A note about mp3 audiobooks

I was thrilled to hear that the Listen Up! collection is a step closer to serving our iPod users, and wanted to be sure in all of our excitement, we all know the full story: before our mp3 titles will be available to download, OverDrive needs to overhaul the Listen Up! Vermont web site to [...]

How time flies. MP3s are here!

Sit idly by and technology zooms past you. Just this morning, the selection committee posted the fantastic news that iPod compatibility was just around the corner for the users of our Listen Up! Vermont site. Well, you step away for lunch and come back and lo and behold we’ve been able to add a small [...]

New Titles Added

Yes! A few new titles have just been ordered. The selection committee had been anticipating an earlier availability of titles in the MP3 format and had therefore been holding back on making any new acquisitions. With the iPod compatibility placed on a timeline at or near the end of the year for the Listen Up! [...]

iPod Compatibility is nigh!

As many of you have heard by now, OverDrive has officially announced digital audiobook support for Apple’s iPod and Microsoft’s Zune as well as virtually all other MP3 players.
Yes, that’s great news especially for our members who have been asking for this compatibility since day one. When will this format become available to our user [...]

new MARC records

For all those who are adding the records to your catalogs, we have several files that just been uploaded to our box widget. The file names are grmlc-200800903a, grmlc-200800820a, grmlc-200800729a,grmlc-200800726a,grmlc-200800717a, and grmlc-200800703a.

Suggesting titles

In response to member library requests, we have added a link on the help page for folks to suggest titles for the collection:
http://www.listenupvermont.org/Help.htm
Click on “Suggest a Title” — this should open up a panel from your email program and allow you to send an email suggesting your title.

Changes to the Listen Up! Vermont collection

OverDrive has let us know about these new changes to the Listen Up! collection, which will allow our patrons to more easily access titles [please note: our Project Manager at OverDrive has let me know that these features are not yet live. Keep an eye out!] :
1. Wish List – We have added a [...]

Open Training Month: Collection Checklist

I am continuing to sit in on the Open Training Month sessions offered by OverDrive this month. This morning, I am sitting in on a training called “Collection Checklist: 10 steps to a successful download collection.” While it certainly was a training great for our selection committee, I gathered these for all of us:
Again, OverDrive [...]

Open Training Month: Digital Library 101

Did you want to take the Digital Library 101 course during OverDrive’s Open Training Month, but were on the waiting list or unable to register? I attended the course this afternoon, which was recorded. Email me at schase[at]stowelibrary.org and I will forward on the PDF of the slides and the email with the link to [...]

Using Listen Up! in schools — Lyndon Institute

Another post in the continuing series of how some of our most successful libraries promote Listen Up! Vermont to their users; this is a guest blog post by Dollinda Lund, Librarian at the Lyndon Institute and one of the schools with the highest circulation of titles.
I sent all the faculty information and instructions [...]