1. 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

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

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

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

5. Where Is iCONN?  iconn.org 5

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

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8. Downloadable Audio Books 8

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

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

11. Usage Statistics  Generated monthly by iCONN  Circulation stats by title  Holds stats by title  http://is.gd/irRR2 11

12. Aug. 2012 – Feb. 2013 MonthCheckoutsHolds Average Checkouts Per Day Average Holds Per Day August57315218.484.90 September43913014.164.19 November46211015.403.67 December48914815.774.77 January64621520.846.94 February57815920.645.68 12

13. Link in iCONN 13

14. Using the Service  Link: http://iconnct.oneclickdigital.com/  Search  Check out – Requires valid CT public library card number  Place holds  Download  Play  Transfer 14

15. 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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17. More Information & Help  http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/A udioBooksNews.aspx  support@oneclickdigital.com support@oneclickdigital.com 17

18. Keeping Up With iCONN  iCONN discussion list: http://lists.auto- graphics.com/mailman/listinfo/iconn  Forthcoming Web page: http://www.cslib.org/iconnsitemap/staff/Fort hcoming.aspx 18

19. Questions?

20. Thanks for your attention! Eric Hansen iCONN.orgEric.A.Hansen@ct.gov860-704-2224 20

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