[Selection-L] SELECTION-L Digest, Vol 13, Issue 1 (Out until August 14)

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Today's Topics:

   1. audio downloads (Angela Johnson)
   2. Re: audio downloads (Karen Miller)
   3. Re: audio downloads (Watson, Jamie)
   4. Title count (Dawn Matthews)

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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:31:55 -0400
From: "Angela Johnson" <ajohnson at pickawaylib.org>
Subject: [Selection-L] audio downloads
To: "Selection-l" <selection-l at oplin.org>
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Good afternoon:
   We use Overdrive to provide our patrons access to digital audiobooks.

However since Overdrive titles technically do not work for I-Pod users I
am 
curious if any libraries are purchasing MP3-CD audiobooks so that
patrons 
can tranfer audio-books to their I-Pods. We have not purchased MP3-CD 
audio-books because when we asked patrons if they had CD players in
their 
cars that could handle them the answer was no. I have always wished the 
answer was yes, because of the lower price and fewer discs associated
with 
them.
    I am curious about how other libraries are providing audio-books to 
patrons who use I-Pods. Thanks for your help.

Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson
Collection Development Coordinator
Pickaway County District Public Library
1160 N. Court St.
Circleville, Oh 43113
740-477-1644 ext. 229
740-477-1423 fax
ajohnson at pickawaylib.org
www.pickawaylib.org 

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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:40:41 -0400
From: "Karen Miller" <kmiller at starklibrary.org>
Subject: Re: [Selection-L] audio downloads
To: <selection-l at oplin.org>
Cc: Gregory Burlingame <gburlingame at starklibrary.org>
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	<667C287321B2574D83FC4D545E1AC45D02FBF455 at scdl-exmail.scdl.local>
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Hi Angela!

Our library system carries them.  We just moved the collection to my
branch to try to drum up some business with them-- they are slow to take
hold, but when people ask about them, they always seem interested in the
idea.  They are convenient in many ways, and more cars have MP3 players
each year.  But, they are more useful for MP3 player-users than they are
for drivers at this point.  I've pointed them out to many people here
who use Mp3 players and dislike loading all those disks on their
computers.  This has been a good solution for those people.  Not to
mention the Mac users we have as patrons.  A friend of mine was
complaining that she couldn't use the downloadable audio website
subscription at all because her computer was a Mac.  She can use the CD
books but she really likes the MP3-CD because of the one disk, rather
than a bunch.

Hope this helps!  I can hook you up with the email of our collection
development AV specialist if you like: just send an email if you'd like
his contact information.  He could give you more details.  

Karen E Miller
Manager, Plain Community Branch
Stark County District Library
1803 Schneider St NE
Canton, OH 44709
330 494 3399
kmiller at starklibrary.org

-----Original Message-----
From: Angela Johnson [mailto:ajohnson at pickawaylib.org] 
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 2:32 PM
To: Selection-l
Subject: [Selection-L] audio downloads

Good afternoon:
   We use Overdrive to provide our patrons access to digital audiobooks.

However since Overdrive titles technically do not work for I-Pod users I
am 
curious if any libraries are purchasing MP3-CD audiobooks so that
patrons 
can tranfer audio-books to their I-Pods. We have not purchased MP3-CD 
audio-books because when we asked patrons if they had CD players in
their 
cars that could handle them the answer was no. I have always wished the 
answer was yes, because of the lower price and fewer discs associated
with 
them.
    I am curious about how other libraries are providing audio-books to 
patrons who use I-Pods. Thanks for your help.

Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson
Collection Development Coordinator
Pickaway County District Public Library
1160 N. Court St.
Circleville, Oh 43113
740-477-1644 ext. 229
740-477-1423 fax
ajohnson at pickawaylib.org
www.pickawaylib.org 

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Message: 3
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 14:51:48 -0400
From: "Watson, Jamie" <watson at hcplonline.info>
Subject: Re: [Selection-L] audio downloads
To: "Selection-l" <selection-l at oplin.org>
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 Just wanted to make sure that all were clear - regular audiobooks (non
MP3 cds) can be downloaded to iPods as well. They just take more cds to
rip to your iPod, but they play just fine once they are on there.

Jamie Watson
Assistant Materials Manager
Harford County Public Library
1221 A Brass Mill Road
Belcamp, MD 21017
(410)273-5600 x. 2276
watson at hcplonline.info

-----Original Message-----
From: selection-l-bounces at oplin.org
[mailto:selection-l-bounces at oplin.org] On Behalf Of Angela Johnson
Sent: Monday, July 30, 2007 2:32 PM
To: Selection-l
Subject: [Selection-L] audio downloads

Good afternoon:
   We use Overdrive to provide our patrons access to digital audiobooks.

However since Overdrive titles technically do not work for I-Pod users I
am curious if any libraries are purchasing MP3-CD audiobooks so that
patrons can tranfer audio-books to their I-Pods. We have not purchased
MP3-CD audio-books because when we asked patrons if they had CD players
in their cars that could handle them the answer was no. I have always
wished the answer was yes, because of the lower price and fewer discs
associated with them.
    I am curious about how other libraries are providing audio-books to
patrons who use I-Pods. Thanks for your help.

Angela Johnson

Angela Johnson
Collection Development Coordinator
Pickaway County District Public Library
1160 N. Court St.
Circleville, Oh 43113
740-477-1644 ext. 229
740-477-1423 fax
ajohnson at pickawaylib.org
www.pickawaylib.org 

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Message: 4
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2007 15:21:12 -0400
From: Dawn Matthews <d.matthews at gomail.sjcpl.lib.in.us>
Subject: [Selection-L] Title count
To: selection-l at oplin.org
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Hi,
I'm interested in finding out whether you have an annual title count 
limit for new materials added to the collection. We have this with 
the rationale that it keeps our workload on an even keel for 
Cataloging and increases circulation.

We are required to not add more than 19,000 new titles (print and 
nonprint) a year.  If it is a different edition of the same title, it 
is considered a new title.  We have a main library and 8 branches 
with a materials budget of $2.4 million (including periodicals and 
databases).  We have approximately 121,000 registered borrowers with 
a population base of 172,627.

If you do have title count guidelines, could you please let me know 
how this figure was determined for your library.

Thanks in advance,
Dawn
-- 
Dawn Matthews, Manager
Collection Development/Acquisitions

St. Joseph County Public Library
304 S. Main St.
South Bend, IN 46601

574-282-4914
IM: dawnsjcpl (AOL/AIM)
www.libraryforlife.org

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