Library Cataloging
Webwords, a U.K. project, is adding a link in audio book records to a short MP3 file. This allows the user to hear if the presentation is to their liking.
- Librivox
LibriVox is becoming a valuable resource for free audio books. They just reached 1500 titles in the collection.We?ve had a pretty extraordinary May. We cataloged our 1,500th book, James Baldwin?s children?s history book, Four Great Americans, which was...
- One Book Many Formats: The Magic Of Multimedia
Wednesday, September 28 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. One Book, Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia Audio books in all formats are currently a red hot technology in libraries, the general consumer market, and for the visually impaired. Soon libraries will...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Audio Standards
Memory institutions often have collections of non-commercial sound recordings. Oral history projects, meetings and presentations, and local music are some examples. Transferring these from tape to digital will provide better access, they may even be placed...
Library Cataloging
Audio Books
Webwords, a U.K. project, is adding a link in audio book records to a short MP3 file. This allows the user to hear if the presentation is to their liking.
The webwords project aims to enrich the quality of the experience of choosing an audio book. The service is primarily aimed at visually impaired visitors but will equally assist all audio book enthusiasts. It will do this by allowing visitors to listen to a small sample of a book they might wish to enjoy, to hear what it sounds like, to listen and experience not only the essence of the book, but the quality and style of the narration.The audio samples will be directly accessible via a link from web-based library catalogues.
- Librivox
LibriVox is becoming a valuable resource for free audio books. They just reached 1500 titles in the collection.We?ve had a pretty extraordinary May. We cataloged our 1,500th book, James Baldwin?s children?s history book, Four Great Americans, which was...
- One Book Many Formats: The Magic Of Multimedia
Wednesday, September 28 from 9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m. One Book, Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia Audio books in all formats are currently a red hot technology in libraries, the general consumer market, and for the visually impaired. Soon libraries will...
- Smoking The Podcasting Dope, A Little Bit
This week I got an FM transmitter for my car. Now I can listen to my MP3 player as I drive and have started listening to podcasts. Greg Schwartz of Open Stacks has been making my commute time less tedious. He has a good speaking voice and interesting...
- Amazon.com Citations
Amazon seems to be getting into the citation linking game.Amazon.com Citations is a program that helps customers discover books related to the ones they're interested in. Amazon scans every book in the Search Inside the Book program looking for phrases...
- Audio Standards
Memory institutions often have collections of non-commercial sound recordings. Oral history projects, meetings and presentations, and local music are some examples. Transferring these from tape to digital will provide better access, they may even be placed...