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?
Best, Elizabeth Elizabeth Sheldon Vice President Kino Lorber, Inc. 333 W. 39th St., Suite 503 New York, NY 10018 (212) 629-6880 www.kiolorber.edu On Jun 3, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Stanton, Kim wrote: > 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 full set, along with their print guides. We use to > barcode each piece, but recently changed our processing to one barcode with a > note that pops up in our ILS noting how many discs are in the set. Playaways > are circulated with the MP3 device and the battery - we removed the > headphone that came with the set. > > Our audiobook circ rules (loan period, fines, lendable to “courtesy card” > holders) are the same rules used for books, rather than other forms of media. > Though, like other media materials, audiobooks are still kept in the media > center in closed stacks. > > > Kim Stanton > Head, Media Library > University of North Texas > kim.stan...@unt.edu > P: (940) 565-4832 > F: (940) 369-7396 > > From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu > [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) > Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 11:54 AM > To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu > Subject: [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 it. Would you check > it out as a set? One disc at a time? Is there a different loan period? Are > they recallable? Just trying to wrap my head around how to easily and > effectively do this. > > Cheers, > > Matt > > ________________________________________ > > Matt Ball > Media and Collections Librarian > University of Virginia > Charlottesville, VA 22904 > mattb...@virginia.edu | 434-924-3812 > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
