LibriVox is a volunteer project that records and publishes public domain audiobooks. Volunteers record chapters from public domain works and publish the audio files on the LibriVox website for free public access. The website contains works in over 13 languages that can be listened to or downloaded directly from the site. Users can search for books by author, title, genre or language and listen to or download recordings.

1. LIBRIVOX
“Acoustical
Liberation of Books
in the Public
Domain”
LIS 557: Computer Applications in Libraries
By Robert Richards
rob.richards66@yahoo.com
October 6, 2013
LibriVox. (n.d.). LibriVox. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://librivox.org
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2.  Librivox helps to provide the public with free
audiobooks that are read and recorded and released
from the public domain.
 “Volunteers record chapters of books in the public
domain and publish the audio files (librivox.org, 2013).
 Contains various works, some in over 13 langueges that
be accessed through the website.
LibriVox. (n.d.). LibriVox. Retrieved September 3, 2013, from http://librivox.org
What is LIBRIVOX?
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3. How do I listen to LIBRIVOX?
 Listening to LIBRIVOX only requires that you have a
computer with access to online.
 Once you are on the website, which is located at
http://librivox.org/ , there are several ways to listen.
 1). By subscribing to the weekly podcast, located at
http://librivox.org/podcast.xml .
 2). Connecting with the site, you can also download the
book or listen instantly by searching for your favorite
books and playing them.
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4. How the LIBRIVOX website works!
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• Start by clicking on tool bar or by selecting catalog.

5. How to use the catalog feature!
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• After selecting catalog, you can browse by several methods!

6. Searching the catalog!
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• Search by author, title, genre/subject or by language.
• Conduct a more specific search by using the advanced search option.
• Use the tool bar to type in a specific search.

7. Using the toolbar.
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• Use the tool bar for quick and easy access to your favorite author,
title, or by reader.
• For example, if you wanted to read any story by Edgar Allan Poe,
type the authors name in the book and hit search.

8. Searching!
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• After typing Poe’s name in,
press enter to view the
results.
• Looking for a specific story
by Poe, scroll down to the
bottom of the page.

9. Searching!
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• Locate the author
section at the
bottom of the
listing.
• Click on Poe’s
name to reveal
over 196 hits
relating to Poe
and his various
works.

10. Search the results!
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11. Listen to the poem
of Annabel Lee
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12. Volunteer
 Volunteer to read your favorite story for LIBRIVOX.
 Information can be found on volunteering at
http://librivox.org/pages/volunteer-for-librivox/
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13.  Thank you so very much for you kind attention during
the PowerPoint presentation.
 Does anyone have any questions?
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14. Works Citied
1). LibriVox. (n.d.). LibriVox. Retrieved September 3,
2013, from http://librivox.org
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