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--- Forwarded Message from Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> --- >In-Reply-To: <[log in to unmask]> >Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 16:51:43 -0400 >To: Language Learning and Technology International Information Forum <[log in to unmask]> >From: Samantha Earp <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Re: #4988.3 summary of responses #4924 audio cassette distribution ------------------ We handle this a bit differently at UNCC, since many of our students work and would prefer to listen to tapes somewhere other than on campus or at times other than when the Language Resource Center is open. Before the beginning of each semester, I buy a bunch of blank cassettes and make multiple copies (50-500, depending on the course & the # of professors requiring tape use) of the first lab manual tape for each language course. I then take these to the bookstore, where they are stacked with the language textbooks & sold to the students at cost (I have permission from the publishers to do this, since we're not making any profit). This arrangement has worked far better than anything we tried previously. It has several advantages: students can buy the tapes anytime the bookstore is open; no one in the LRC has to handle any money (we just get the check from the bookstore); and in general, we don't have to spend a lot of time in the LRC trying to duplicate 1000+ tapes in the first week or so of classes (avoids a lot of stress for all concerned & frees up our time for other activities, like orientations, etc). The tape students buy in the bookstore usually contains the first two chapters for their class, and so it gets them through at least the first couple of weeks of the semester. If they choose to use subsequent tapes in the series, they come to the LRC to get those made (by the time they need these, things have calmed down and we can handle this without straining our staff/equipment). They drop off a blank tape (that they've purchased themselves) and we duplicate it for them, with guaranteed 24 hour turnaround, although it's usually quicker than that. Students get information sheets on this process as part of the LRC orientation materials distributed at the beginning of each semester. This system seems to have kept the students happy. The only remaining problem we have is with those who can't figure out the difference between the textbook and the lab manual, but that's a different story. Samantha -------------------------------- Samantha Earp Director, Language Resource Center Dept. of Languages and Culture Studies University of North Carolina - Charlotte Charlotte, NC 28223 phone: (704) 510-6876 fax: (704) 547-3496 e-mail: [log in to unmask]