Pamela Davenport, Director of the State Library's Talking Book Services, was recently awarded the South Carolina Library Association's Outstanding Librarian Award at its annual conference held in Myrtle Beach.The award recognizes and honors a librarian who has initiated or developed an imaginative or creative program, service, or work of enduring value, for the effective use of or increased interest in libraries or a particular library. Such contributions include excellence in leadership, significant professional writing, instrumental role in building programs, or promotion of the profession through teaching or influence.
Davenport recently opened the third annual unveiling of the Talking Book Services Student Art Gallery. Columbia's Mayor, Steve Benjamin, made introductory remarks on the importance of the arts and appreciated the students' and library's involvement. The gallery features artwork from students who are blind, visually impaired, and physically handicapped from around the state. Davenport developed a partnership with the South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind to gather artwork to display in the State Library's administration building.
The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and is located at 1430 Senate Street, Columbia.
For more information about the State Library and its Talking Book Services program, please visit www.statelibrary.sc.gov.
