[e-resources] TBLC Group Purchase Opportunities

[Diana Sachs]

Just a reminder about Downloadable Audio Books Available Through Group
Purchase at TBLC

TBLC has an exciting new group purchase opportunity - downloadable audio
books.     Working with OverDrive to offer access to our members, users will
be able to download audio books from their home PCs.   OverDrive carries a
growing collection of popular unabridged audio titles in a variety of
genres.

Patrons can listen via PC/notebook, burn to CD, or transfer audio files to
over 500 devices, including many popular MP3 players. OverDrive supports
both dial-up and broadband users and includes accessibility features for
blind and visually impaired. OverDrive provides free software for audio book
management, listening, transferring, and burning to CD.

OverDrive Audio Books was recently featured in The New York Times and on NBC
Nightly News, and is now being offered by dozens of public libraries across
the nation.  OverDrive offers thousands of popular audio books titles in
digital format that can be downloaded by patrons from their homes, schools,
or offices.

Over 30 leading audio book publishers are now offering their titles as part
of OverDrive's Digital Library Reserve service.  They include best-selling
unabridged fiction, children's titles, and non-fiction from Brilliance
Audio, Blackstone Audiobooks, Books in Motion, Penton Overseas, McGraw-Hill
Audio, and dozens more.

For more on OverDrive and to see a list of other participating libraries,
visit: http://www.dlrinc.com.     To be a participating library, the cost is
$4400.  This cost includes:

·	Integration of titles to your online catalog
·	Chance to be part of selection team
·	Opening collection valued at $12,500

To be part of this group opportunity, complete the purchase order and
library profile form at:
<http://www.tblc.org/technology/eresource.shtml#group> by April 29, 2005 or
contact Diana Sachs, sachsd at tblc.org.

Diana Sachs
Member Services Coordinator
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
813.622.8252 ext 234
sachsd at tblc.org
www.askalibrarian.org