Hi
Judith
Braille labelling - there are only 4 suppliers of unabridged audiobooks
in the UK, that I know of....BBC Audiobooks, Ulverscroft, WF Howes, and
Oakhill. Both BBC Audiobooks and Ulverscroft are looking closely at the
servicing they provide, and are asking for feedback on this. I suspect
that this is where you query comes from. My experience in Bath & North
East Somerset suggests that the embossed Dymo-type number labels are popular on
the cassettes, but that Braille labelling is not necessary. The local
blind & partially sighted association only produces 3 copies of its
newsletter in Braille, so there is tiny demand for this. However, it is
not possible to have such labelling on spoken word CDs, and though at present we
have our local barcode written on each CD, this is very expensive for the
suppliers to do, so I am unsure as to what decision we will make on
this.
As to
requests, we always look to see if the item is available in unabridged audiobook
which does not take very long. (Howes & Ulverscroft have online
catalogues, BBC produce an annual list, and Oakhill have only started in the
last year or so). If it is available, we try to buy it; if not we
don't.
We
don't, incidentally buy abridged audiobooks at all. This is partly because
they are quite easily available elsewhere, and also we understand that the
hire charge is VAT-able (as they are 'entertainment' rather than books in a
different format). Unabridged audiobooks are too expensive to the
individual, so we have a strong duty to stock these.
I hope
that this helps.
Thanks
Basil Nankivell
Stock Librarian
Bath Central Library
19 The Podium
Bath
BA1 5AN
01225 787420
Here in Leeds
we're just taking a look at various aspects of our Talking Books service, and
I'd be very grateful for information on how people handle the following 2
matters.. I'll summarise for the list, of course
Braille labelling - how is this done in your authority
(if indeed it is done!)? In-house or by the supplier? Are there any hopes/
plans for this to become a standard part of the actual packaging?
Requests - given the very different
supply conditions for Talking Books, are requests treated in the same way as
requests for printed books? I'm not talking about charging or not charging
here, just asking if you accept requests for any title whether or not it is in
your stock, and whether or not it might even exist in that format!
With thanks,
Judith Rhodes
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