[3] "The South African Library for the Blind is the leading library in Africa providing equal access to information in accessible formats that improves the quality of life of blind and visually impaired people.