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Time to pick your favorite WTBBL ‘Jewel’

Time to pick your favorite WTBBL ‘Jewel’

One of the most beloved services of our Washington State Library is the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle. We’ve featured three interesting WTBBL-related items for our September “Library Jewels” blog series, and now it’s time for you, our dear blog reader, to choose your favorite. Just go to the online poll below to vote. You have until this Friday at 5 p.m. to select your fave. WTBBL’s “turntable” room WTBBL’s Pratt sculpture WTBBL’s Ray Charles connection [poll…

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Library Jewel #2: WTBBL’s Pratt sculpture

Library Jewel #2: WTBBL’s Pratt sculpture

As you approach the front entrance of the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle, you notice a beautiful, unique wooden sculpture. The wooden art was created by artist Dudley Pratt, commissioned in memory of University District bookseller Harry Hartman, who was blind and a WTBBL patron for more than 20 years. After Hartman’s death in 1945, fellow members of the publishing industry raised funds to be used toward a reading room in his name. The sculpture served as…

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You can donate to WTBBL through GiveBIG!

You can donate to WTBBL through GiveBIG!

This Tuesday (May 5), the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library is again participating in The Seattle Foundation’s GiveBIG!, a one-day, online charitable giving event. It’s all happening from midnight to midnight and together we can make a difference in WTBBL’s future! Learn more and donate at WTBBL’s GiveBiG profile page here. For phone donations, please contact WTBBL’s David Junius at (206) 615-0417 or (800) 542-0866. The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library, which is part of the Washington State…

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WTBBL exhibit showcases blind community

WTBBL exhibit showcases blind community

(Images courtesy of WTBBL) The widely acclaimed Washington Talking Book & Braille Library is known for providing audiobooks and other services to thousands of patrons across the state who can’t read standard-print material. Now, until early December, it’s hosting a great new photo exhibit that focuses on the people who benefit from the library’s services and programs. The exhibit, called “Innocent Eyes,” is produced by Stephanie Jarstad, a Seattle-based professional photographer. The 32-photo exhibit features stunning portraits of eight blind…

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100 reasons to like this event

100 reasons to like this event

Ten-Squared Talking Book Club members Isidore Starr, Vivian Knutson and Emma Harman (left to right). In the back row are (left to right) Secretary of State Kim Wyman, State Librarian Rand Simmons and WTBBL Manager Danielle Miller. (Photo courtesy of John Pai)  For years, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library has been nationally renowned for offering outstanding service and programs for people of all ages who have trouble reading standard print. It also knows how to throw a party…

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Supporters can GiveBIG to WTBBL!

Supporters can GiveBIG to WTBBL!

Supporters of the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library have a chance to put their money where their hearts are by donating to WTBBL during GiveBIG, a one-day online charitable giving event that runs Tuesday from midnight to midnight. Last year’s GiveBIG campaign, organized by The Seattle Foundation, raised $11.1 million from 30,000 donors. “This is WTBBL’s third year participating in GiveBig and we are thankful for support from donors and The Seattle Foundation,” said Secretary of State Kim Wyman….

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Another award for WTBBL

Another award for WTBBL

WTBBL Program Manager Danielle Miller holding The One World Award. (Photo courtesy of WTBBL) The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle is one of our office’s crown jewels, and for good reason. It provides wonderful service to thousands of people in our state who are unable to read standard print material. WTBBL and its program manager, Danielle Miller, received another kudo when the Washington Council of the Blind presented Miller with The One World Award last weekend during…

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WTBBL reaches out to veterans

WTBBL reaches out to veterans

(Photo courtesy of Washington Talking Book & Braille Library) The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library in Seattle is nationally renowned for its outstanding services to any Washington resident unable to read standard print material  due to blindness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, physical disability or reading disability. One of WTBBL’s key patron groups has been veterans. In fact, the library currently serves about 2,700 vets throughout the state. With Veterans Day coming soon, WTBBL is reaching out to even more veterans…

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Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

Washington Talking Book & Braille Library

From the desk of Rand Simmons It’s National Library Week and also Library Snapshot Day! Today we feature our Washington Talking Book & Braille Library located in Seattle, Washington. Do you know someone who can’t read standard print?  Someone who is blind, visually impaired, can’t hold a book or turn pages, or has a reading disability?  Then you know someone who needs the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL)!  We are the only library in Washington providing uniquely tailored…

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Spotlight On Staff: Rocio Franklin

Spotlight On Staff: Rocio Franklin

Rocio with WTBBL patron Rocio Franklin, as Washington Talking Book & Braille Library’s Receptionist, has one of the most important jobs at the library. Her smiling face and voice greet our volunteers, visitors and patrons when they enter the library and her cheerful voice welcomes all incoming calls to WTBBL’s main phone line.  “Rocio is like a ball of sunshine. She brings a special warmth, kindness, and humor to WTBBL,” says Danielle Miller, WTBBL’s Program Manager. This perfectly describes Rocio…

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