Digital Talking Books are here!

2012 Braille calendars are now available. Contact TBS (1-800-922-7818) to get one today. Limited supplies available.

Descriptive DVDs and VHS videocasstttes are available to blind and visually impaired TBS patrons.  Patrons may check out up to two DVDs and four videocassettes at a time. Videos are charged out for one week. Click the "Descriptive Videos" link under Search the Collection in the left column of this page to see what's available.

Columbia resident Carmella Broome, author of Carmella’s Quest: Taking on College Sight Unseen, published by Red Letter Press, is the 2011 recipient of the Ned E. Freeman Excellence in Writing Award.  This award is presented annually at the American Council of the Blind’s national convention. Ms. Broome received this award for an article she wrote about partnering with the South Carolina State Library’s Talking Books Services department to record her book so that it could be enjoyed in audio format by blind readers.

Her article, In My Own Voice: the Carmella's Quest Collaboration, was published in the March issue of the American Council of the Blind’s (ACB) monthly magazine, The Braille Forum. “I used this experience to encourage readers to think outside the box if there is something they want to accomplish that might be possible with a little creativity,” Ms. Broome explains.