Transcript Listening to the Future of Reading: Audiobooks

Listening to the Future of
Reading:
Audiobooks and Readers’
Advisory
Jessica E. Moyer, M.S., C.A.S.
University of Minnesota, Twin-Cities
[email protected]
Wisconsinc Association of Public Libraries Conference
Saving Our Stories: May 8, 2009
Welcome
 Appeal of audiobooks
 Research about audiobooks
 RA for listeners
 Reviewing and evaluating audio productions
 Popular narrators and collection development
 Additional resources online at:
http://jessicaemilymoyer.pbwiki.com/RAndAudiobook
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Appeal and Vocabulary
From the Audiofile Lexicon by Mary Burkey
 Full Cast, Partially Voiced,
Fully Voiced,
Dramatization, Unvoiced,
Multi-Voiced
 Narrator/Voice Actor
 Narrator Match
 Unabridged and Abridged
 Audio Original
 Accents
 Musical cues or tags,
Incidental Music
 Digital/Downloadable
audio
 DRM
 CD, MP3 CD, MP3
Player (ipod), Cassette
Research
 Comprehension skills continue to develop
 Listening comprehension
 Struggling readers
 Print plus audio
 Professional narration enhances the text and
comprehension
 Just as good as “real” books
 Reading and listening time should be equal
Listeners’ Advisory
 All the appeals and tools of readers’ advisory
 PLUS narrator and production
 Narrator can override other appeals
 Listeners may often prefer genres or appeals in their
audio that are different from their print reading
 Format and time constraints must be addressed
 Sex, language, violence all can come across stronger in
audio as they cannot be “skimmed over”
Evaluation
 Review the jacket, cover blurb, and length
 Start listening and take notes on narrator, pace,
performance, and accents
 Technical issues and production quality
 Consider the entire audiobook
 Write up your review or annotation
 See How to Listen to a Book in 30 Minutes at
http://jessicaemilymoyer.pbwiki.com/Listen-to-a-bookin-30-minutes
Popular Narrators
 Barbara
Rosenblat
 Gerald Doyle
 George Guidall
 Davina Porter
 Simon Vance
 Audiofile Golden
Voice Award
 Dick Hill
 Scott Brick
 Jim Dale
 Booklist “Voice
of Choice”
Collection Development
 Interfiling formats
 Review sources
 Publishers
 Traditional formats
 Digital or Downloadable Audio
 Playaway
Thank you!
 Audiobooks are fun and good for you
 They are just as good as reading a “real” book
 Listening comprehension is an important skill for all
ages to develop and practice
 The best advisors are listeners
 Regardless of format, audiobooks deserve a place in all
library collections and must be part of readers’ advisory
transactions