Playaways are in the Ritz Library!

The genesis of books on tape has been cassettes to CDs to downloads, but what is next? What appears to be next are Playaways - portable audio devices that can be hand-held or plugged into an audio jack (with an additional cable) for easy, convenient listening. The entire contents of a book are found in a case about the size of a traditional cassette.  

The Ritz Library at Dutchess Community College is pleased to announce the addition of Playaways to our book collection. Located at the beginning of the McNaughton and New Books reading collections next to the periodicals, you can browse the Playaways for titles that might interest you. If you find a title you'd like to listen to, bring it to the Circulation desk at the front of the library and the staff will check it out to you for two weeks. If you need additional listening time, you may renew your titles once. Confused about how to operate the Playaway? The instructions are included on the inside cover of the box, but we have more detailed handouts, if desired. Hit the power button, hit the play button and you are good to go.

So what titles does the library currently have?

Walk Away the Pounds Hamlet - John Gielgud's Classic 1948 Recording NPR Driveway Moments - Baseball The Sonnets Elegance of the Hedgehog (NYT Bestseller) 100 Poems Audacity of Hope, The Drinking Coffee Elsewhere Interpreter of Maladies 7 Habits of Highly Effective People & 8th Habit, The Way We Eat, The Billionaire Who Wasn't, The Wave, The Armageddon in Retrospect Life and Works - Frederic Chopin Voice of the Violin 9 to 5 Window Louis L'Amour Collection Father Knows Less, or: "Can I Cook My Sister?" Credit Repair Kit for Dummies Leadership Secrets of Colin Powell Starship Troopers Assassination Vacation America's Great Depression First 30 Days, The Change Your Thoughts, Change Your Life Dead Witch Walking K'wan Presents Bullet Proof Love Joker One Valley of Silence

The question has come up, "what if I want to listen in my car?" If you have a new vehicle, you can check out an audio cable at the front desk. If you have an older vehicle that has an iPod adapter already set up; for example, a cassette with an iPod wire attached, or an iPod speaker system at home, the audio cable will work with that also.

If you enjoy listening to Playaways, please let us know! We are looking to know what you think about this collection!