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[0] Braille Book Fulfillment from the Utah State Library [1] Talking Book and Braille Services [3] In July, 2005, the State Library began to fill orders for Braille books from the largest Braille book collection in the world at the Utah State Library. Orders received are sent electronically to Salt Lake City and are shipped within 24 hours. Savings are achieved by our being able to give away our own Braille book collection that comprised over 23,000 volumes and occupied approximately 4,458 square feet of shelving. Response from customers has been positive. Books take only one or two days longer to arrive from Salt Lake City than they took to arrive from Salem. [4] The annual cost of space in the State Library Building to shelve the Braille collection that we no longer have was approximately $25,143. The annual cost of the new order fulfillment contract with the Utah State Library is approximately $9,120. [2] 
Users of Braille books from Talking Book and Braille Services.
EFFICIENCIES AT THE OREGON STATE LIBRARY: 2006
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