Anyone with a print, physical, or reading disability can now call the WTBBL main number and a staff member will fill out an application for service, and they will be instantly certified for all services by the person taking the application. It is not necessary to have a doctor or someone else sign off for you any more. This seriously lowers the barriers to access to Braille and digital talking books. The National Library Service is working on an online form to simplify this process as well.
In other news: There are 40 episodes available in their Literary Notes podcast, and transcripts are being added.
Due to the Marrakesh treaty, people from many other countries are downloading Washington produced books, and we now have access to tens of thousands of books recorded by other services from all over the world.
The assistive technology specialist at the library Dusty will be on leave till sometime in August, but many resources are available to fill that gap.
700 books are currently in production in the audio department, and over 200 in the Braile department.
If you have digital players and aren’t using them, please return them to the library so that others may enjoy them.
And state librarian Sarah Jones is retiring. She will continue as a volunteer to advocate with the legislature for stable state funding for our library system.
Friends of WTBBL and the All Foundation are fud raising sources for the library if people want to get more involved.
For more information on any of these topics, call WTBBL: (206) 615-0400
