History page 3

In November 1972, QTRA no longer wanted to be associated with the Auxiliary so a new name was required. The new title “Queensland Tape Service for the Handicapped” was officially adopted in February 1973 and the Constitution was sanctioned by the Justice Department in November 1973. At the October, 1975 Meeting for QTSH, members were advised that the State Library planned to set up an Audio Book Section and had already given the President blank cassettes for copying existing masters. The Service was to operate through the Country Extension Service, under the guidance of the Acquisitions Librarian. By this stage all recordings were made on cassettes. In 1976 QTSH purchased a second copier. This was to be housed in the State Library on indefinite loan. The QTSH masters of 120 audio books (comprising 580 cassettes) were given to the Library for copying and formed the nucleus of the original collection. In 1977, a further donation of $2196 enabled QTSH to purchase 2 slave units for the fast copier held in the Library, thereby speeding up the copying process.