Rosetta Stone @ Your Library

Rosetta Stone was available through the Jefferson County Public Libraries in Alabama until November 30, 2007. The Rosetta Stone Company made the decision to no longer do business with public libraries. But you can still enjoy the wit and humor of the BPL staff.
http://jclc.onlinelanguagelearning.com/en/welcome
Transcript:
Rosetta Stone @ Your Library

Have you or someone you care about ever been in need of foreign language help?
Japanese: Use Rosetta Stone through the libraries of Jefferson County.
Let's say for example that you need to leave the country to evade taxes, escape imprisonment, or seek political asylum....
[crickets chirp]
[Awkward Silence]
I'm kidding.
Japanese: Well, using the Rosetta Stone Language Learning Center has many advantages.
Say, for example, you're in an international restaurant and you tip your waiter below the normal expectation. Would you like to understand the words your waiter uses to describe you?
Spanish: "Cretin. Miser. Cheapskate. Scrooge!"
You can understand everything with the help of Rosetta Stone.
Spanish: As a matter of fact, the libraries in Jefferson County Alabama now offer this world premiere language resource.
Chinese: With many different languages, the Rosetta Stone has been used by millions of people worldwide, including government agencies, schools, and libraries.
Spanish: All you need to access Rosetta Stone is a current library card and access to the Internet.
Spanish: You may locate the database on your library's webpage.
Russian: The first time you access the Rosetta Stone homepage you will need to register, which is again free for all those with current library cards.
Contact your local library if you need assistance.
No representation is made that the quality of the library services to be performed is greater than the quality of library services performed by other librarians.
[credits]
Rosetta Stone @ Your Library
Photos Plane by Kyle Flood http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?... Mexican restaurant by Tom Hodgkinson http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?... Waitress by rockygirl http://www.flickr.com/photos/rockygir... Laptop computer by Adam Chamness http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?... Riot police training by police5150 http://www.flickr.com/photos/knp-swat... Music Kevin MacLeod Script Hunter Murphy Voices Jiemin Fan, Oleg Grigoryev, Hunter Murphy, Haruyo Miyagawa, Dottie Turner, Yolanda Valentin Producer and Director Melinda Shelton Technical Consultant Elizabeth Swift BIRMINGHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY (Alabama) creative commons 2007

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• Rosetta
• Stone
• languages
• software
• library
• libraries
• Birmingham
• Alabama
• Jefferson
• County
• education
• humor

[fairpanthr]

I am participating in a course through the library system called "23 Things on a Stick". One of the things is to upload a video. We have Rosetta Stone in our libraries, and I am asking permission to upload your video to my blog until the class is finished.

[BPLonline]

Sure. Sounds like a fun course!

[ominousragdoll05]

is this for real?

the commercial I mean.

[BPLonline]

Yes, Ominous, the commercial is indeed real.

[deadauthor]

Pikes Peak Library District in Colorado Springs just pulled all of their Rosetta Stone inventory citing "vendor restrictions". Lame!

[Soulquarium]

Good point

[SheisseFicken]

thats what laptop cd burners are for.

[Soulquarium]

That sucks. I want to burn it, and practice at home.

[spittyfire3]

Rosetta Stone still offers their stuff to libraries. You just have to use it there. You cannot check it out and take it home.

[sakanamono]

wow too bad I dont live in jefferson co.

[AnnieRoseT]

used to have it at hillsborough county libraries. I was part way through three languages when i t was discontinued.

Anyone know how to access it when your library stops?

[tayllc]

I hope you are kidding

[otoops]

Wasn't the commerical made by the library system, not by Rosetta Stone?