Ebooks & Digital Audiobooks workshop resources

Resources to accompany the workshops held March 15, 2011:

Ebooks & Digital Audiobooks (morning session, 9:30am - Noon):

Gadget Petting Zoo includes:
· Nook
· Kindle
· Kindle 3G or Kindle DX
· iPad (with OverDrive app)
· iPod Nano
· iPod Touch
· Palm
· Netbook (with Adobe Digital Editions installed for use with OverDrive ebooks)
· Creative MuVo mp3 Player (compatible with OverDrive audio books)
· Creative Zen Video mp3 Player (compatible with OverDrive audio books)
· Flip Video Camera
· Canon PowerShot SD750 Digital Camera
· PlayStation Portable

  • Keetra Baker covered both OverDrive audiobooks & ebooks and NetLibrary ebooks. She demonstrated finding, placing holds, downloading, and transferring digital media onto ebook readers and other mobile devices.
  • Continuing education contact hours: 2.5; CE activity report form for morning session Image
  • OverDrive training sessions online:
  • Library Journal Virtual Ebook Summit
    October 12, 2011
    9 am - 5 pm
    Winnefox plans to purchase a site license so staff may gather at Oshkosh Public Library to attend all or part of this one day conference. 
    Plans are to feature hot-button issues, panels and presentations on ebooks best practices for libraries, and up-to-the-minute information on ebooks and the library market.

Ebook Reader & Gadget Petting Zoo (afternoon session, 1-3:30pm):