Reminder: Audio E-Book Expo Wednesday 9/28

[Brian]

Online Programming for All Libraries (OPAL) will be hosting the online conference portion of the Second Annual Audio EBook Expo on Wednesday, September 28, 2005 beginning at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time, 9:00 a.m. Central, 8:00 a.m. Mountain, 7:00 a.m. Pacific, and 2:00 p.m. GMT. This online public event is free and open to all library users worldwide.

The Alliance Library System, the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center, and the Illinois State Library Talking Book and Braille Service are pleased to announce the second annual Audio Ebook Expo! The Expo will be held at Alliance headquarters in East Peoria and as an online conference. Speakers and participants will explore all the exciting new formats for ebooks and audio books which create a personal and customized reading experience for all those who have trouble with regular print because of visual, physical, or learning disabilities. Books in these new formats also benefit and make reading more fun for children and adults who have trouble reading, who are learning English as a second language, or who just want to listen to audio books for entertainment.

For more information including other upcoming events, visit the OPAL website here.

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[Alexander Turcic]

I'm online now, it starts in 30mins. I'll try to watch:

- 9:00: Intro
- 9:15: Overview - Audiobooks and Libraries
- 11:15: The Magic of Multimedia: Beyond the Text Project
- 14:30: Devices for Audiobooks