"Library users today are much more
technologically sophisticated than ever; our aim is to continue to provide
our users with free access to materials in whichever format they prefer.

A Wealth of Electronic Resources

The launch of digital audio book circulation follows last year's highly
successful launch of more than 3,000 e-book titles for circulation on
laptops and PDAs.org/press

Libraries which include music, theater, or literary arts will also be included in this category.

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Wilson was the
co-founder of that organization .org. To access the OCLN eAudio Collection
please visit a member library or http://eaudiocatalog.

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" Users
may listen to digital audio books via computer or laptop; burn to CD for
playing in the car or on stereo; or transfer to many portable devices,
including Windows Media-compatible MP3 players .com. After 14 days the digital audiobooks are automatically
returned to the system and made available to others.org/about.

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The results: known as the "Fine Books 50," will be featured
in the March/April 2005 edition of the magazine.
Topping last year's sales was the Macclesfield Psalter, an English
illuminated manuscript from the 14th century, at $3. "It is
worth noting that the biggest story of the 2004 auction season was
Sotheby's sale of Picasso's painting, Boy with a Pipe, for $104
million . For
example, some titles include "The Worst Case Scenario Handbook," "Pride and
Prejudice," "101 Secrets of Highly Effective Speakers," "Dan Barry Hits
Below the Beltway," and "Dr. E-books have been borrowed more than 23,000 times since
the program's 2004 launch, making The New York Public Library system by far
the largest circulating collection of e-books in the country. Slater added .

This category is for the web sites of libraries that specialize in the visual and performing arts, architecture , and visual design.

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DURHAM, N. On the
subway or in the sun, users can listen to a wide range of fiction and
nonfiction books on portable devices, CD players, or via their PCs and
laptops.nypl.org/

More information about OCLN can be found at http://ocln.

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And if the requested title isn't immediately available, users can place a
hold on it and will receive email notification when it becomes available. Libraries must provide these
services to keep current with user expectations. OCLN selected OverDrive
based on the quality of the titles offered and the ease of use for the
library patron," Mr.

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In addition,
the Library currently offers 70 full-text , searchable databases of
reference works and more than 10,000 periodicals, an astonishing array of
e-resources that is available to Library cardholders 24-hours a day.

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Listeners of all ages can choose from a selection of 700 titles in fiction,
narrative nonfiction, business, biography, self-help, and language
instruction. Phil's Get Real. "The most downloaded include 'The Deepest Water,'
'Sideways,' '1984' and Jane Austen's 'Pride and Prejudice,'" said David
Slater, Executive Director of the Old Colony Library Network. "Downloadable audio is commonly available throughout the web
with such services as iTunes and emusic.

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OCLN membership includes 26
town and city libraries and 2 academic libraries. The OCLN Member
Libraries join hundreds of other public libraries across the country,
including New York Public Library, Boston Public Library, and Seattle
Public Library making download audiobooks available to their patrons.

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Borrowing Made Easy-No Late Fees!

To borrow digital audio books from the OCLN eAudio Collection, users browse
the selection of popular titles which range from romance, fiction, and
classics to business, technology, biography, and language instruction.

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Twentieth century authors with household names garnered remarkably
high prices .

PRESS RELEASE Kafka or Clancy for Your Headphones: The NY Public Library Offers Digital Audio Books for MP3 Players and Computers

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"We are delighted to announce the availability of downloadable audio books
as part of our circulating collection," said Susan Kent, Director and Chief
Executive of The Branch Libraries.
Additional information about OverDrive is available at
http://www.

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On June 13, The New York Public Library will
launch a digital audio book collection allowing cardholders to download
audiobooks from the Internet, 24 hours a day and 7 days a week.
The Old Colony Library Network recently
launched a digital audio book service allowing library cardholders to
download audiobooks from the library's website, 24/7.ocln.

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The full list of 296
books and manuscripts that sold for more than $100,000 will be
available on the magazine's web site at www.nypl.

PRESS RELEASE Grant Money Brings Download Audiobook Service to Library Patrons in 26 Massachusetts Communities

If a title is not
immediately available, users can place a hold and will receive an email
notification when it is available.

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Collections magazine has released its annual ranking of the
top-selling rare books and manuscripts of 2004 at auction houses
worldwide. To
receive a PDF of the complete story and listing of 296 items, email
Scott Brown at "scott@finebooksmagazine."

Borrowing Made Easy

In order to borrow digital audio books, users will browse or search the
initial selection of 700 popular titles, ranging from romance fiction and
classics to business , technology, biography, and language instruction.

However, Arts/Music/Resources/Music_Libraries is where libraries specializing in music belong.

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Fine Books + Collections serves the book-collecting market. Digital audio books
circulate for 21 days and are available for free Internet downloading
24-hours a day through the Library's website: http://ebooks. Up to ten digital audio books -- or a combined total of ten e-books
and digital audio books -- may be on loan at one time.

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Available titles range from recent bestsellers such as "The
9/11 Commission Report" and "The Jane Austen Book Club" to classics such as
Emily Bront's "Wuthering Heights" and Herman Melville's "Moby Dick., a leader in
managing distribution of digitized content utilizing digital rights
management technology (DRM) to publishers, retailers, and libraries.ocln.html.

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Coming
in second at $1,576,000 was William "Bill" Wilson's hand-corrected
manuscript of Alcoholics Anonymous's Big Book. Books by Joyce , Hemingway, and Fitzgerald sold for more
than a 12th century manuscript by the Venerable Bede, which fetched a
"mere" $123,000.com

The eAudio catalog can
be accessed at http://eaudiocatalog . OCLN
received a grant from the SouthEastern Massachusetts Library System (SEMLS)
to pay for the first year costs of the service.

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The Old Colony Library Network (OCLN) is a cooperative of 28 libraries
located on the South Shore of Massachusetts.

Old Colony eAudio CollectionOverDrive - DLR

Patrons can browse the collection that includes New York Times bestselling
fiction, business, nonfiction , self-improvement and foreign language
learning audio.
Check-out is fast and easy: OCLN cardholders enter in their library card
number and PIN.

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1 million." Check-out is fast and easy:
NYPL cardholders simply enter in their existing card number and a 4-digit
PIN. After 21 days, the
materials are automatically checked in and made available for other users.

As an integral part of the community , OCLN seeks to expand its services to
its patrons.

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CORRECTED: Fine Books + Collections: $65 Million in Books; Fine Books + Collections Ranks 2004 Auction Results for Book Collectors

com on
March 1, 2005. It is sobering to think that you could have bought all 296
book items we describe and still had $40 million to spare.overdrive.

This release can be downloaded at http://www. In the car , at work
or on a jog, users can listen to the audiobooks on their PCs, laptops, CD
players, or transfer to supported WMA/MP3 players.org.

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While these auction results represent healthy numbers , Brown
points out that rare books are still remarkably affordable.

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Digital audio books have been licensed through OverDrive, Inc.