International Association of School Librarians Conference Session: Beyond the Book Resource List

Recommending Resources

IASL Conference August 2008 Mary Burkey & Francisca Goldsmith

Articles:

Beavin, Kristi. "Audiobooks: Four Styles of Narration." Horn Book Magazine Sep. 1996: 566-573.

Beers, Kylene. "Listen While You Read." School Library Journal Apr. 1998: 30.

Burkey, Mary. "Sounds Good to Me: Listening to Audiobooks with a Critical Ear." Booklist 01 June 2007: 104.

Clark, Ruth Cox. "Audiobooks for Children: Is This Really Reading?." Children & Libraries: The Journal of the Association for Library Service to Children Spring 2007: 49-50.

Dowell, Jennifer M. “The Alchemy of Children’s Audio.” AudioFile Apr./May 2001: 18-23.

Fallows, James. "Reading by Ear." Atlantic Monthly Jan. 2001: 16-17.

Goldsmith, Francisca. "Earphone English." School Library Journal May 2002: 50.

Grover, Sharon, and Lizette D. Hannegan. "Not Just for Listening." Book Links May 2005: 16-19.

Harmon, Amy. "Loud, Proud, Unabridged: It Is Too Reading!" New York Times 26 May 2005: G1-G2.

Harris, Karen. "What Makes a Book Narrator?" Booklist 01 Jan. 1998: 833.

Jemtegaard, Kristi Elle. "Audio Poetry: A Call to Words." Horn Book Magazine May 005: 357-364.

Jemtegaard, Kristi. "Readers vs. Listeners." Booklist 01 Apr. 2005: 1399-1399.

Seper, Chris. "To Curl Up With a Good Book, Listen Up." Plain Dealer 23 May 2005: B1.

Kozloff, Sarah. "Audio Books in Visual Culture." Journal of American Culture Winter 1995: 83.

Marchionda, Denise. “A Bridge to Literacy: Creating Lifelong Readers Through Audiobooks.” AudioFile Aug./Sept. 2001: 19-21.

Mediatore, Kaite, and Mary K. Chelton. "Reading with Your Ears." Reference & User Services Quarterly Summer 2003: 318.

Varley, Pamela. "As Good as Reading? Kids and the Audiobook Revolution." Horn Book Magazine May 2002: 251-262.

Wysocki, Barbara. "Louder, Please." School Library Journal Mar. 2005: 10-14.


Online links:

Amazing Audiobooks for Young Adults:

http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/selectedaudio/audiobooks.cfm

The Art & Craft of Narration:

http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/A1267.html

The Audible Art of Poetry:

http://olms.olentangy.k12.oh.us/teachers/mary_burkey/downloads/audible%20art%20of%20poetry.pdf

Audies Award Winners:

http://www.bookreporter.com/features/audie-awards.asp

Audiobooks & Literacy: http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/pdf/serafini.pdf

Audiobook Lexicon:

http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/fea1007.html

Audiobook Reference Guide:

http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/guide_search.cfm

Audiobooks on Satellite Radio: http://www.xmradio.com/onxm/channelpage.xmc?ch=163

BBC’s Streaming Audio: http://www.bbc.co.uk/bbc7/help/whatisbbc7.shtml

Celebrating Excellence in Audiobooks for Children & Young Adults Podcast:

http://plablog.org/2007/06/celebrating-excellence-in-audiobooks-for-children-and-young-adults.html

Creating Lifelong Readers Through Audiobooks: http://www.audiobookshelf.com/abridge.html

Earphone English Club Ning: http://earphoneclub.ning.com/

History on the Highway:

http://www.ala.org/ala/booklinksbucket/history_highway.pdf

How Earphones English Started:

http://www.audiobookshelf.com/eom_feb04.html

Librivox Free Public Domain Audiobooks: http://librivox.org/

Listening Library’s Teacher Resources: http://school.booksontape.com/s_promo_pam_spencer.cfm

New Chapter or Last Page? Publishing Books in a Digital Age

http://www.thebookseller.com/blogs/54562-new-chapter-or-last-page.html

Notable Children’s Recordings: http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/childrensnotable/notablecreclist/currentnotable.htm

Now Playing: A Review of the Accessibility of Digital Audio Players:

http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw090404

Odyssey Award for Excellence in Audiobook Production: http://www.ala.org/ala/yalsa/booklistsawards/odyssey/odyssey.cfm

Odyssey Award 2008 Booklist Forum Podcast:

http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/2008/07/04/yalsa-podcast-52-inauguration-of-the-odyssey-award/

Podiobooks: http://www.podiobooks.com/

Project Gutenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Main_Page

Radio Drama Resources: http://www.ruyasonic.com/

Recorded Books Resource Guides to Research & Classroom use: http://www.recordedbooks.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=school.resource_list

Scott Brick’s Narrator’s Diary: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/narr_diary.html

Talking the Talk: An Audiobook Lexicon

http://audiofilemagazine.com/features/fea1007.html

Tamora Pierce’s Audio Biography: http://www.tamora-pierce.com/bio2.htm

The Making of a Star Wars Audiobook

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfW-xvnxp84

Twenty-first Century Reading

http://ncteinbox.blogspot.com/2008/01/21st-century-reading-habits.html

A Visit With the Full Cast Audio Family: http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200606VisitAudio.pdf

Voice Acting: A New Career Opportunity: http://www.audiofilemagazine.com/features/VoiceActing.html

Young Adult Audiobooks: http://www.randomhouse.com/highschool/RHI_magazine/pdf/ditlow.pdf

Why Listen at All: http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200708audiotalk.pdf