Blind Chance: David Faucheux's Audio Web Log
Friday, August 06, 2004
Thursday, August 05, 2004
Willa Cather audio chatcast Aug. 24
From Tom Peters--on an audio chatcast sponsored by the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center:
When you click on the MITBC's audio chat page, you'll download a small, safe program if you haven't participated in a chat before. You'l also need a computer with a sound card, as a well as microphone if you want to ask questions by voice rather than keyboard.Tuesday, August 24, 2004 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Central Daylight Time:
The Meting of the Minds Online Book Discussion Group will be discussing the novel My Antonia by Willa Cather. A lawyer recalls his Nebraska boyhood and the girl who was a strong influence on his life in this novel about pioneering conditions and the assimilation of the immigrant. (RC 13491 and BR 11320) (2 cassettes). For your information, various digital versions of the novel are available at Blackmask.com. An online version in HTML format also is available from the Willa Cather Pioneer Memorial in Red Cloud, Nebraska. An online scholarly edition is available from the University of Nebraska at Lincoln.
For more details on Willa Cather, see My Antonia chatcast is a 'must' for Gatsby lovers--and the Cather book is free online--a post in the TeleRead Web log. Elsewhere you can even hear a sound recording of Cather. While the audio quality is not the best, she is understandable in most places.
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Tuesday, August 03, 2004
Sunday, August 01, 2004
Audiobook and e-book expo features top experts
Audiobook and E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content will be held Friday, October 29 in East Peoria, Illinois.
It will "explore where the library field has been and where it is going in the area of audiobooks for everyone--adults, children, the visually impaired, the learning disabled, and more. Experts will share the latest in web-based ebook management systems, handheld players, and collaborative projects.
"Keynote speakers include: Tom Peters of TAP Information Services, Steve Potash, CEO of Overdrive, Inc., Jenny Levine of the Shifted Librarian and the Suburban Library System, and Judy Dixon from NLS. Other speakers include Jane Chamberlain, Adult Services Manager at the Bloomington Public Library, Sharon Ruda, Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Services, and Diana Sussman of Southern Illinois Talking Book Center. There will also be time for exhibits and ideas!"
Sponsors are The Alliance Library System and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center. Cost is $25. For more details, reach Lori Bell, 1-800-426-0709, ext. 2128.
