Audio Books

The down loadable audio books look great. I had used project Gutenberg previously. I have the Welsh Fairy book by Jenkins saved to my computer as a PDF file but it is not available as an ebook. I ended up buying a second hand copy of the Fairy Book for sentimental reasons. There is something, I think, about holding the book. However, a Welsh Fairy book read in a lovely lilting accent is just as appealing

That being said, down loadable ebooks sound fantastic for libraries. Think of all those incomplete sets, unravelling cassettes and scratched Cd's we have to manage. The idea of simply transferring files and having the file expire on a certain date sounds magical. Similarly it would be a great way of making rare books available.Titles such as James Dawson's: The Australian Aborigines : the languages and customs of several tribes of Aborigines in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, that we have in our restricted collections. Or titles such as Margaret Kiddle's, Men of Yesterday. A number of the Kiddle copies have a deletion pending status on them. I know they are awaiting repair. It would be good to make them available as an ebook to avoid future damage, although a computer generated voice does not appeal to me. For the serious researcher I suspect a PDF file would be more useful and when the quality of computer generated voices improves those old books that are out of print would be great to listen to, as well.

Well, I think I have just finished the course. Thanks once again. I have really learned a great deal.