Washington Talking Book and Braille Library

Friends of the acclaimed Washington Talking Book and Braille Library will gather at the Seattle facility on Wednesday to celebrate the service receiving the best-in-the-country award from the Library of Congress. Danielle Miller, program manager, and Jan Walsh, State Librarian at the Office of Secretary of State, were in Washington, D.C., last week to receive the award and will headline the celebration at WTBBL headquarters (2021 9th Avenue in downtown Seattle) at 10 a.m.

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Secretary of State Wyman is proud to announce that October is National Information Literacy Awareness Month in our state. Wyman promotes libraries throughout Washington, and her office includes the Washington State Library, as well as the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library. “It’s a good month to thank a librarian and a good month to celebrate the gift of knowledge and literacy,” Wyman said. Gov.

The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library located in downtown Seattle, is a free and comprehensive library service dedicated to providing an array of services to Washington residents unable to read standard print material. These include the blind, visually impaired, legally blind, deaf-blind, physically disabled, those who can’t comfortably hold a book or turn pages and those who are reading disabled. Any genre you can think of, WTBBL has it!

One of the most beloved parts 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.