Oregon Talking Book and Braille Library

05/04/2018

Our friends at Wolfner Library in Missouri have compiled the list of titles for the Great American Read from the PBS program of the same name. The series that will begin airing on May 22 and run through October will be found on your local OPB station or online at PBS.org.

https://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/themedlists/tgar

This reading list, curated by PBS, shows the diversity of America's 100 most beloved books. Voting for America's greatest novel will begin May 22nd and end in October 2018. Learn more about The Great American Read and how to vote at http://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/about/show/.

03/10/2017

From NLS BARD Operations Officer: BARD is currently running through the web interface only. This is being done to manage the stress on BARD. The plan is to have BARD Mobile and BARD express back in use later today (Friday March 10).

12/29/2016

Singing in the Rain and Tammy. What are your favorite Debbie Reynolds movie moments? Read Debbie; my life and Unsinkable for more insight to this wonderfully talented lady. RIP



http://variety.com/2016/film/news/debbie-reynolds-dead-dies-carrie-fisher-mother-1201949432/

Debbie Reynolds, the Oscar-nominated singer-actress who was the mother of late actress Carrie Fisher, has died at Cedars-Sinai hospital. She was 84. “She wanted to be with Carrie,” her …

12/27/2016

Great Frith and Inle, this is a sad day in our personal collection. Read Watership Down, Tales from Watership Down, and many many more today. RIP



http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/27/arts/richard-adams-author-of-watership-down-dies-at-96.html?_r=0

Mr. Adams’s theme-rich rabbit tale from the early 1970s made him one of the world’s best-selling writers.

12/27/2016

From our galaxy to yours... RIP -- may the force be with you. To read more about the Princess in her own words, look to DB26595 Postcards from the Edge, DB68419 Wishful Drinking, DB31984 Surrender the Pink, and DB57937 The Best Awful.


http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/27/507109015/carrie-fisher-actress-beloved-for-playing-princess-leia-dies-at-60

Fisher suffered a massive heart attack on a flight from London to Los Angeles last week. A spokeswoman for Fisher's daughter said the actress died Tuesday morning.

11/17/2016

A really interesting book and article about our "talking books."

Books in your ears. The history of audiobooks from wax cylinders to the digital age. We’ll trace the untold story of the talking book.

10/31/2016

Its a spooktacular day at the State Library and Talking Books. Our annual Halloween offerings include the following:
1. Identity Theft
2. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
3. 80s Business Woman
4. The Cat's Pajamas
5. Captain Planet
6. Where's Wenda

03/25/2016

The Oregon State Library and the Talking Book and Braille Library will be closed on 4/1/16 for a staff in-service day. Users will still be able to access BARD, send email, and leave voice mail messages but no mail service or walk-in service will be available on April 1. We will be resuming our normal schedule on 4/4/16.

03/16/2016

NW Natural and Salem Public Library are happy to present the documentary Black Girl in Suburbia on May 7 from 3-5pm. Join them for a special screening of the film followed by a talk with Director/Producer Melissa Lowery. The film will be screened in the Loucks Auditorium at the library and the event is free and open to the community.

This documentary is about shared experiences between African American women and girls raised in predominately white communities. Donate @ www.blackgirlinsuburbia.com