Talking Book Services was presented with the Employer of the Year award on August 22, 2015 at the National Federation of the Blind state convention. This award was given “in appreciation of [their] outstanding record of providing meaningful employment opportunities for blind South Carolinians.”
Attorney Tootsie Dennis Kline, Miss South Carolina 1959-60, recorded Hush Now, Baby, written by her friend Angela W. Williams, for the SC State Library’s Talking Book Service. Kline grew up with Williams in Moncks Corner, S.C., along with Ceille Welch, a well known playwright in Columbia, who is mentioned in the book.
The BARD Mobile app for Android devices, version 1.0, is now available at the Google Play store, at https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=gov.loc.nls.dtb. The BARD Mobile app enables NLS patrons to download audiobooks and audio magazines directly to their Android devices, provided they have BARD accounts an
General William T. Sherman’s psychological war on civilians is coming alive through the South Carolina State Library’s Talking Book Services department.
July 26, 2015 marks the 25th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Celebrations of the signing of the ADA by President George H.W. Bush on July 26, 1990 are taking place across the nation.
Join us for a reception and awards ceremony for the 2015 art installation at the South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services Art Gallery.
May 7, 2015
11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
1500 Senate Street
Columbia, SC
RSVP to Sandy Knowles at 803-734-4611, 1-800-922-7818, or sknowles@statelibrary.sc.gov
The Spring 2015 issues of Connect the Dots, the newsletter of the State Library's Talking Book Services, is now available online.
(The following is a guest post by Karen Keninger, director of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.) - There are times when a “best-kept secret” is exactly what you want.
Do you know individuals or groups that have had a statewide impact on literacy? Nominate them for the South Carolina Annual Literacy Leader (ALL) awards for 2015.
Check out the newly redesigned National Library Service (NLS) website!
Many South Carolina State Library programs, resources, and services are supported in whole or in part by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Copyright © South Carolina State Library. All rights reserved.