Library Cataloging
Webwords appears to be a useful feature in the OPAC for users of audio books. I'd be happy to hear a clip of the reader before checking it out. I often listen to audio books and occasionally a readers voice is not what I want to hear. I've returned a few items after listening to only a few minutes, due to the voice. Hearing a clip would have avoided that.
- Reston Regional Library
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Reston Regional Library. In late afternoon it was busy. Folks were checking Value Line on-line, the books on CD, browsing in the stacks, and on the public Internet access machines. The parking lot was about...
- Beyond The Opac
MP3 audio and PowerPoints are already available from the Beyond the OPAC : future directions for Web-based catalogues meeting. The presentations are:Beyond the OPAC : future directions for web-based catalogues by Martha YeeThe well connected catalogue...
- 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...
- Open Source Library System
WEBLIS, an Integrated Library System based on CDS/ISIS, is available free of charge from UNESCO and ICIE.The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules:Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals,...
Library Cataloging
Webwords
Webwords appears to be a useful feature in the OPAC for users of audio books. I'd be happy to hear a clip of the reader before checking it out. I often listen to audio books and occasionally a readers voice is not what I want to hear. I've returned a few items after listening to only a few minutes, due to the voice. Hearing a clip would have avoided that.
The webwords project aims to enrich the quality of the experience of choosing an audio book for visually impaired users of library catalogues. It will do this by allowing them to listen to a small sample actually taken from a spoken word book they have found on their local catalogue. This will allow them to hear what that particular book sounds like, and to choose based on the voice and style of the person who actually narrated it. webwords will benefit everyone who loves spoken word books, whether visually impaired or not.webwords works with any web based catalogue system capable of displaying active hyperlinks. The samples will be stored in a database that will be at this web address. All that is required for a library service to enhance their catalogue using webwords, is to link their stock to corresponding samples in the webwords database. This is done simply by inserting a field into the standard library catalogue marc record. Libraries can choose which samples to use, based on their own local stock.
- Reston Regional Library
Yesterday I had the pleasure of visiting the Reston Regional Library. In late afternoon it was busy. Folks were checking Value Line on-line, the books on CD, browsing in the stacks, and on the public Internet access machines. The parking lot was about...
- Beyond The Opac
MP3 audio and PowerPoints are already available from the Beyond the OPAC : future directions for Web-based catalogues meeting. The presentations are:Beyond the OPAC : future directions for web-based catalogues by Martha YeeThe well connected catalogue...
- 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...
- Open Source Library System
WEBLIS, an Integrated Library System based on CDS/ISIS, is available free of charge from UNESCO and ICIE.The current version of WEBLIS, available in English, consists of the following modules:Cataloguing system (books, papers from book, papers from journals,...