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== Introduction ==
== Introduction ==


Staff picks are the 10 books our Librivox volunteers recommend to listeners in the last list on the right hand side on our librivox main page on [http://www.archive.org/details/librivoxaudio archive.org], as well as on our librivox [https://librivox.org/ homepage].  
The "Staff Picks" were a feature of our librivox page on [http://www.archive.org/details/librivoxaudio archive.org], where 10 hand-picked books were listed on the right hand side of the page each month.
This feature has been discontinued, but the list lives on in our news feed on the librivox [https://librivox.org/ homepage], and you can also go to all the posts directly [https://librivox.org/category/monthly-picks/ here].  


They are updated in the beginning of each month. The main goal is to show the variety of audio books librivox is offering, and to help listeners find the hidden gems in our catalog.
The list is updated in the beginning of each month. The main goal is to show the variety of audio books we are offering, and to help listeners find the hidden gems in our catalog.


== Can I help? ==
== Can I help? ==


Most certainly! The staff picks are so called because that's how the Internet Archive, our file host, calls them - LibriVox is entirely volunteer-run and has no staff. Have a look at [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17058 this thread] in the forums, where new suggestions are collected. At the moment, there is a theme for the suggestions in each month. However, feel free to post any suggestions, even if they don't fit in the theme right now - they surely come handy at some later point.
Most certainly! The staff picks were so called because that's how the Internet Archive, our file host, called them - but LibriVox is entirely volunteer-run and has no "staff". Or maybe we should say: everybody is "staff" at LibriVox!


Currently Availle is the admin responsible for the staff picks (i.e., collecting them and putting them online), so pointers to literature or poetry are especially welcome.
Have a look at [http://librivox.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=17058 this thread] in the forums, where you can make your own suggestions. At the moment, there is a theme for each month. However, feel free to post any suggestions, even if they don't fit the theme right now - they surely come handy at some later point.
 
Currently Availle is the admin responsible for the staff picks (i.e., collecting them, writing a nice blog post and putting it online), so pointers to literature, dramas (or dramatic readings) or poetry are especially welcome.
 
And let's not forget: Books we don't have cannot be picked! The more books we produce, the better - have fun recording!


== What has been chosen before? ==
== What has been chosen before? ==


Lists of our previous staff picks can be found here:  
Lists of our previous staff picks can be found here:  
[[Staff Picks 2021]]
[[Staff Picks 2020]]
[[Staff Picks 2019]]
[[Staff Picks 2018]]
[[Staff Picks 2017]]
[[Staff Picks 2016]]
[[Staff Picks 2015]]
[[Staff Picks 2014]]


[[Staff Picks 2013]]
[[Staff Picks 2013]]

Revision as of 01:47, 13 April 2021

Introduction

The "Staff Picks" were a feature of our librivox page on archive.org, where 10 hand-picked books were listed on the right hand side of the page each month. This feature has been discontinued, but the list lives on in our news feed on the librivox homepage, and you can also go to all the posts directly here.

The list is updated in the beginning of each month. The main goal is to show the variety of audio books we are offering, and to help listeners find the hidden gems in our catalog.

Can I help?

Most certainly! The staff picks were so called because that's how the Internet Archive, our file host, called them - but LibriVox is entirely volunteer-run and has no "staff". Or maybe we should say: everybody is "staff" at LibriVox!

Have a look at this thread in the forums, where you can make your own suggestions. At the moment, there is a theme for each month. However, feel free to post any suggestions, even if they don't fit the theme right now - they surely come handy at some later point.

Currently Availle is the admin responsible for the staff picks (i.e., collecting them, writing a nice blog post and putting it online), so pointers to literature, dramas (or dramatic readings) or poetry are especially welcome.

And let's not forget: Books we don't have cannot be picked! The more books we produce, the better - have fun recording!

What has been chosen before?

Lists of our previous staff picks can be found here:

Staff Picks 2021

Staff Picks 2020

Staff Picks 2019

Staff Picks 2018

Staff Picks 2017

Staff Picks 2016

Staff Picks 2015

Staff Picks 2014

Staff Picks 2013

Staff Picks 2012

Staff Picks 2011

Staff Picks 2010

Staff Picks 2009

Staff Picks 2008