Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons™
Open Access. Powered by Scholars. Published by Universities.®
Articles 1 - 3 of 3
Full-Text Articles in Social and Behavioral Sciences
Cavm 5.5 An Rda Companion, Robert L. Bothmann
Cavm 5.5 An Rda Companion, Robert L. Bothmann
OLAC Research Grant
Research results of the OLAC Research Grant awarded in 2012, presented at the 2014 OLAC Conference, 26 October 2014, Kansas City, Missouri.
Describing Reproductions: A Series Of Decisions, Kevin Furniss, Morag Boyd
Describing Reproductions: A Series Of Decisions, Kevin Furniss, Morag Boyd
OLAC Research Grant
Research results of the OLAC Research Grant awarded in 2008, presented at the 2010 OLAC Conference held on October 14-17 in Macon, Georgia.
Guide To Cataloging Playaway Devices Based On Aacr2 Chapters 6 And 9, Heidi Frank, Bill Anderson, Joe Bartl, Robert B. Freeborn, Jay Weitz
Guide To Cataloging Playaway Devices Based On Aacr2 Chapters 6 And 9, Heidi Frank, Bill Anderson, Joe Bartl, Robert B. Freeborn, Jay Weitz
OLAC Publications and Training Materials
Playaway devices were developed in 2005 by Findaway World LLC. (http://store.playawaydigital.com/). A Playaway is described as a “self-playing digital audio book” and is a device that contains a pre-loaded audio file in a proprietary format called ACELP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_Code_Excited_Linear_Prediction). The device requires one AAA battery and a set of earphones for playback and listening. Playaways contain almost exclusively spoken word recordings, but some musical content is available as well. According to the distributor, the focus of Playaways will remain audiobooks. Given the nature of a Playaway device, these materials include aspects of both sound recordings and electronic resources. They should be …