[NFBWATLK] Fwd: [wtbbl] WTBBL named NLS 2016 Network Library of the Year

Sun May 21 15:37:04 UTC 2017

This an honor for our library. 

Denise Mackenstadt, NOMC
Orientation and Mobility Specialist
206-419-9555
cane.travel at gmail.com
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> From: "WTBBL"<wtbbl at list.statelib.wa.gov>
> Date: May 21, 2017 at 6:28:36 AM PDT
> To: SOUTH WHIDBEY ELEM SCHL <cane.travel at gmail.com>
> Subject: [wtbbl] WTBBL named NLS 2016 Network Library of the Year
> Reply-To: "Washington Talking Book & Braille Library" <wtbbl at list.statelib.wa.gov>
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> Dear friends of WTBBL - Your very own Talking Book & Braille Library has been recognized as the 2016 National Library Service For the Blind & Physically Handicapped Network Library of the Year. I am so proud of the work we do and thank all our volunteers, our patrons, and the friends, family, teachers, and staff of collaborating organizations that make our service work. We couldn't do any of it without you.
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> The Secretary of State's press release is below, followed by a link to the Library of Congress press release. You can find pictures from the event at the Library of Congress on our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/wtbbl  
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> Wishing you all the best, Danielle
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> News Release
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> May 19, 2017
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> Washington Talking Book & Braille Library proclaimed best in U.S.
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> OLYMPIA…For the second time this decade, the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library has received top honors for its outstanding services to readers who are visually or physically impaired.
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> The National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, part of the Library of Congress, presented WTBBL Director Danielle Miller with the Network Library of the Year Award Friday in the Library of Congress’ Jefferson Building in Washington, D.C.
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> “We are delighted and humbled to receive this award,” Miller said. “We are most proud of our outreach to seniors, youth and the Hispanic community. I’m honored to be part of a team committed to finding innovative ways to ensure Washington residents unable to read standard print have access to reading materials.” 
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> WTBBL, operated by the Washington Secretary of State’s office as part of the Washington State Library, previously received the award in 2010. WTBBL is the only library to receive the award twice.
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> “To have our library recognized nationally with this award is wonderful. I am so proud of the staff and the dedication they have to providing services to our patrons. Their passion is evident in every aspect of the WTBBL operation, regardless of the job or task,” said Secretary of State Kim Wyman.  
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> “This is the second time that the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library has won the Network Library of the Year Award since the prize was established in 2005,” said NLS Director Karen Keninger. “Washington has been selected this year for their commitment to outreach and to engaging readers in the local community who are unable to use standard print materials.”
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> Washington State Librarian Cindy Aden joined Miller at the award ceremony.
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> “I’m very proud of Danielle and her staff for receiving this terrific honor,” Aden said. “It really shows that the Washington Talking Book and Braille Library continues to be a national leader in providing outstanding service and programs to its patrons.” 
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> Carl Jarvis, an 82-year-old from Quilcene who has used the free library service since 1965, expressed what WTBBL means to him: “Talking books have been my steady companion. I could not imagine life without this valued service.”
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> In 2016, WTBBL, comprised of 17 staff members and many volunteers who worked the equivalent of seven additional employees, hosted 8,320 visitors, served 9,349 active individual readers and 500 institutions, circulated 293,877 physical items and added 1,704 new patrons to its service. WTBBL patrons, who include anyone unable to read standard print material due to blindness, visual impairment, deaf-blindness, physical disability (cannot hold a book or turn pages), or reading disability, also used the online NLS Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) service to download 106,669 books and periodicals.
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> Washington’s Office of Secretary of State oversees a number of areas within state government, including managing state elections, regulating corporations and charities, and governing the use of the state flag and state seal. The office also manages the State Archives and the State Library, as well as documenting extraordinary stories in Washington’s history through Legacy Washington.
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> (Here is a link to a photo of WTBBL Director Danielle Miller (left) and Washington State Librarian Cindy Aden (right) with the Network Library of the Year Award:
> https://www.sos.wa.gov/_assets/archives/DanielleMiller&CindyAdenatLOC.JPG )
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> Contact:
> Brian Zylstra, Deputy Communications Director
> brian.zylstra at sos.wa.gov
> 360-902-4173
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> Library of Congress Press Release: https://www.loc.gov/item/prn-17-065/washington-talking-book-and-braille-library-of-seattle-named-network-library-of-the-year/2017-05-19/
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> Danielle H. Miller, Director & Regional Librarian
> Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
> 2021 9th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98121
> w: 206-615-1588 | f: 206-615-0437 | e: danielle.miller at sos.wa.gov
> www.wtbbl.org | www.facebook.com/wtbbl 
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