[CASL-L] digital audio books

[Beecher, Louise]

Project Guttenberg has audio versions of books in the public domain. Here is the link.

http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1

Librivox is another great one.

https://archive.org/details/librivoxaudio


But again, if you find a free version of a book published in living memory - whether in print or in audio - it is almost certainly pirated.

Louise Beecher
Librarian

"A democratic society depends upon an informed and educated citizenry."

Thomas Jefferson

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From: CASL-L [casl-l-bounces at mylist.net] on behalf of Barbara Johnson [bajohnson at colchesterct.org]
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2014 10:06 AM
To: Rocca, Jennifer
Cc: Sue Lantelme; casl-l at mylist.net
Subject: Re: [CASL-L] digital audio books

I found https://librivox.org/...

Anyone use it?

On Fri, Dec 12, 2014 at 10:01 AM, Rocca, Jennifer <roccaj at brookfieldps.org<mailto:roccaj at brookfieldps.org>> wrote:
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<mailto: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<mailto: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

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