Webinar: Reading from the Ears Up--Appeal of the Audiobook

Readers no longer have analog feelings about digital collections, particularly audiobooks. The demand for audiobooks is growing in libraries and bookstores. New genres and types of audiobooks are emerging and a new vocabulary to describe them is being coined. Are you in the know? Could you use tips from an expert?

Join guest presenter Kaite Stover, director of services for the Kansas City Public Library, to learn how to help listeners find their next exciting title. You won't want to miss this opportunity to stay ahead of the game and provide your patrons with the best audiobook experience possible. This ear-opening session is sure to leave you feeling informed and inspired!

In this webinar, you will:

• Explore the specific language of appeal for audiobooks
• Identify trends in the audiobook industry from statistics provided by Audio Publishers Association
• Find quality audiobooks to add to a collection by learning about a variety of awards
• Understand the variety of platforms available to audiobook listeners and emphasize your library’s role in discovery

Guest presenter Kaite Stover is the Director of Readers' Services for The Kansas City Public Library. She holds Master's degrees in Library Science and English Literature from Emporia State University. Stover is the co-editor of The Readers' Advisory Handbook (ALA Editions 2010) with Jessica E. Moyer. From 2004-2016, Stover wrote the "He Reads, She Reads" column for Booklist with David Wright and wrote "Under the Radar" for Public Libraries from 2012-2017. Stover is a founding member and former Steering Committee member for LibraryReads. She is the recipient of the 2018 Margaret E. Monroe Award, 2012 Allie Beth Martin Award, and was named a Library Journal Mover & Shaker in 2003. Follow her on Instagram @KaiteStover.

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EVENT NOTES

Registration Details | Not sure you can make it to a live webinar? Register anyway, and we’ll send you a link to the recorded version when it is available. Registration is limited. Deadline for registration is seven days prior to the event. Webinar access information will be emailed to registrants prior to the event.

Recording | This recording will be accessible exclusively to SCKLS member library staff and board members on the SCKLS Membership Exclusive Training webpage; it will not be accessible to the public. | When you participate in a SCKLS webinar, a photographic, video or audio recording may occur. If you want your image or voice removed from the webinar recording, you must notify in writing SCKLS Training Specialist Katherine Hughes at least 24 hours in advance of the webinar. Absence of written notification grants SCKLS all rights to the webinar recording for educational purposes.