If you are interested in browsing the digital books in the Florida talking book collection, here is one good way. You must first obtain a password from your library. Write to us at OPAC_LIBRARIAN@dbs.fldoe.org. You can also phone the library at 1-800-226-6075. If you phone, you might be unable to reach your adviser at the time, so leave a phone message that you need a password for the internet catalog, and leave your email address if you have one. The reader adviser will set up your account and email or phone you back with your password. Of course, you are free to search the catalog without checking out anything, and you can call your library to check out items that you locate in the catalog.
You will need your password and your nine digit customer number to order items through the catalog. Your customer number can be found on any mail card attached to any item sent to your home from the library.
To find digital books, first go to the internet catalog, located at http://www.klas.com/flbtbl . Bring up the “Advanced Search” screen, which can be found in the left panel. In the field box “Criteria 1”, select “Book Number”, and insert in the blank the expression “DB”. Then find the field box “Media”, and select “Digital Book”. Change the “# Records” field to a number acceptable to you for your search. If interested only in fiction or non-fiction, make an appropriate selection in that field box.
Then hit the “Submit Search” button. You will be switched to a list of appropriate Digital books. The title of each book on the list is also a link that you can click to find more information about the item. Other information includes the annotation telling you about the book. Switch back to the list and check the box to the left if you are interested in obtaining the digital book. Once you have checked the boxes for each book you want, check the “Add to Book Basket” button at the bottom of the page. At the book basket screen, you will have a second chance to review your selections. If you do not want the book, you can de-select it. If you want a particular book immediately, you can try rushing it by checking the Rush box. Once satisfied with your selections, click the “Proceed to Checkout” button at the bottom of this page. Only then will you be required to supply a customer number and then your password. Your items will be requested or reserved for you and sent to you by your library.
Marcel Carroll
Library Services Supervisor
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