Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Thanks everyone for your feedback so far, it's very helpful. Winifred, you mentioned no recalls or renewals online, but do you allow renewals by phone or in person? Also, even if there are no recalls, do you allow holds? Cheers, Matt __ Matt Ball Media and Collect

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Here you go... http://www.hoerothek.de/index-news-11-mrz.htm From: Elizabeth Sheldon Reply-To: Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2011 15:11:24 -0400 To: Subject: Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials Ursula, I have all of the books to read but I want to hear the language spoken as I read along let m

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Ursula, I have all of the books to read but I want to hear the language spoken as I read along let me know if you find any source for audio books online. Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Kino Lorber, Inc. 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (212) 629-6880 On Jun

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Hi Elizabeth - It is possible, but I know my current library would never do it - we don't have enough patrons who are interested to warrant purchasing those items, which are generally not inexpensive. At one library I worked for, the foreign language materials budget was based on census data.

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Hi Matt We circulate foreign language learning CDs, too. We have a pretty wide variety (http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/pages/collection/language.html) and it is an extremely popular service.We loan them out as kits (so, if Pimsleur Arabic has 8 discs, they all go out together) for 30 day

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Elizabeth, Check this out. You can read these great German authors online. It¹s not audio books, but there¹s a huge selection and it¹s free. I picked Kafka as an example. http://www.zeno.org/Literatur/M/Kafka,+Franz Ursula National Media Market P.O. Box 87410 Tucson, AZ 85754-7410 (520) 743-7735

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

I have begged our local library to buy foreign audio books for refreshing my nascent French, German and Russian comprehension skills but my pleas have fallen on deaf ears. Is it not possible in the U.S. to order from Amazon in France or Germany and have these resources available to patrons? Bes

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

We circulate foreign language learning CDs and Playaways (self-contained, portable MP3 devices). We've purchased Pimsleur, Colloquial Series and Henry Ramond's Learn In Your Car series. The Pimsleur language learning Playaways are our highest circing audiobook materials. CDs are circ'd as a fu

Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

I know things might work differently at a college library, but we circulate sets like that as they come. If it comes with 5 discs, it circs that way. We have a wide range of languages from around the world, as well as many ESL sets for foreign speakers. Our audiobooks circulate for 4 weeks, and

[Videolib] Foreign language materials

Hi All, Is anyone collecting foreign language CDs, and if so what do you collect and how do you circulate them? I get requests for things like Barron's Mastering French which comes with 12 CDs. First of all, do you even collect material like that, and if so how would you manage and circulate