[Discovery_PVE_Comm] For Feb. meeting: Local Resource Type for audiobooks?

[Gibson, Jessica]

Hi, all,
In response to my announcement last week about the audio/video Local Resource Types project being completed, I received a reply from a member library inquiring if it would be possible to create a Local Resource Type for audiobooks that I am passing along for discussion:

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I was looking over the email you sent about the New I-Share Consortia Resource types and have a suggestion.

We had a question from a student about an easy way to find audiobooks in Primo. My suggestion was to use the resource type Audio to locate them, but it isn't as neat as looking for an Audio CD because "Audio" is more of a blanket term that covers a bunch of different Audio resource types including both CDs and streaming audio. We can drill down to CDs, but not to just streaming audio, and that is what the student wanted.

I wondered if we could get one for streaming audio that is spoken word (aka Audiobooks).

I think the Streaming Audiobook resource type could be built on these codes: LDR/06 = i and 007=sz

Would that be possible?

I noticed that we have a new EBSCO ebook collection from the State and there are some audiobooks in there, so I think this would be really helpful consortium wide.
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We will put this on the agenda for the February meeting! Feel free to talk to catalogers at your own libraries, and we can always consult with the Technical Services Committee as well, if needed.

thanks,
-Jessica

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Jessica Gibson
Consortium of Academic and Research Libraries in Illinois (CARLI)

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