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Resident urges library to add screen‑free audiobooks; staff outlines options and costs
Summary
A resident asked the Davis County Library Board to consider Playaways and other screen‑free audiobook formats for children and seniors. Staff presented survey results and recommended exploring a small pilot or interlibrary loan rather than immediate large purchases.
A resident asked the Davis County Library Board on Oct. 10 to expand the library’s offerings of screen‑free audiobooks for children and seniors, and staff outlined several device options and price, durability and logistics concerns.
Jacqueline Pitt told the board she would “personally love to ask the library to spend funds on a different form of audiobook,” and described Playaways — single‑purpose MP3 devices that patrons plug headphones into and control with simple play/rewind buttons. “It’s pretty indestructible,” she said, arguing Playaways avoid exposing children to phones and are more durable than CD…
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