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October 4, 2006
Our New Digital Media Format
Presenting, drum roll please... the debut of Playaways! They look like cassette tapes with headphones, but they're actually mp3 players that come preloaded with books on them. If you enjoy listening to your books, this may be the easiest format yet. We have around 20 titles at the moment, with many more to come in the near future. You can check our catalog to see what we own by doing a keyword (or simple boolean) search and entering the word "playaways" in the search box. Don't limit your search to Roslyn, but leave it at the default of "View Entire Collection." You'll see that we have fiction (unabridged), as well as non-fiction titles. You can check them out, renew and even reserve them, if you like. There is a Playaways display by the new dvds. The display features my very own, family dog -- our stuffed German Shepherd, Norman. He looks very handsome up there -- he's wearing headphones and listening to The Da Vinci Code!
We are proud to be the very first library in Nassau County to offer Playaways, thanks to the diligence of our A-V librarian, Kathy, we are always ahead of the curve! Aside from it looking incredibly easy to use, convenient and portable, it also has one feature that cracked me up -- you can slow down or speed up the reader's voice. Do you think they listen more slowly down south, and speed it up in New York? What a funny concept!
Posted by Michele at October 4, 2006 12:57 PM
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