Listen Up! Vermont

New Audiobooks May 2013

2013-05-17T12:05:00.000-04:00

Title	Creator(s)
All the Way Home	Wendy Corsi Staub, Allyson Ryan, ©2013 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Blessed Are Those Who Thirst	Anne Holt, Anne Bruce, Kate Reading
Dearly Beloved	Wendy Corsi Staub, Allyson Ryan, ©2013 by HarperCollinsPublishers
The Healer	Antti Tuomainen, Lola Rogers, Simon Shepherd
Maya's Notebook	Isabel Allende, Maria Cabezas, ©2013 by HarperCollinsPublishers
Rendezvous	Nelson DeMille, Scott Brick, (p) 2013 HighBridge Company
The Stranger	Camilla Läckberg, Simon Vance, (p) 2013 HighBridge Company
The View from Penthouse B	Elinor Lipman
Inferno	Dan Brown, Paul Michael
The Interestings	Meg Wolitzer, Jen Tullock
The Orphan Master's Son	Adam Johnson, Tim Kang, Josiah D. Lee, et. al.
Three Graves Full	Jamie Mason
America Again	Stephen Colbert, Stephen Colbert, Tim Meadows, et. al.
The Big Sky	A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Kevin Foley
The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure	James Redfield, Jesse Corti, ©1994 by James Redfield
Darkmarket	Misha Glenny, Jonathan Cowley
Dewey	Vicki Myron, Bret Witter, © 2008 Vicki Myron and Bret Witter
Extreme	Sharon Osbourne, © Sharon Osbourne
Focus	Heidi Grant Halvorson, E. Tory Higgins, Karen Saltus
The Great Deformation	David Stockman, William Hughes
Ike's Bluff	Evan Thomas, Brian Troxell
Julie Andrews' Collection Of Poems, Songs, And Lullabies	Jim McMullan, Emma Walton Hamilton, Julie Andews, et. al.
Little Pink House	Jeff Benedict, Maggi-Meg Reed, ©2009 Jeff Benedict
Living Oprah	Robyn Okrant, Robyn Okrant, ©2010 Robyn Okrant
Long Walk to Freedom	Nelson Mandela, Michael Boatman, ©1994, 1995 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Measuring the World	Daniel Kehlmann, Rider Strong
Meet Golda Meir	Charles Margerison, Hannah Davis, Hannah Davis
Nurtureshock	Po Bronson, Ashley Merryman, ©2009 Po Bronson
The Penguin and the Leviathan	Yochai Benkler, Marc Cashman
The Plantagenets	Dan Jones, Clive Chafer
Stokes Field Guide to Bird Songs: Eastern Region	Donald Stokes, Lilian Stokes, Lang Elliot, et. al.
These Thousand Hills	A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Kevin Foley
This Is Water: The Original David Foster Wallace Recording	David Foster Wallace, David Foster Wallace, ©1987 David Foster Wallace
Trident K9 Warriors	Michael Ritland, Gary Brozek, Jeff Gurner
Unthinking	Harry Beckwith, L. J. Ganser, ©2011 Harry Beckwith
The Way West	A. B. Guthrie, Jr., Kevin Foley
Why Worry?	George Lincoln Walton, Anthony Rogers
Your Dog: The Owner's Manual	Dr. Marty Becker, Gina Spadafori, Mark Nelson Douglas, et. al.

New eBooks May 2013

2013-05-17T11:54:00.000-04:00

Title	Creator(s)
Absolute Friends	John le Carre
The Apple Orchard	Susan Wiggs
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena	Anthony Marra
Flora	Gail Godwin
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society	Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	John Joseph Adams
Lonesome Cowboy	Debbie Macomber
The Mission Song	John le Carre
Olive Kitteridge	Elizabeth Strout
Phantom	Jo Nesbo
Return to Sender	Julia Alvarez
Stag's Leap	Sharon Olds
The Woman Upstairs	Claire Messud
The Accursed	Joyce Carol Oates
And When She Was Good	Laura Lippman
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk	Ben Fountain
Black Dahlia & White Rose	Joyce Carol Oates
Black Water Rising	Attica Locke
Canada	Richard Ford
The Carrion Birds	Urban Waite
The Cove	Ron Rash
The End of the Point	Elizabeth Graver
The Key	Simon Toyne
A Lesson in Secrets	Jacqueline Winspear
Sanctus	Simon Toyne
Seduced by a Pirate	Eloisa James
We Live in Water	Jess Walter
The Yiddish Policemen's Union	Michael Chabon
10 Things You Need to Know Before You See the Doctor	Sheldon Lipshutz, MD
1913	Charles Emmerson
The Aleppo Codex	Matti Friedman
The Approaching Great Transformation	Joel Magnuson, Helena Norberg-Hodge
Atlantis and the Silver City	Peter Daughtrey
Become More Mindful In a Day For Dummies	Shamash Alidina
Beyond Obedience	April Frost, Rondi Lightmark
Bike Snob Abroad	Eben Weiss
Body Language For Dummies	Elizabeth Kuhnke
A Case for Brutus Lloyd	John Russell Fearn
Clean This!	Mary McHugh
The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating	Autumn Carpenter
Condom	Paul Allen
Dark Space	Marianne de Pierres
Dealing with Difficult People	Roy Lilley
Defiant Brides	Nancy Rubin Stuart
A Dickens of a Cat	Callie Smith Grant, H. Wright
Dirt Work	Christine Byl
DIY For Dummies, UK Edition	Jeff Howell
Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home	Rupert Sheldrake
Earning Without Being Employed	Jeff Evarts
Edge of Infinity	Jonathan Strahan, Alastair Reynolds, Elizabeth Bear, et. al.
Flyers	Vonda N. McIntyre
How to Be a Friend to a Friend Who's Sick	Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow	Jerome K. Jerome
In the Land of Invisible Women	Qanta Ahmed
Introvert Power	Laurie A. Helgoe Ph.D.
Is This Tomorrow	Caroline Leavitt
Kitty Cornered	Bob Tarte
The Little Book of Green Tips	David Curnock, Scott Giarnese
Mirror Space	Marianne de Pierres
Moms Raising Sons to Be Men	Rhonda Stoppe
Normal Is Just a Setting on the Dryer	Adair Lara, Roxanna Bikadoroff
People First Economics	David Ransom, Vanessa Baird
Pizza	Diane Morgan, Tony Gemignani, Scott Peterson
Real American Ethics	Albert Borgmann
Red Alert!	Daniel R. Wildcat
Saved	Karin Winegar, Judy Olausen
Serenity Found	Jane Espenson
Small is Possible	Lyle Estill
Solaris Rising 2	Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky
Sophie	Emma Pearse
The Souls of Black Folk	W. E. B. Du Bois
Springsteen on Springsteen	Jeff Burger
Start Your Dream Business	Sarah Wade, Carole Ann Rice
Tell Me Where It Hurts	Nick Trout
The Thunder of Angels	Donnie Williams, Wayne Greenhaw
Tomy and the Planet of Lies	Erich von Daniken
Touched by All Creatures	Gay L. Balliet, Edgar Balliet
Traveling With Dogs	Kim Campbell Thornton, Buck Jones
Wedding Dogs	Katie Preston Toepfer, Sam Stall
Who We Are	David Dale
Work / Life Balance For Dummies	Katherine Lockett
The World Split Open	Ruth Rosen
Your Dream Career For Dummies	Carol L. McClelland, Richard N. Bolles
The Best Man	Kristan Higgins
Chrysalis	Emily Gould
Coyote Heat	Desiree Holt
Dear American Airlines	Jonathan Miles
Halfway There	Susan Mallery
The Happy Birthday Book of Erotica	Alison Tyler
Heart of the Country	Fay Weldon
Ice Hunter	Joseph Heywood
I'll Get By	Janet Woods
Inferno	Dan Brown
Jane Austen	Jane Austen, Andrew Taggart
Leche	R. Zamora Linmark
The Lost Husband	Katherine Center
The Mammoth Book of Paranormal Romance, Volumes 1 and 2	Trisha Telep
Murderland	Thomas B. Cavanagh
The Mysterious Affair at Styles	Agatha Christie
Somebody to Love	Kristan Higgins
Someday, Someday, Maybe	Lauren Graham
Watching Me, Watching You	Fay Weldon
Wind Chime Point	Sherryl Woods
Woman Hollering Creek	Sandra Cisneros
The Zodiac Paradox	Christa Faust
Again the Magic	Lisa Kleypas
Back to the Bedroom	Janet Evanovich
Beautiful Sacrifice	Elizabeth Lowell
Bel Canto	Ann Patchett
Boy Meets Girl	Meg Cabot
The Cat's Pajamas	Ray Bradbury
Coming Home	Karen Kingsbury
Crazy On You	Rachel Gibson
Desert Heat	J. A. Jance
Family Affair	Debbie Macomber
Foul Play	Janet Evanovich
The Grand Finale	Janet Evanovich
House of Secrets	Chris Columbus, Greg Call, Ned Vizzini
The Long Earth	Terry Pratchett, Stephen Baxter
Love Overboard	Janet Evanovich
Manhunt	Janet Evanovich
Micro	Michael Crichton, Richard Preston
Naughty Neighbor	Janet Evanovich
Need You Now	James Grippando
Rescue Me	Rachel Gibson
Secrets of a Summer Night	Lisa Kleypas
The Shoemaker's Wife	Adriana Trigiani
Size 12 Is Not Fat	Meg Cabot
Smitten	Janet Evanovich
Something Wicked This Way Comes	Ray Bradbury
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn	Betty Smith
Wife for Hire	Janet Evanovich

New MARC Records

2013-05-17T11:29:00.001-04:00

New eBook and audiobook records in our Box Widget under Listen Up Vermont! folder (on the right side of our blog www.vtaudiobooks.blogspot.com/) call May 2013 eBook MARC records and May 2013 audiobook MARC records.

Thanks!

New April Audio Books

2013-04-22T10:09:00.002-04:00

Title	Creator
Dare Me	Megan Abbott, Khristine Hvam
Don't Go	Lisa Scottoline, Jeremy Davidson
Giovanni's Room	James Baldwin, Dan Butler
Leaving Everything Most Loved	Jacqueline Winspear
Life After Life	Kate Atkinson, Fenella Woolgar
Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse	Robert Knott, Robert B. Parker, Titus Welliver
Robert B. Parker's Ironhorse	Michael Brandman, Robert B. Parker, James Naughton
Zoo	James Patterson, Michael Ledwidge, Jay Snyder
Anna Dressed in Blood	Kendare Blake, August Ross
The Scorpio Races	Maggie Stiefvater, Steve West, Fiona Hardingham
Seraphina	Rachel Hartman, Mandy Williams, Justine Eyre
The Beautiful Mystery	Louise Penny, Ralph Cosham
A Tale for the Time Being	Ruth Ozeki, Ruth Ozeki
Where'd You Go, Bernadette	Maria Semple, Kathleen Wilhoite
Bad Blood	Dana Stabenow, Marguerite Gavin
Black Irish	Stephan Talty, David H. Lawrence XVII
Cover of Snow	Jenny Milchman, Cassandra Campbell
The Dinner	Herman Koch, Clive Mantle
Ghostman	Roger Hobbs, Jake Weber
A Memory of Light	Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson, Michael Kramer, et. al.
Tenth of December	George Saunders, George Saunders
A Week in Winter	Maeve Binchy, Rosalyn Landor

New April eBooks

2013-04-22T09:59:00.001-04:00

Title                                                       Creator(s)
The Burgess Boys                                 Elizabeth Strout
The Detective Megapack                      Dashiell Hammett, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, C. J. Henderson
Down Among the Women                     Fay Weldon
Female Friends                                     Fay Weldon
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said      Philip K. Dick
Flowers for Algernon                           Daniel Keyes
Habits of the House                             Fay Weldon
Praxis                                                  Fay Weldon
Rock and Roll Heaven                         T. C. Boyle
Splitting                                               Fay Weldon
Whose Body?                                     Dorothy L. Sayers
The World and Other Places              Jeanette Winterson
Seraphina                                          Rachel Hartman
Laugh with the Moon                           Shana Burg
May B.                                               Caroline Rose
The Mighty Miss Malone                 Christopher Paul Curtis
Same Sun Here                               Silas House, Neela Vaswani
Temple Grandin                                Sy Montgomery, Temple Grandin
The Whole Story of Half a Girl        Veera Hiranandani
The One and Only Ivan                     Katherine Applegate, Patricia Castelao
Ungifted                                            Gordon Korman
Tapestry of Fortunes                          Elizabeth Berg
The Supremes at Earl's All-You-Can-Eat Edward Kelsey Moore
The Andalucian Friend Alexander Soderberg
Black Irish                                          Stephan Talty
Checkmate, My Lord                        Tracey Devlyn
Cover of Snow                                  Jenny Milchman
Ghostman    Roger Hobbs
Tenth of December                            George Saunders
The Twelve Tribes of Hattie               Ayana Mathis
The Cider House Rules     John Irving
The Cutting Season                          Attica Locke
Flight Behavior                               Barbara Kingsolver
The Intercept                                   Dick Wolf
A Land More Kind Than Home       Wiley Cash
Leaving Everything Most Loved       Jacqueline Winspear
The One I Left Behind                     Jennifer McMahon
A Prayer for Owen Meany               John Irving
The Round House                            Louise Erdrich

Overdrive's How-To Videos

2013-04-22T09:28:00.002-04:00

Overdrive has a lot of new resources to help library users/patrons with borrowing eBooks and audiobooks.
One that was pointed out recently by Ann at Essex Free are the How-To videos.
Check them out here: http://www.overdrive.com/help-videos/
They offer help with the general website and with each supported device like Kindles and iPhones. You can even embed them on your website if you have a digital resources page.

Here is an example:

New Listen Up Vermont site.

2013-03-22T10:06:00.002-04:00

Hi Listen Up! Vermonters,

You might have noticed that Overdrive upgraded the www.listenupvermont.org site yesterday. Just wanted to pass on the message from our Overdrive Rep:

I am pleased to confirm that your library is now live with the Next Generation Digital Library Platform.

www.listenupvermont.org

View a recorded training to learn more about the new experience.

Marketing kit
To help you get the word out about the new experience, use the resources in our Next Generation Marketing Kit.

Feedback survey
We are interested in your feedback on the new experience. Please take a few moments to complete our survey.

Please note the following:

· The Next Generation platform works well in all standard and mobile browsers, including Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. The website makes use of web technologies such as HTML5 and CSS3 that are not supported by some versions of Internet Explorer. Internet Explorer 7 users will be automatically prompted to install the Google Chrome Frame Plug-in for general site use. Additionally, all Internet Explorer users will need the Google Chrome Frame Plug-in to enjoy browser-based eBooks.
· We will be closely monitoring web traffic and support inquiries. Please report any issues by completing the Support form in Content Reserve > Support tab.

Please let me know if you have any problems or need help troubleshooting.
-Lyndsey vtaudiobooks@gmail.com

New MARC records available.

2013-03-04T11:17:00.001-05:00

Hi all,

Just learning out how to get all the MARC records into one file for easy download! I finally figured it out so the last 3 months of records are available for you.

Look for 3-2012 MARC eBooks and 3-2012 MARC audiobooks in the Listen Up! Vermont folder in the Box widget on the right hand menu.

Thanks,

Lyndsey
vtaudiobooks@gmail.com

Website back up and running

2013-02-25T12:02:00.001-05:00

Thanks for your patience while we fixed this problem. The website and login should be working great now. Thanks to Chris Kirby for coordinating a solution with Bywater.

-Lyndsey

Login Issue

2013-02-25T09:26:00.000-05:00

Currently if any patrons try to login with their card number they get an error message like this: The timestamp on the authentication link is invalid.

I am (Lyndsey, Listen Up! Vermont Coordinator) trying to resolve the problem with Overdrive. I will make another post when the site is again up and running properly.

Thanks for your patience!!

2013-01-30T18:49:00.002-05:00

Just thought I would share a particularly difficult troubleshooting question and the solution.
A patron called this evening with an error message I had never heard of before. She was using Adobe Digital Editions to download an Epub book to her Nook. Here was the solution I found:

E_LIC_ALREADY_FULFILLED_BY_ANOTHER_USER'. What should I do?
You’ll get this error message if you try to download an Adobe eBook on a computer or device after having downloaded the eBook once using anonymous activation or different Adobe ID. To download a single Adobe eBook on multiple computers and devices, each computer or device must be activated using the same Adobe ID.
To activate Adobe Digital Editions using an Adobe ID:
1. Open Adobe Digital Editions.
2. Select Library > Authorize Computer…. The 'Authorize Computer' dialog box is displayed.
3. Under 'eBook Options', enter your Adobe ID (email address) and password. If needed, get an Adobe ID.
4. Click 'Activate'.
5. Click 'Finish' to close the 'Setup Assistant' dialog box. Adobe Digital Editions is activated using an Adobe ID. Repeat this process on each computer on which you intend to download Adobe eBooks.
Note that if you activate Adobe Digital Editions with an Adobe ID which has already been used to activate Adobe Digital Editions on another computer, any DRM-protected Adobe eBooks downloaded before activating with the Adobe ID will no longer work.
If the subsequent download of an Adobe eBook is attempted on a computer that has been activated using a different Adobe ID, DRM-restrictions will make the title incompatible with the second computer.

-Lyndsey, LUV Coordinator

LUV Bookmarks

2013-01-30T18:20:00.002-05:00

We've got a couple of big boxes of glossy Listen Up Vermont bookmarks at the Rockingham Library in Bellows Falls. Want some? We can sneak a few into our outgoing ILLs to GMLC libraries, or you can send a check made out to the US Postal Service for $5.80 and we will fill up a flat rate USPS mailing box for your library.

Here's the address if you're sending a check for $5.80 made out to USPS:
Rockingham Free Public Library
Attn: Ed or Ellen
65 Westminster St
Bellows Falls, VT 05701

Thanks!

Printable Handouts for using Apps, Kindle, USB transfer

2013-01-07T15:41:00.002-05:00

Ed Graves at Rockingham Free Library is sharing his materials on how to use Overdrive etc...

For the GMLC blog, please share with GMLC members, its OK to post the link to my dropbox.

I adapted these instructions from Susanna Kahn at the Charlotte Library and Lyndsey Runyan at Rutland Free.
They are word docs, feel free to swap out Rockingham's logo.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/w1zr5v29pxa690h/BDmeh_j6-_

OverDrive Holiday eBook Device Training

2012-12-07T12:53:00.005-05:00

Join an Overdrive Device Training to get prepared for the eReader Holiday rush!

Overdrive Class today RESCHEDULED!

2012-11-27T13:19:00.001-05:00

The new member Overdrive Class has been rescheduled to Thursday, Nov. 29 at 12:00 (noon) Eastern.
All Green Mountain Library Consortium Members are welcome to attend!

The updated details are below:

Mark your calendar! OverDrive training for Green Mountain Library Consortium.

OverDrive’s Training Team invites you to learn more about your download service from OverDrive. A class has been scheduled for your group, and the details are outlined below. Our expert trainers will answer your questions and provide tips and tricks to help make the most of your ‘Virtual Branch’.

Please plan to attend!

CONFERENCE DETAILS

The following course is scheduled. It will be hosted conveniently via web conference.

Just the Basics: Browse, Check Out, Download

Thursday, November 29 at 12:00 PM Eastern. Access Code: 5736006

Description: Learn how to browse, check out, and download OverDrive media. At the end of this course, staff should feel comfortable answering basic questions about your OverDrive service.

Duration: 1.5 hours.

Who should attend: All staff.

The trainer will be prepared to begin your training at the start time listed in this invite. If you need to reschedule your session, please provide 24 hours notice. If no attendees are present by 15 minutes after the scheduled start time, I will provide you a recording of the session to share with your staff.

Please SAVE this email. It includes complete instructions for attending the conference. No further registration is needed. If you have any questions, please contact:

Heather Valentine-Gold

hvalentine-gold@overdrive.com

_____________________________________________________________________

CONFERENCE SETUP: Please complete all steps below.

The training will be conducted using ReadyTalk, which uses online web sharing and telephone conferencing.

Step 1: Conference testing and setup – At least one day prior to conference

1. Test your computer: Go to http://test.readytalk.com.

· If your computer is setup properly for the conference, you'll see a green circle with a check mark.

· If not, instructions will be provided to install an Adobe Flash Plugin.

2. Internet connection: OverDrive recommends using a hard line Internet connection rather than a wireless connection.

3. Audio connection:

· A speaker phone is recommended for the audio conference.

· If your location wishes to attend but cannot dial in due to limited phone lines, please contact your OverDrive Project Manager for additional information.

· ReadyTalk allows up to 96 locations to call in to each training.

4. Location: For the benefit of others on the call, please choose a quiet location for your training.

Step 2: Web Conference Login – 10 to 15 minutes before the training begins

1. Make a note of the ReadyTalk access code listed in this email for the date and time you are attending (from 'Conference Details').

2. Open your Internet browser and go to: www.readytalk.com.

3. Locate the 'Join a Meeting' box. Enter your access code.

4. Next, Ready Talk will display the 'Participant Registration' screen. Please enter your information as prompted, and our staff will send follow-up information after the call.

Step 3: Audio Conference Login (required for audio) – 5 minutes before the training begins

1. Make a note of the ReadyTalk access code listed in this email for the date and time you are attending (from 'Conference Details').

2. Dial the appropriate number from your touch-tone phone.

Participants within US / Canada: 1.866.740.1260

Other participants outside North America: Look up the International Toll-Free number for your location at http://www.readytalk.com/support. To complete the look-up, enter your ReadyTalk access code.

3. When prompted by the audio conference, enter your ReadyTalk access code.

2013 Membership Agreements

2012-11-15T16:04:00.001-05:00

Its almost the end of 2012! And that means you will be getting a renewal for your membership agreement in December. Just wanted to give your inquiring minds an answer for this common question.

Thanks!

New marc records for ebooks and audiobooks

2012-11-12T15:04:00.000-05:00

New marc records have been uploaded to the box widget (look in the Listen Up Vermont folder).
The new files are November 2012_ebooks.mrc and November 2012_audiobooks.mrc

Just the Basics class: November 27, 1:30 p.m.

2012-11-05T10:49:00.000-05:00

THIS CLASS HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED TO Thursday, Nov. 29 at 12:00 (noon) Eastern.

All members of GMLC/Listen Up! Vermont are welcome to participate in this online class with OverDrive, covering "just the basics." Read on for further information about registering, etc.

Mark your calendar! OverDrive training for Green Mountain Library Consortium.

Please plan to attend!

CONFERENCE DETAILS

The following course is scheduled. It will be hosted conveniently via web conference.

Just the Basics: Browse, Check Out, Download

Thursday, Nov. 29 at 12:00 (noon) Eastern. Access Code: 5736194

Description: Learn how to browse, check out, and download OverDrive media. At the end of this course, staff should feel comfortable answering basic questions about your OverDrive service.

Duration: 1.5 hours.

Who should attend: All staff.

Please SAVE this email. It includes complete instructions for attending the conference. No further registration is needed. If you have any questions, please contact:

Lyndsey Runyan or Judy Russell, Listen Up! Vermont Coordinators: vtaudiobooks@gmail.com

See what other courses OverDrive offers, download presentations, and listen to recordings: http://www.overdrive.com/learningcenter.

__________

CONFERENCE SETUP: Please complete all steps below.

The training will be conducted using ReadyTalk, which uses online web sharing and telephone conferencing.

Step 1: Conference testing and setup – At least one day prior to conference

1. Test your computer: Go to http://test.readytalk.com.

· If your computer is setup properly for the conference, you'll see a green circle with a check mark.
· If not, instructions will be provided to install an Adobe Flash Plugin.

2. Internet connection: OverDrive recommends using a hard line Internet connection rather than a wireless connection.

3. Audio connection:

·         A speaker phone is recommended for the audio conference.
·         If your location wishes to attend but cannot dial in due to limited phone lines, please contact your OverDrive Project Manager for additional information.
·         ReadyTalk allows up to 96 locations to call in to each training.

4. Location: For the benefit of others on the call, please choose a quiet location for your training.

Step 2: Web Conference Login – 10 to 15 minutes before the training begins

1. Make a note of the ReadyTalk access code listed in this email for the date and time you are attending (from 'Conference Details').

2. Open your Internet browser and go to: www.readytalk.com.

3. Locate the 'Join a Meeting' box. Enter your access code.

4. Next, Ready Talk will display the 'Participant Registration' screen. Please enter your information as prompted, and our staff will send follow-up information after the call.

Step 3: Audio Conference Login (required for audio) – 5 minutes before the training begins

1. Make a note of the ReadyTalk access code listed in this email for the date and time you are attending (from 'Conference Details').

2. Dial the appropriate number from your touch-tone phone.

Participants within US / Canada: 1.866.740.1260

Other participants outside North America: Look up the International Toll-Free number for your location at http://www.readytalk.com/support. To complete the look-up, enter your ReadyTalk access code.

3. When prompted by the audio conference, enter your ReadyTalk access code.

Remember to include your OverDrive stats for 2011!

2012-11-04T14:57:00.001-05:00

As you are completing your VT DOL statistics/standards report, don't forget to visit ContentReserve to get your individual library's downloadables statistics.

After logging in to your account, Click on Reports>View Activity Charts. Next, enter in your branch, select the format (select more than one by pressing Ctrl), and the time period (in this case, 01/01/2011 to 12/31/2011), and wait for the magic to happen!

If you haven't done this before, or have misplaced your login information, please email the Listen Up! Coordinators and we'll get you back in business.

Listen Up! Vermont, a service to members of the Green Mountain Library Consortium, currently owns 2,247 audiobook titles (2,726 copies) and 2,071 eBook titles ( 2,416 copies), provides access to another 82 licensed eBook titles, and over 100 Maximum Access (always available) titles.

In 2011, there were 50,988 checkouts by 6,899 unique patrons. (For comparison purposes, we have already lent 67,677 items to date in 2012, to 8,587 unique patrons. We are growing by leaps and bounds!)

OverDrive releases OverDrive Media Console for Windows 8!

2012-10-27T10:58:00.000-04:00

From our friends at OverDrive:

We’re excited to announce the release of OverDrive® Media Console™ v1.0 for Windows® 8.

OMC for Windows 8 supports EPUB eBooks and MP3 Audiobooks.

The audiobook player features player controls, book details, MediaMarkers and Parts on a single, horizontally-scrolling screen. The eBook reader features single or multi-column display depending on the size and orientation of your screen, bookmarks, table of contents, and adjustable font size. Like our other apps, users can find their libraries using the ‘Get Books’ functionality. See screenshots and read more at the Windows Store.

The system requirements are simple – the app will work on computers and devices with Windows 8 installed.

The app is available from:

GMBA Titles on Listen Up! Vermont

2012-10-20T08:23:00.001-04:00

The following 2012-13 GMBA titles are available on Listen Up! Vermont. This represents all that is currently available through OverDrive.

Donnelly - REVOLUTION e-book
Donoghue - ROOM  audio (and available through Max Access)
Fisher - INCARCERON audio
Gray - OSTRICH BOYS   e-book and audio
Katcher - ALMOST PERFECT  e-book and audio
Perkins - ANNA AND THE FRENCH KISS audio
Pierson - BOY WHO COULDN’T SLEEP AND NEVER HAD TO e-book
Priest - BONESHAKER   audio
Roth - DIVERGENT e-book (3 copies of Divergent/Insurgent)

OverDrive’s Mobile Apps for Android and iOS Updated!

2012-10-15T11:50:00.000-04:00

Big news from our friends at OverDrive:

We’re happy to announce the release of OverDrive® Media Console™ v2.6 for Android™ and iOS (iPhone® / iPad® / iPod touch®).

With this release we’re bringing the OverDrive-powered website browsing experience inside the app. Now that the browser is part of the app users will be able to open the website directly from the app.

Other updates include…

Audiobook player redesigned in both OMC for Android and OMC for iOS.
iPhone 5 support in OMC for iOS.
ActionBar support for OMC for Android in Honeycomb (and newer).
Goodreads added to the sharing options.

We’ve also added analytics to OMC v2.6. OMC for Android and iOS now use Google Analytics to compile anonymous usage data. We’ll use this data to make decisions about the features on which we should focus in future versions of OMC. We do not collect personally identifiable information. Users can opt-out of sending anonymous usage data in the app.

This release also includes bug fixes and performance updates.

The system requirements remain the same. The free apps can be installed on phones and devices running…

Android v2.1 (or newer)
iOS v4.2 (or newer)

The updated app is available from:

Amazon App Store for Android
Now available for Kindle Fire!
App Store^SM
Google Play
http://www.overdrive.com/software/omc

OverDrive App Comes to NOOK®

2012-10-06T18:15:00.001-04:00

Nook eReaders and tablets now carry the Overdrive Media Console app. For more details, link to the OverDrive Digital Library Blog below.

OverDrive App Comes to NOOK®

An open letter to America’s publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan | American Libraries Magazine

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An open letter to America’s publishers from ALA President Maureen Sullivan | American Libraries Magazine

CHICAGO — The following open letter was released by American Library Association (ALA) President Maureen Sullivan regarding Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin refusal to provide access to their e-books in U.S. libraries.

The open letter states:
It’s a rare thing in a free market when a customer is refused the ability to buy a company’s product and is told its money is “no good here.” Surprisingly, after centuries of enthusiastically supporting publishers’ products, libraries find themselves in just that position with purchasing e-books from three of the largest publishers in the world. Simon & Schuster, Macmillan, and Penguin have been denying access to their e-books for our nation’s 112,000 libraries and roughly 169 million public library users.

Let’s be clear on what this means: If our libraries’ digital bookshelves mirrored the New York Times fiction best-seller list, we would be missing half of our collection any given week due to these publishers’ policies. The popular “Bared to You” and “The Glass Castle” are not available in libraries because libraries cannot purchase them at any price. Today’s teens also will not find the digital copy of Judy Blume’s seminal “Forever,” nor today’s blockbuster “Hunger Games” series.
Not all publishers are following the path of these three publishers. In fact, hundreds of publishers of e-books have embraced the opportunity to create new sales and reach readers through our nation’s libraries. One recent innovation allows library patrons to immediately purchase an e-book if the library doesn’t have a copy or if there is a wait list they would like to avoid. This offers a win-win relationship for both publishers and library users since recent research from the Pew Internet Project tells us that library users are more than twice as likely to have bought their most recent book as to have borrowed it from a library.

Libraries around the country are developing mobile applications and online discovery systems that make it easier to explore books and authors on the go. Seventy-six percent of public libraries now offer e-books — double the number from only five years ago — and 39 percent of libraries have purchased and circulate e-readers. Public libraries alone spend more than $1.3 billion annually on their collections of print, audio, video, and electronic materials. They are investing not only in access to content and devices, but also in teaching the skills needed to navigate and utilize digital content successfully.

Librarians understand that publishing is not just another industry. It has special and important significance to society. Libraries complement and, in fact, actively support this industry by supporting literacy and seeking to spread an infectious and lifelong love of reading and learning. Library lending encourages patrons to experiment by sampling new authors, topics and genres. This experimentation stimulates the market for books, with the library serving as a de facto discovery, promotion and awareness service for authors and publishers.

Publishers, libraries and other entities have worked together for centuries to sustain a healthy reading ecosystem — celebrating our society’s access to the complete marketplace of ideas. Given the obvious value of libraries to publishers, it simply does not add up that any publisher would continue to lock out libraries. It doesn’t add up for me, it doesn’t add up for ALA’s 60,000 members, and it definitely doesn’t add up for the millions of people who use our libraries every month.
America’s libraries have always served as the “people’s university” by providing access to reading materials and educational opportunity for the millions who want to read and learn but cannot afford to buy the books they need. Librarians have a particular concern for vulnerable populations that may not have any other access to books and electronic content, including individuals and families who are homebound or low-income. To deny these library users access to e-books that are available to others — and which libraries are eager to purchase on their behalf — is discriminatory.

We have met and talked sincerely with many of these publishers. We have sought common ground by exploring new business models and library lending practices. But these conversations only matter if they are followed by action: Simon & Schuster must sell to libraries. Macmillan must implement its proposed pilot. Penguin must accelerate and expand its pilots beyond two urban New York libraries.
We librarians cannot stand by and do nothing while some publishers deepen the digital divide. We cannot wait passively while some publishers deny access to our cultural record. We must speak out on behalf of today’s — and tomorrow’s — readers.The library community demands meaningful change and creative solutions that serve libraries and our readers who rightfully expect the same access to e-books as they have to printed books.

So, which side will you be on? Will you join us in a future of liberating literature for all? Libraries stand with readers, thinkers, writers, dreamers and inventors. Books and knowledge — in all their forms — are essential. Access to them must not be denied.www.ala.org

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