[CALIBK12] audiobooks

[Pilling, George]

Yes to the first use, however cumbersome (loading the CDs, etc.) You can
get MP3 cds from www.tantor.com and increasingly from other vendors. I
would ask for $ for playaways to make this work, unless there are
copyright free audio books available of what you want.
No to the second unless the recording is in the public domain. Copyright
specifically prohibits changing the format of a work.
Get free public domain recordings of the classics from www.Librivox.org
- You can put them on your own server and link from your catalog if you
want. 
 
George Pilling
District Library Media Supervisor
Visalia Unified School District
Visalia Learning Center
630 S. Atwood St.
Visalia  CA  93277
 
(559) 730-7349
FAX (559) 730-7693
gpilling at visalia.k12.ca.us
http://visalia.k12.ca.us/library

 

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From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Darla Brown
Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:12 AM
To: Connie Williams; CALIBK12 at lists.sjsu.edu
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] audiobooks



Connie (and George): My principal just came into the library to ask me
to research a similar question: What about purchasing audiobooks on CD
and having students listen to them w/ headphones on library
computers-with the book in front of them as they listen? She wants the
listening to happen in the library for those students who just can't
seem to read a book on their own (sigh...).

 

My principal also asked me whether these purchased CDs could be loaded
onto our server so that more than 1 student may listen to a book at a
time (I KNOW I can't make copies...). Anyone have any
experience/input/suggestions on this?

 

Thanks so much in advance. I really appreciate you all! Have a great
day...

 

Mrs. Darla Brown, TL, M.Ed.

Teacher Librarian

Garces Memorial High School

"60 Years of Excellence in Catholic Education"

661-327-2578 x133

dbrown at garces.org

 

 

From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu] On Behalf Of Connie Williams
Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 7:36 PM
To: calibk12 at lists.sjsu.edu List
Subject: [CALIBK12] audiobooks

 

Hello all!

Have any of you downloaded audiobooks via audible.com for your students?
How successful was it? How did you pay for it? What 'plan' did you use? 

 

I'm trying to explore the best way to get audio books to teens - what is
the best combination of formats to use? Follett has CD-mp3 books that
look cool, but do most kids really have an mp3 player do you think?   

 

I guess my question is: do you buy cd, playaways or mp3 formats for your
students in high school? 

 

P.S. None of the kids at my school had a cassette player available to
them except in their car.... 

 

Thanks for your help.

Connie

 

 

Connie Williams

Teacher Librarian / National Board Certified

CSLA President

Petaluma High School

200 Fair Street

Petaluma, CA 94952

707-778-4662

chwms at mac.com   





 

 

 

 

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