This fall semester the Lunch and Literature Program took a different turn from the traditional way we usually appreciate the literary experience and tackled a new format. Instead of reading our selected titles, we listened to them via our desktop, lap top or Mp3 players and Netlibrary eAudiobooks.
Netlibrary eAudiobooks is one of the many resources offered through F. D. Bluford Library. Participants downloaded the first three books (nine in all) of the unabridged series The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.
Smith’s main character, Mma Ramotswe, captured our attention with her wit wisdom and unconventional ways of solving a mystery. In addition, we discovered there is a movie in the making, base on Smith’s series due out in 2008. Sounds like a field trip!
Dr. David Johnson one of the Lunch and Literature participants from the Sociology department donated a set of the first three books of the series to the library.
Thank you, Dr. Johnson
Even though most participants preferred to read the printed version than to listen to the books read to them, the majority said they would use eAudiobooks again for Lunch and Literature program.