http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/11 A blog about free access to ideas and information Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/11#comment-1589 Nicole C. Engard Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:13:45 +0000 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/11#comment-1589 The question is - why do librarians pay for services like OverDrive if there are "scads" of freely available options out there? The question is - why do librarians pay for services like OverDrive if there are “scads” of freely available options out there?

]]> http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/11#comment-1588 Paul Adasiak Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:00:47 +0000 http://blogs.liblime.com/open-sesame/archives/11#comment-1588 When I wrote to you, I'd completely blanked out on the fact that there are already <em>scads</em> of free audiobooks available. The nice folks at <a href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/" rel="nofollow">ResourceShelf</a> posted last October on "<a href="http://www.resourceshelf.com/2007/10/11/resources-of-the-week-audio-books-for-free/" rel="nofollow">Audio Books for Free</a>" -- with over a dozen sources for free, online audiobooks. I do not know which of these are free not only as in "free beer" but also as in "free speech", but doubtless <em>some</em> of them must push platform-independent formats. When I wrote to you, I’d completely blanked out on the fact that there are already scads of free audiobooks available. The nice folks at ResourceShelf posted last October on “Audio Books for Free” — with over a dozen sources for free, online audiobooks. I do not know which of these are free not only as in “free beer” but also as in “free speech”, but doubtless some of them must push platform-independent formats.

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