[LM_NET] SHARE: Downloading audio books

[Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@FWCDS.ORG>]

While browsing the exhibits during last week's Texas Library Association annual 
conference in Houston, I met with a representative from Overdrive.com 
(http://www.overdrive.com )   Overdrive is a web-based supplier of audio books and 
videos for public libraries.  At this time, there are several public libraries that 
offer these services to their patrons--Garland Public Library here in Texas is just 
one that has been in the news and I know that Oregon and Washington have libraries 
that promote this product well!

I mentioned (strongly) that many schools would be interested in the opportunity to 
participate in an audio-download project with a company that would allow them to 
make audio books accessible to their students via MP3 players.  The representative 
gave me his business card and told me to contact him---and I've left the card at 
home today, figures!

However, if you are interested in contacting this person to ask (request) that 
Overdrive make these types of products available to schools, please let me know 
(off-list) and I'll send you his name and contact information.  

I have been searching for a unique and simple way to provide both audio and video 
products to our students (aside from multiple accounts from Audible.com or United 
Streaming), so this was really exciting!  I know that many of you are also looking 
into these types of products because I've received emails requesting information 
about audio downloads to iPods.

Let me know if you're interested and perhaps some of us can be a "beta market" for 
the company to test the product at our school libraries!

~Shonda

Shonda Brisco, MLIS
US / Technology Librarian
4200 Country Day Lane
Fort Worth Country Day School
Fort Worth, TX
817.732.7718 ext. 339

"We can't wait for somebody outside of ourselves to rescue us, because nobody is 
coming to the rescue..." 
 ~ Ross Todd, Professor
School of Communications, Information, and Library Studies, Rutgers University

sbrisco@fwcds.org
http://www.fwcds.org/campus/libraries/default.asp

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