The National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (NLS), supported by the National Library for the Blind Endowment, has launched a paid internship that offers legally blind individuals the opportunity to gain work career experience and explore career options working in the areas of collections building, program delivery, and business
The South Carolina State Library's Talking Book Services (TBS) Program is now serving patrons with an innovative new service called Duplication on Demand (DoD). DoD allows patrons to receive almost any book available on BARD (Braille and Audio Reading Download).
Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Talking Book Services Art Gallery Competition. This week we honored them with an awards ceremony showcasing their art. The competition ordinarily culminates in the spring before the end of the school year. However, the COVID-19 shutdown forced us to postpone the event.
Dr. Curtis Rogers talks with Brenda Boyd, Reader Advisor for the South Carolina State Library’s Talking Book Services.
The South Carolina State Library’s Talking Book Services is pleased to announce upcoming dates for our Digital Books and Friends’ Book Club - a book club for our audio readers. Book club sessions will take place online via Zoom on Fridays from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
The South Carolina State Library Talking Book Services (TBS) is proud to share resources related to Juneteenth! June 19th is recognized as the day that the practices of the transatlantic slave trade in the United States became illegal in 1865. The bel
Talking Book Services (TBS) patrons have a summer reading program that is created just for them. This program is divided into four categories, based on age, to encourage everyone to participate. The categories are: Emergent – 0 to 5, Child – 6-11, Youth – 12-17, Adult – 18 and up.
In part 3 of a three-part series, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses assistive technology with Nancy Irwin. Nancy is from Columbia South Carolina and works for the state’s School for the Deaf and the Blind in their Division of Outreach Services as the Access Technology Specialist.
In part 2 of a three-part series, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses assistive technology with Dr. Carol Page. Dr. Page is the Program Director of the South Carolina Assistive Technology Program at the USC School of Medicine. She received her Ph.D.
In part 1 of a three-part series, Dr. Curtis Rogers discusses assistive technology with Steve Cook. Steve is an Assistive Technology Consultant with the South Carolina Commission for the Blind.
Talking Book Services is provided by the South Carolina State Library and is funded in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services.
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