tag:dianabrown54.blog.co.uk,2009-11-09:/MokoFeed2009-11-09T11:15:41+01:00tag:dianabrown54.blog.co.uk,2007-09-13:/2007/09/13/sites_to_download_free_audio~2971194/Dianabrown542007-09-13T03:43:50+02:002007-09-13T03:43:50+02:00 <p> These are a few sites that make audio books available in mp3 format freely available. They are works that are in the public domain (out of copyright). </p> <p>Librivox<br> <a href="http://librivox.org">http://librivox.org</a></p> <p>Project Gutenberg<br> <a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:About">www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:About</a></p> <p>Literal Sytems<br> //literalsytems.org/abooks/index.php</p> <p>Internet Archive<br> <a href="http://www.archive.org">www.archive.org</a> </p> <p> <small> <a href="http://dianabrown54.blog.co.uk/2007/09/13/sites_to_download_free_audio~2971194/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>tag:dianabrown54.blog.co.uk,2007-09-13:/2007/09/13/setting_up_a_site~2971036/Dianabrown542007-09-13T01:48:45+02:002007-09-13T03:36:15+02:00 <p> <ul> <li><u>Points to think about<br></u><br>Who are you trying to reach?</p> <p>What are the key messages you want to send?</p> <p>What is the purpose? May be different things for each of you</p> <p><u>Content and scope of blog</p> <p></u>What are the key messages that you want to convey? Are you trying to promote awareness of services and new resources to draw people into the library or use remotely? </p> <p>Are you trying to serve avid readers better by targeted book news and information?</p> <p>Are you looking for a way to be more interactive with certain groups in the community, such as the youth, who might participate on line but not face to face/</p> <p><em>Quality is an essential ingredient</em></p> <p>Some features to think of:<br> </li> <li>Archives - daily, monthly. Will there be a lot of entries that will be archived daily?</li> <li>Categories - de we need categories? will readers want to browse by broad topic areas?</li> <li>Search - will visitors want to or need to search?</li> <li>Community tools - do you want content to be posted directly by others or should it be scanned for quality first? Do you want readers to leave comments and should they be sscanned first/</li> <li>RSS availability to Waverley homepage</li> <li>Design - uniform, smart ....</li> <li> Links to other sites</li> </ul> <p>         Promote library events and programs. RSS feed for this?</p> <p>         Many library visitirs want to know about new items that have been added - <br>         newsletter both hard copy and for the blog?</p> <p>                                         We need to be inspired, dedicated and motivated</p> <p> <small> <a href="http://dianabrown54.blog.co.uk/2007/09/13/setting_up_a_site~2971036/#comments">Comments</a> </small> </p>