[Nfbmo] WOLFNER LIBRARY OFFERS FREE DOWNLOADS OF LOCALLY RECORDED BOOKS

[Nancy Lynn]

WOLFNER LIBRARY OFFERS FREE DOWNLOADS OF LOCALLY RECORDED BOOKS

Wolfner Talking Book and Braille Library is excited to announce the 
availability of a new download service for digital audio books recorded at 
Wolfner’s own recording studio located in Jefferson City, Missouri.

The SHELF Project (SHared ELectronic Files) provides an online catalog of 
locally-recorded digital audio books, plus the capacity to download and play 
them on a variety of devices available to eligible library patrons. 
Missouri residents who are unable to read standard print materials due to a 
physical or visual disability may be eligible to use Wolfner’s SHELF and 
other free services from the library.

Missouri joins with Massachusetts, Idaho and Colorado to offer locally 
recorded, downloadable audio books through the national SHELF project. 
Other states, including Maryland, Utah and Vermont plus the Braille 
institute of America in southern California, will soon come onboard and 
users will have access to that content in addition to the Missouri titles 
listed.

Audio book versions of national best-sellers and other high-demand books are 
available through the Wolfner Library’s affiliation with the National 
Library Service (NLS) in Washington, D.C.  Books with a Missouri connection, 
such as those by Missouri authors, with a Missouri setting and about the 
state, as well as books nominated for Missouri school award programs that 
are not being produced by NLS in the year the books are nominated, are 
recorded by volunteer narrators at Wolfner’s recording studio.

Interested borrowers can access Wolfner’s SHELF Project through the library’s 
online catalog, WolfPAC, http://wolfpac.sos.mo.gov/klasweb.  Patrons can 
browse the collection and download a desired title immediately.  For more 
information, call Wolfner Library at 1-800-392-2614 or visit us online at 
http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner.

Richard J. Smith, Director
Wolfner Library
Jefferson City, MO  65102
Phone:  573-522-2767
Email: richard.smith at sos.mo.gov
Web Site: http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/

Not sure what to read next? Find a good DIGITAL book at: 
http://www.sos.mo.gov/wolfner/readings.asp