#22 Audiobooks

It is a good choice to include audiobooks in the QL L2.0 program. The circulations of e-Media items (e-books, e-music and e-videos, and e-audiaobooks) are a link to be strenthened in my library. We will do more promotion on this new media so that more customers will know how they work and what are the benefits to use them. I myself did not check out an audio book till today. As a matter of fact ebooks in Adobe format and audio books played back by Windows Media Player and Creative Mediasource, or the recommended OverDrive Media Console are all very ideal substitutes for print books if the requested titles are not available in the printed format or if you prefer listening while commuting to work or during vacation trips. To have a field experience I checked out two audiao items, one audio book, James Patterson's Cross (Wow! Bbest sellers in audio format so quick!), and one music, J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concertos vol.2. The sound quality in Windows Media Player, the Creative Mediasource, or in the OverDrive Media Console, is excellent. Each of the three players can work independently, the OverDrive Media console does not need Windows Media Player to work. Reading eBooks with Adobe Reader is even easier than playing audio items. I am thinking of ways to promote them in my library. Probably to get help from the Customer Service Specialist in this project will be a good idea. She conducts computer classes. I'll discuss with her the possibility to add how to use e-Media in her classes.