Talking educational books
Summary: We provide primary and secondary level textbooks in audio and digital format.
Every year, our library produces an audio recording of textbooks from the primary and second level curriculum. Books are available on audiotape or DAISY format (Digital Accessible Information System).
DAISY is a digital talking book format that is very easy to navigate, enabling readers to skip to chapters and particular pages easily. We are currently producing educational material on CD or MP3 according to the DAISY standards.
If you are a college student, we can obtain an audio copy of your college textbooks through interlibrary loans.
How to receive educational material
Send your booklist to NCBI as soon as it is available, this will give us time to record the textbooks onto audiotape over the summer months.
Borrowing educational books
Educational books can be borrowed for up to one year for use throughout the academic year.
To avail of the talking educational books service
To apply for a talking book machine or to order a talking book from our catalogue, contact the library on 01 8642266 or email library@ncbi.ie.