[Publib] audiobooks question

[Sandy Schmitz]

We have both CD and MP3-CD audiobooks at our central library. Other than cost, the major advantage for us is space. MP3-CDs take up less shelf space per title than CD audiobooks do.
 
Our collections librarian and I just ran circulation statistics for those two collections for July08-June09. Our MP3-CD audiobooks circulated an average of 5.4 times per title during that period, versus an average of 10.1 circs per title for CD audiobooks. 
 
We buy a very small percentage of titles in both formats (primarily classics) and have received few, if any, requests for us to buy a title in one format that we already own in the other format. 
 
Sandy Schmitz
Audiobook Selector/Cataloguer
Berkeley Public Library
2090 Kittredge Street
Berkeley CA 94704
(510) 981-6165

--- On Wed, 7/29/09, Joshua J. Carlson <jcarlson at midyork.org> wrote:


From: Joshua J. Carlson <jcarlson at midyork.org>
Subject: [Publib] audiobooks question
To: publib at webjunction.org
Date: Wednesday, July 29, 2009, 8:15 AM








Are there any benefits/negatives to MP3-CD over traditional CD audiobooks (other than they are much cheaper)?
Thanks.
 
 

 
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