Lori Bell writes “One Book, Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia – in
person or online!
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 be
able to offer other exciting new medias on the
Internet, including video on demand and ebooks with
interactive audio and video. We will explore all the
exciting new formats for ebooks and audiobooks which
create a personal and customized reading experience
for all those who have trouble with regular print
because of a visual, physical, or learning
disabilities. Books in these new formats also benefit
and make reading more fun for children and adults who
have trouble reading, who are learning English as a
second language, or who just want to listen to
audiobooks for entertainment. Join us
Lori Bell writes “One Book, Many Formats: The Magic of Multimedia – in
person or online!
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 be
able to offer other exciting new medias on the
Internet, including video on demand and ebooks with
interactive audio and video. We will explore all the
exciting new formats for ebooks and audiobooks which
create a personal and customized reading experience
for all those who have trouble with regular print
because of a visual, physical, or learning
disabilities. Books in these new formats also benefit
and make reading more fun for children and adults who
have trouble reading, who are learning English as a
second language, or who just want to listen to
audiobooks for entertainment. Join usfor the second
Annual Audio Ebook Expo to be held in East Peoria at
the Alliance Library System on Wednesday, September 28
from 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. You will hear from a
variety of experts in the field and getthe wonderful
opportunity to experience these new technologies. The
workshop is sponsored by the Alliance Library System,
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, and the Illinois
State Library Talking Book and Braille Service. The
workshop will also be broadcast online for people who
wish to attend the programs from their desktops.
Speakers include Geoff Freed, WGBH; Tom Peters, TAP
Information Services; Steve Potash, OverDrive; Judy
Dixon, Library of Congress/NLS; Paul Cappuzzello,
OCLC; Bill Harroff, McKendree College; Charlotte
Johnson, Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville;
Nancy Gilfillan, consultant; and Sharon Ruda,
Director, Illinois State Library Talking Book and
Braille Service,
Geoff Freed, project manager for the Beyond the Text
Project will discuss this project which is studying
ways to make multimedia (images, audio and video) used
in e-books accessible to people who are deaf,
hard-of-hearing, blind or visually impaired.
Tom Peters will provide an overview of the digital
audio book market for libraries and consumers. Steve
Potash will discuss the OverDrive ebook/audio book and
upcoming video on demand for libraries. Paul
Cappuzzello will demonstrate and discuss the OCLC
netlibrary/Recorded Books service libraries can
provide.
Bill Harroff and Charlotte Johnson will talk about
“Extraordinary Ebooks,� digital books with multimedia
and how digital book features can be customized for
the reader’s needs.
Judy Dixon and Tom Peters will discuss the latest in
players for digital audio books. Lori Bell will
demonstrate and talk about the Tumblebook audio, large
print, and multimedia books online for libraries.
More information on the program can be found at the
event website at
http://www.mitbc.org/audiobookexpo/index.html.
Cost to attend the in-person event is $10 for a cost
recovery lunch. There is no cost to attend online or
for talking book readers. To register for the
in-person event, please go to CLEO at
http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/cleo/index.a
you can also register for the in-person or online
event at
http://www.mitbc.org/audiobookexpo/registration.h
This exciting event will be fun and educational. For
more information, contact Lori Bell at the
Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center at 1-800-426-0709 or
via email at lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com”
Embrace it
Libraries should embrace such technologies and formats with open arms, not be threatened by it. Such technologies will modernise libraries and attract more patronage. Libraries should no longer be limited to cassettes only.