- 5,425 titles in their master collection as of 2/6/06
- Most titles are unabridged
- They use a wide variety of publishers and suppliers
- Each audiobook is divided into parts
- Each part fits onto one CD
- OverDrive Media Console (OMC): free software for enhanced playback on a computer
- Great administrative module
- Variable speed playback when using OverDrive Media Console
- Copy-protected WMA files
- Media markers enable non-linear navigation
- Library or library group can set the circulation period and the number of audiobooks an individual users can check out
- Provides integration with ILS
- OMC asks the users if expired content should be deleted from user’s hard drive
- With the Maximum Access plan, up to 10 percent of the titles may be swapped out during the subscription year
- Working on a public access kiosk that would enable patrons in a library to check out and download digital audiobooks directly to their portable playback devices
- Preview snippets accessible from the library’s OPAC
- Usage stats are very useful, and the various reports can be downloaded and pulled into spreadsheets for further manipulation
- Consortial friendly, as long as all member libraries share one collection, one content website, the same circ period, and one set of policies and procedures.
- Adding other types of content, such as classical music, old time radio shows, and motion pictures
- Provides MARC records
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- Expensive
- One copy, one concurrent user is their dominant circulation method, but they do offer a multiple concurrent option for some titles
- Will not play on iPods
- Not all of the content in their master collection can be burned to CD
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