Chapter 2: Comparison Points and Decision Points
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 (
References
Catalog of audiobooks (presented as a tab-delimited file), Audible Web site, www.audible.com/catalog/catalog-audiobooks.tabn“ eAudiobooks collections and titles,” Online Computer Library Center Web site, www.oclc.org/audiobooks/titlelists/default.htmnAdvanced search of the Collection report in OverDrive's Digital Library Reserve administrative module (https://secure.contentreserve.com/Library/PurchaseOrder.aspnOnline Store, filtered for books, Playaway Web Site, http://store.playawaydigital.com/Sort-By-Booksn“ Playaway,” Recorded Books Library Site, www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.playawaynn
