Talking Book News

1030 North 32nd Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85008, Phone: (602) 255-5578, Fax: (602) 286-0444, Outside Phoenix Area: 1-800-255-5578, email: btbl@lib.az.us, website: http://www.lib.az.us/braille

Hours of operation: Monday thru Friday 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Vol. 39, No. 2
Fall 2009



You are invited to our Open House!


Arizona Braille and Talking Book Library
Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records
a division of the Secretary of State

1030 North 32nd Street, Phoenix, Arizona 85008
602-255-5578 • www.lib.az.us/braille

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Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the Talking Book
and
The 200th Anniversary of the Birth of Louis Braille

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2009 – 9:00 to 1:00

Tours of the library every 10 minutes starting at 9 a.m.

  • Groups of 8 or more must call for a reservation 602-255-5578 and group tours start at 10:30
  • Reserve su espacio para la once, de la mañana, una guía* gratuita de la biblioteca. Pongase en contacto con Christine Tuttle.
    *hay un limite de ocho personas para la guía en español
  • Reader Advisors will be on hand to talk to patrons • Machine Section staff will be available to answer questions and to demonstrate the new digital machines • Tours will include the recording studio with the new digital recording booths, the mailroom, machine repair, and the public services section • Light refreshments will be served • Library services will not be available during Open House

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The Arizona Braille and Talking Book Library is located on the southwest corner of Loop 202 (Red Mountain Freeway) and 32nd Street. Exit the freeway to the south and then take the first available right onto Diamond Street. Parking is available in the lots on the south side of Diamond. Drivers approaching northbound on 32nd Street should turn left onto Roosevelt, right onto 31st Street and then right onto Diamond. NOTE: The 32nd Street off-ramp is currently closed due to freeway construction. Although this exit may be open by the Open House, an alternate exit would be 24th Street.

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Talking Book News is also available in braille, on cassette as part of Newsletters Unlimited and on our website at http://www.lib.az.us/braille/ If you would like to receive this newsletter on cassette or in braille, please call 602-255-5578 or 1-800-255-5578.

Talking Book News is published quarterly by the Arizona State Braille and Talking Book Library Division, Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.