[CASL-L] digital audio books

[Rocca, Jennifer]

You can't record your own audiobooks.  Unless they are in the public
domain, the publisher or author holds the rights to creating audio versions
of the texts.  I don't know who created the YouTube channel you linked to
or what authority they have - but my suspicion is that it is not a legal
source of audio books.  It requires more investigation to be sure.

Convincing teachers of that is a whole other story.



On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 9:05 AM, Barbara Johnson <bajohnson at colchesterct.org
> wrote:
>
> What if you created your own Audio Books... could you record one of your
> students, (maybe just audio) put the recording on schooltube or youtube,
> and put the link in the MARC record for the book...  then they belong to
> you??
>
> Also, iConn.org has a large selection of audio books available... you
> could also include these in your resources...
>
> Barbara Johnson
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 8:25 AM, Sue Lantelme <SLantelme at ledyard.net>
> wrote:
>
>>   I'm writing seeking knowledge of the free digital audio book world.
>>
>> Some of our English teachers are accessing 'free' digital audio books.
>> Mostly from the Youtube channel and they seem to have been up(down?)loaded
>> in the last couple of months. Unless these books are public domain, they're
>> pirated, right? For example, a teacher asked for access to *To Kill a
>> Mockingbird*, said they had accessed the audiobook, *Night *for free
>> online earlier in the year.  I googled, and sure enough, here is * To
>> Kill a Mockingbird*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zChebba40r8
>>
>> I feel as though I just came through black hole & missed the last couple
>> of decades (*Interstellar). *​I've spent budget monies on digital audio
>> which is now free(?) Also, the access is so much easier than our purchased
>> digital copies. Search for the title audio book, click the play button &
>> there are all the chapters, and full audio version, and simultaneous use!
>>
>>
>>  What are you providing for curriculum digital audio books?
>>
>>
>>  Sue Lantelme
>>
>> MLS, Ledyard High School Librarian
>>
>> slantelme at ledyard.net
>>
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>>
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>>
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