Caveats: NONE
I was hoping a librarian would chime in with some specific guidance but
you may want to spend some time with the TEACH Act. =20
http://www.utsystem.edu/OGC/intellectualProperty/teachact.htm
The regulations are very nuanced and really require some reading
(because fair use arguments enter as well), but in this case if the
cassette books you are copying are offered for sale as CDs or MP3s
WITHOUT copy protection (often referred to as DRM) it is unlikely that
you are allowed to make your own digitized copies in any format unless
the purchase agreement or licensing on the audio cassette allows for it
or another arrangement has been made with the copyright holder. =20
In the one instance when I did this we felt it safest to have a physical
CD audio book purchased for each student in the class (just as we would
have with a physical book). We placed the books (each chapter with its
own MP3) on a file server restricted to students in that class (again to
comply with our understanding of the copy right issues). The students
could download them to their laptop and then sync them with the device
of their choosing or play them directly from the laptop. This was for
6th grade students.
_Jason
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-----Original Message-----
From: A forum for independent school educators
[mailto:ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Laurie Yalem
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2008 3:22 PM
To: ISED-L@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
Subject: Electronic books
Our school library is a bit different than most. Due to our population
(all LD students) we offer our students a "reading library". We have
many
fiction books, as all students are required to do nightly reading, and
about 1200 books on tape. Over the course of the last couple of years
we
are trying to move away from books on audio tape to books on CD, since
nobody has a cassette player anymore! We have been converting the
cassette tapes to CDs. Of course now we are starting to think about how
we can offer these books to our students that have iPods, which if it's
anything like your school, it's most of the kids! I don't know if we
should be converting these CDs to digital audio and putting them on some
kind of server for them to download, or if we should then podcast them
some way. The idea is for kids to be able to listen and read along at
home. I'm sure CD players will go the way of cassette players soon and
we
want to be prepared. I would welcome any thoughts, suggestions or
experiences with this issue. Thanks.
:) Laurie
Laurie Yalem
Technology Coordinator
Churchill Center & School for Learning Disabilities
1021 Municipal Center Dr.
Town & Country, MO 63131
314-997-4343
lyalem@churchillstl.org
www.churchillstl.org
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