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Summary: An excellent audiobook survey and guide.
Review: Audiobook Collections & Services is recommended for any library seeking to develop an audiobook collection, including those for juvenile listeners: chapters cover the recommended selection standards, acquisition procedures, and how to select titles for both adult and juvenile audiences. An excellent survey.
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Summary: An excellent audiobook survey and guide.
Review: Audiobook Collections & Services is recommended for any library seeking to develop an audiobook collection, including those for juvenile listeners: chapters cover the recommended selection standards, acquisition procedures, and how to select titles for both adult and juvenile audiences. An excellent survey.
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Summary: A must read for audiobook aficionados
Review: I worked in a library when I was in college and although I'm not a librarian or a bookshop keeper, I was intrigued by this "help book/handbook." There are wonderful things here on how to start and maintain an audiobook collection, mostly for libraries but it was helpful to me as well. I loved reading this book and I loved the way I felt reading the book. Someone out there loves audiobooks as much as I do and wants to talk about it! This is the FIRST book I've EVER seen that deals with the experience of listening to an audiobook...and offers tips on how to maximize the experience. Favorite authors, favorite narrators, favorite publishers...I wish I was reading this with a group of audiobook lovers so I could say "Yeah, I love that narrator." Or, "No, Frank Whatshisface is NOT the best narrator, not by a long shot!"How nice to have a book about something you enjoy soooo much. None of my friends listen to audiobooks, so I really enjoyed hearing from the author about how she (and all the people she surveyed) feel about this unique experience. How nice to know that others enjoy this solitary activity as I do. If you work at a library, BUY THIS BOOK FOR YOUR BOSS! There are many libraries I've visited that don't seem to have ANY audiobooks for loan. I mean, I'm sure they might have a few, but there seems to be NO real committment and NO support for the audiobook format. Audiobook Collections & Services by Susan Baird will show any library, even with the smallest budget, how to manage a project like this. I wish more people listened to audiobooks. I'm curious as to what others have to say about this book. Thanks. Thomas
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Summary: Practical advice and easy-to-follow instructions
Review: Susan Baird's Audiobook Collections & Services is an 86-page compendium of practical advice and easy-to-follow instructions for planning, developing, marketing, and administering a school or community library audiobook collection. Following a concise history of the audiobook, Baird covers all aspects of planning, budgeting and evaluating a library audiobook collection; recommends selection policies; discusses narrators and abridgments; audiobook maintenance and repair; promotion and effective display; how to select titles appropriate for adult and juvenile patrons; acquisition and processing procedures; coping with censorship threats; shelving and circulation. Informative appendices including reviewing and collection development sources, suppliers, audiobook publishers and distributors, an annotated bibliography of classic audiobooks for adults and youth, major audiobook awards -- and recent award winners. Audiobook Collections & Services is a core title for library science students and an invaluable aid for staff librarians in small, medium, extended library systems.
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Summary: Practical advice and easy-to-follow instructions
Review: Susan Baird's Audiobook Collections & Services is an 86-page compendium of practical advice and easy-to-follow instructions for planning, developing, marketing, and administering a school or community library audiobook collection. Following a concise history of the audiobook, Baird covers all aspects of planning, budgeting and evaluating a library audiobook collection; recommends selection policies; discusses narrators and abridgments; audiobook maintenance and repair; promotion and effective display; how to select titles appropriate for adult and juvenile patrons; acquisition and processing procedures; coping with censorship threats; shelving and circulation. Informative appendices including reviewing and collection development sources, suppliers, audiobook publishers and distributors, an annotated bibliography of classic audiobooks for adults and youth, major audiobook awards -- and recent award winners. Audiobook Collections & Services is a core title for library science students and an invaluable aid for staff librarians in small, medium, extended library systems.
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Summary: This book is a great read for any audiobook lover!
Review: There are wonderful things here on how to start and maintain an audiobook collection, mostly for libraries but it was helpful to me as well. I loved reading this book and I loved the way I felt reading the book. This is the FIRST book I've EVER seen that deals with the experience of listening to an audiobook...and offers tips on how to maximize the experience. If you work at a library, BUY THIS BOOK FOR YOUR BOSS! Audiobook Collections & Services by Susan Baird will show any library, even with the smallest budget, how to manage a project like this. I wish more people listened to audiobooks.
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Summary: A must read for audiobook aficionados
Review: This little gem is a must for anyone interested in the finer points of audiobooks. There is nothing else like it currently available in print or other format. Everything audiobook is covered: history, narrators, diverse narrative styles, international titles, marketing, publishers, distributors and organizations, policy and procedure. Most appealing are the wonderful lists of recommended audiobooks, including classics, children's, young adult, adult fiction and nonfiction, and award winners. Also, sources for finding reviews and purchasing are presenting in depth. The author obviously knows and loves her stuff. An excellent choice for any audiobook fan.
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