Chapter 1: Introduction
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5860/ltr.43n1Abstract
Author Tom Peters explains that his issue of Library Technology Reports , “examines in some depth digital audiobook services that can be purchased or leased. It also looks briefly at a few free online digital audiobook sources.”
According to the author, who is a librarian and an avid user of audiobooks, “The purpose of this report is not to convince librarians to implement a digital audiobook service, but to help librarians make an informed decision.”
Among the areas that Peters covers in Library Technology Reports :
Thomas A. Peters has been a librarian for nineteen years and is the founder/CEO of TAP Information Services, a company that helps libraries and library-related organizations innovate. TAP Information Services provides coordination services for Unabridged (
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