The Joy of Listening to Books CASL/CLC 2013 Mini-Conference March 9, 2013 Eric Hansen & Laurie Averill How to Access Audio Books through iCONN

What Is iCONN?  Part of the Connecticut Education Network  Administered by the Connecticut State Library 2

What Is In iCONN?  Licensed electronic resources searchable separately (databases) or together (Power Search)  Electronic statewide union catalog (reQuest)  Downloadable audio books 3

Who Can Use iCONN?  Any Connecticut student, faculty or resident 4

Where Is iCONN?  iconn.org 5

iCONN Login  IP address recognition for member libraries  User library card barcode number  Guest (“Try This!”) 6

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Downloadable Audio Books 8

PEGPETIA Grant  July 2008 – June 2009  K12 intent  Startup collection and maintenance fee  Held back funds for additional titles  Vendor selected = Ingram 9

Platform Migration  From Ingram to Recorded Books (OneClickdigital) 10

Usage Statistics  Generated monthly by iCONN  Circulation stats by title  Holds stats by title  11

Aug – Feb MonthCheckoutsHolds Average Checkouts Per Day Average Holds Per Day August September November December January February

Link in iCONN 13

Using the Service  Link:  Search  Check out – Requires valid CT public library card number  Place holds  Download  Play  Transfer 14

Wireless access  App from iTunes (requires iTunes account) = OneClickdigital  App from Google Play Store or Android Marketplace = OneClickdigital  App from Amazon for Kindle Fire = OneClickdigital 15

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More Information & Help  udioBooksNews.aspx  17

Keeping Up With iCONN  iCONN discussion list: graphics.com/mailman/listinfo/iconn  Forthcoming Web page: hcoming.aspx 18

Questions?

Thanks for your attention! Eric Hansen 20

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