Audiobooks on iPods

What are audiobooks?

Audiobooks are the new digital equivalents of what in the analog world used to be called "books on tape." The NIST Research Library currently has eight Apple iPods loaded with 5-6 management or leadership audiobooks each.

In addition, the library recently added several classic science audiobooks (lectures by Stephen Hawking and Richard Feynman, a new biography of Albert Einstein) to another iPod.

How can I check out business audiobooks at the NIST Research Library?

The audiobooks are listed in the Library online catalog.  Just search for the word iPod. You can check out an iPod at the NIST Research Library Circulation Desk for a period of three weeks, just like a book. If you find an iPod is already checked out, click on the Place Hold button to be added to the waiting list. We will call you when your iPod is ready.

I've heard that NIST Colloquia are included with the iPods.  Is this true?

The iPods have video capability, and we have loaded 19 selected NIST Colloquia (courtesy of NIST Public and Business Affairs) for you to view on iPods (#8 and 10). These may be checked out for three weeks. The same colloquia are also loaded on iPod #9, which can be viewed in the Reading Room at any time.

In addition, several iPods hold audio podcasts of Bose-Einstein seminars from the NIST Physics Lab.

Tell us what you think

Please contact the Information Desk with comments or any questions about our new program at library@nist.gov, x3052, or call Nancy Allmang at nancy.allmang@nist.gov or x4189.