Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

[Matthews, Charlie]

We circulate language learning software on USB drives from Transparent
Language that are available from Recorded Books.  See:
http://recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=rb.transparent .  The
application only works when the thumbdrive is connected, and leaves a
bookmark so that I that the borrower can always pick up they left off.

 

 

Charlie Matthews 
Music Art Media Librarian 
Nashua Public Library 
2 Court Street 
Nashua, NH 03060-3475 
603-589-4607 



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[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James
(jmb4aw)
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2011 1:41 PM
To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu
Subject: Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

 

One more quesion about this, is anyone using any kind of downloadable
language material rather then physical audio CDs?  Is this something
that's handled through another department at your institution?

 

(Kim, thanks again for the heads up on the Playaways.  I'm looking into
them.)


Cheers,

 

Matt

 



 

Matt Ball
Media and Collections Librarian
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA  22904
mattb...@virginia.edu   | 434-924-3812

 



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[videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] on behalf of Ball, James (jmb4aw)
[jmb...@eservices.virginia.edu]
Sent: Friday, June 03, 2011 3:37 PM
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Subject: Re: [Videolib] Foreign language materials

Thanks everyone for your feedback so far, it's very helpful.  

 

Winifred, you mentioned no recalls or renewals online, but do you allow
renewals by phone or in person?  Also, even if there are no recalls, do
you allow holds?

 

Cheers,

 

Matt


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Matt Ball

Media and Collections Librarian

University of Virginia

mattb...@virginia.edu

434-924-3812


On Jun 3, 2011, at 2:14 PM, "Metz, Winifred F" 
wrote:

Hi Matt 

We circulate foreign language learning CDs, too.  We have a
pretty wide variety
(http://www.lib.unc.edu/house/mrc/pages/collection/language.html) and it
is an extremely  popular service.We loan them out as kits (so, if
Pimsleur Arabic has 8 discs, they all go out together) for 30 days at a
time.  Like our other media materials, they cannot be recalled or
renewed online.  As with Kim's collection - these are held with all of
our Media Center materials in our closed stacks.  

We've had this collection for about 7 years - and it remains
highly used.

 

Winifred Fordham Metz
Media Librarian & Head, Media Resources Center
Undergraduate Library
CB#3942
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
fred...@email.unc.edu
919.962.4099

 

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

 

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[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
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[Videolib] Rosetta Stone Language Programs

[Matthews, Charlie]

Farhad,

 

Transparent Language offers excellent multimedia language learning
software stored on a USB drive.  The drive must be inserted in the
patron's computer for the application to work.  The products are
distributed through Recorded Books.  See:
http://www.transparent.com/libraries/circulating-programs.html for
details.

 

 

Charlie Matthews 
Music Art Media Librarian 
Nashua Public Library 
2 Court Street 
Nashua, NH 03060-3475 
603-589-4607 
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Farhad
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Subject: [SPAM] - [Videolib] Rosetta Stone Language Programs - Email
found in subject

 

We have several faculty members who are asking the library to get
Rosetta Stone language CD-ROMs. We are not sure if this is possible
because of copyright law since it has to be installed on computers and
patrons have to log-in. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Thanks.

 

Farhad Moshiri

Audiovisual Librarian

University of the Incarnate Word

San Antonio, TX

 



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