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Audio Book Month

June 28, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Playaways in the Library: A Story in Your Pocket

  My library system recently got funding to invest in a starter collection of Playaways. Trying to maximize the most of our funds, we opted for the Playaways rather than the Playaway views (which I have to admit are awesome- I’ve played with them at ALA Midwinter, so if you’re going to ALA Annual go […]

June 14, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

Friday Finds – June 14, 2013

The Friday Finds is your spot for a summary of topics we’ve covered this week. We will have a list of things you may have missed here on TLT, as well as an item or two from the archives you may want to revisit. Each week’s recap will conclude with some links to interesting reading […]

June 13, 2013 by Karen Jensen, MLS

5 Audio Books My Tween Says You Should Listen To Right Now

If you follow me on Twitter (@tlt16), you know that the Tween and I are now audio book obsessed.  Even if we are just in the car for a five minute drive she asks me to turn on whatever book we are currently listening to.  We have gotten home and sat in the car for […]

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I want to shed some light on what it takes to create an audio book production from a narrator’s first hand perspective and also examine what makes an audio book character come to life. When I audition for a prospective audio book production, I choose a project that has a story that needs to not […]

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