#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27441167.post-1159114834044428212006-09-24T09:20:00.000-07:002007-06-26T07:56:47.883-07:00#22 Audiobooks (or "The end is in sight ")Listen to this podcast [1:21]--><embed src="http://www.odeo.com/flash/audio_player_tiny_gray.swf" quality="high" width="145" height="25" name="audio_player_tiny_gray" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="transparent" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="audio_id=1971799&audio_duration=81.0057&valid_sample_rate=true&external_url=http://media.odeo.com/2/6/0/audiobooksfinal.mp3" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" /></embed><a style="font-size: 9px; padding-left: 5px; color: #6a99fe; letter-spacing: -1px; text-decoration: none" href="http://odeo.com/audio/1971799/view">powered by ODEO</a> <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/mp3small.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 200px;" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/589/502/1600/mp3small.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>With your new MP3 player right around the corner, it’s time to take a look around NetLibrary and <a href="http://library.netlibrary.com/AbouteAudiobooks.aspx">downloadable eAudiobooks</a>. Downloadable eAudiobooks is a service provided by Recorded Books which is available through the library’s subscription to <a href="http://www.netlibrary.com">NetLibrary</a>. To establish a NetLibrary account, you must first create your acocunt through the <a href="http://www.plcmc.org/audiobooks/help.htm#establish">PLCMC website</a>. But once you have a Netlibrary user name and password (I know, I know … you’re tired of user names and passwords, but I promise this is the last user account for this program that you’ll have to create) you can access <a href="http://netlibrary.com">NetLibrary</a> directly and bypass the PLCMC site. For this discovery exercise, you merely need to familiarize yourself a bit with the structure of <a href="http://www.netlibrary.com">NetLibrary</a>'s Downloadable eAudiobooks site and get an idea of the types of titles you can find here. Take a look around and locate a few titles of interest. That MP3 player is right around the corner and once you have it, you’ll definitely have a reason to try out this popular library service. Discovery Resources: <a href="http://www.plcmc.org/public/netlibrary/netlibrarytalk.htm">Introduction to Netlibrary</a>* - this 12 minute tutorial covers the downloading process for Netlibrary audiobooks using Windows Media Player 10. (be patient, it may take a few minutes to upload this for viewing) Discovery Exercise: <ol><li><a href="http://www.plcmc.org/audiobooks/help.htm#establish">Establish a Netlibrary account</a> for yourself by accessing Netlibrary through the PLCMC site. Note: Your not a member of the PLCMC staff or don’t have a PLCMC library card, full access to NetLibrary may not be available.</li><li>Once you have an account created, you can access NetLibrary directly at <a href="http://netlibrary.com">http://netlibrary.com</a> </li><li>Click on the eAudiobooks link and explore some of the 1300 + titles.</li><li>Create a blog post about your findings. Did you locate a title that you might want to try out and download once you have your player? </li></ol> OPTIONAL: Try downloading a title from the <a href="http://www.netlibrary.com">NetLibrary</a>. You don’t have to have a portable player to listen to audiobooks, you can also listen to it from a computer. * Tutorial created by Mary Kyle (PLCMC) using free screencasting software <a href="http://www.debugmode.com/wink/">Wink</a>. HeleneBnoreply@blogger.com