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Digital Media & the Library

~     //Click& Go!// ||   [|Technical Considerations] [|Digital Audio Formats & the great divide] [|USB 2.0] [|Audiobooks in Libraries] [|Audiobooks for consumer] [|Digital Music Downloads] ||   [|Digital Music in Libraries] [|Digital Music for consumers] [|Digital Music for free!] [|P] [|odcasts] [|V]     [|ideo] [|Get More Info] ||   technical con  siderations **Bandwidth** - impact on your network of allowing patrons to download media files in the library - 1 song **=** 3+ MB per song - 275pp audiobook w/ multiple actors/sound effects= 100 MB - 40 minutes of medium quality video – 200 MB  **WiFi? Hotspot? Got a public** **wireless network?** - If you do, then students, faculty, staff, and librarians(!) are already downloading music, audiobook and video files for themselves! **Whereto save downloads?** - Will you allow patrons to **save** media files to your hard drive? **- Burn** files to CD / DVD? **- Load** files from your public terminals to their iPod / MP3 player ? **The right equipment** - The right cables to hook upan iPod / MP3 player **-** **USB 2.0** and/ or **FireWire** ports for fast transfer of data and connection to patron’s flash drives or MP3 Players. //Note that some devices will not work with older computers with USB1.0 ports (5+ years old).// //Loaning equipment to patrons?// - iPod / MP3 players - headphones - cassette adapters / FM transmitters (//for car stereos//) **Staff training** If you offer a digital audio service, even as a remote service, your users are going to ask about this, so make sure your staff knows the answers (//Why won’t this work on my iPod?//) **Copyright education** - an opportunity for instruction **Licenses& Contracts** - legal consul to review contracts, do you own the digital material or are you leasing it? Do you care? //The future of the library’s materials budget may be about accessing material, not purchasing it. On the other hand, weeding won’t be so much a worry in libraries as the 21stcentury progresses.// **^ [|top] ^** ||||  **Digital Audio Formats & The great divide!** iPods vs. MP3 players and compatibility … //Or rather, … incompatibility …// //A quick, but important aside …// DRM **__D__** igital **__R__** ights **__M__** anagement DRM is built into the individual digital audio files and //knows// where it is allowed to play, your laptop, your iPod, and where it isn’t! The ACC and WMA audio formats have built in DRM components, which is why they are used by commercial vendors like iTunes, Napster, Yahoo!, and OverDrive. ||  **__A__**dvanced **__A__**udio **__C__**oding - audio format used by Apple iTunes and only playable on iPods. Created by a consortium of AT&T, Dolby, Fraunhofer IIS, and Sony. ||  **WMA** format* **__W__**indows **__M__**edia **__A__**udio - audio format developed by Microsoft, used with many portable players and the download format used at Napster, Yahoo!, OverDrive, NetLibrary, and many other fee-based sites. **//*//** //to further complicate matters, Microsoft has a new licensed WMA format that is only used on its Zune player & software.// ||  **//[|Apple iPods]//** //shuffle, mini, nano, classic, touch// **//Note://** //iPods work on// **//both//** //Windows & Apple computers.// -     **Cell Phones - Motorola RAZR & SLVR** -     **Apple & Windows Computers & Laptops**   ||   **DEVICES:** //[|Creative Zen]// //[|Microsoft] [|**Zune**] // //[|SanDisk] [| **Sansa**] // **//Note://** //players only work on Windows computers// //.// -     **Cell Phones** -     **PDAs (Palm, Treo)** -     **Windows Computers & Laptops** ||  **MP**EG Audio Layer **3** – plays on both iPods & MP3 players as well as computers. It is usually not enabled with any DRM and hence, it is the most popular compressed audio format! Commonly assumed to be a public-domain or open-source format, but the format is licensed and patented the German research firm Fraunhofer IIS. ||  **//Other formats out there …//** **CODECS (Compressor / DECompressor software)** **OGG** (Ogg Vorbis) - compressed format, open-source **FLAC** (Free **L**ossless **A**udio **C**odec) - lossless format, open-source, **gaining in popularity!** **ALTRAC** - Sony proprietary format, //no longer supported as of Fall 2007.// ||     INREVIEW: The following commercial services use the following DRM audio formats   iTunes**=** **AAC**  OCLC Recorded Books NetLibrary, OverDrive, Napster, Yahoo! Music, Real Networks = **WMA**  //Another quick aside …// on USB 2.0 (Universal Serial Bus) //… what makes all this possible …//  **USB 2.0** ports are the standard port for connecting everything to a computer, PC or Apple. USB ports connect everything from keyboards and printers, to external hard drives, digital cameras, and MP3players. USB 2.0 is important not only because it is standard but, because **//it’s fast!//** This is important as you don’t want to wait all day to load all your old //Kiss// albums onto your iPod!  //__Transfer speeds:__// **USB 2.0** =480 megabits/sec. ( **60MB/sec** ) **FireWire** = 400 megabits/sec. (50MB/sec) **USB1.1** =12 megabits/sec. ( **1.5MB/sec)** //Wikipedia article on USB:// [|**http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Serial_Bus**] **^ [|top] ^** ||||   Digital Audiobooks in Libraries  //Current models// **Library facilitated** ||       **Remote access** ||  - Apple iTunes / iPod Shuffles projects - Playaway || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"> - OCLC NetLibrary Recorded Books <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: yellow; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; margin-left: 0.5in; text-align: center;"> - OverDrive   || **- Popular content, current bestsellers** **- Library staff downloads audiobook to an iPod or MP3 player (library or patron owned).** **- If Playaway, no downloading, just check-out the pre-loaded device.** ||       **- Patron does not need to physically come to the library** **- Patron does need a library card to authenticate through a website** **- Patron needs relatively high-speed internet access** **- Patron must first download & install proprietary software on their computer: OverDrive player, Windows Media Player** **- Patron can listen to audiobooks on their computer or download to an MP3 player** **- Some titles can be burned to CD** **Does not work with iPods …** ||  //[|Apple iTunes]// Wilbraham Public Library //[|Audible.com]// Memorial Hall Library, Andover //[|Playaway]// Lynn Public Library Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library Melrose Public Library Memorial Hall Library, Andover Peabody Institute Library, Peabody || <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> //Libraries in Massachusetts using the// **remote access** //model.// <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> //__[|OCLC NetLibrary Recorded Books]__// <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Beverly Public Library <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Boxford Public Library <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Minuteman network CLAMS network Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Orange Public Library <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> //__[|OverDrive]__// <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Boston Public Library <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> C/W MARS network <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> MVLC network <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ffcc00; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> OCLN network SAILS network ||  //Devices//: iPod shuffles / MP3 players / usually not headphones //(for sanitary reasons …)// //For car stereos (commuters):// cassette adapters / FM transmitters //Libraries in Massachusetts using that loan equipment.// iPod Shuffle: //Wilbraham Public Library// MP3 players: //Memorial Hall Library, Andover// FM transmitters: //Memorial Hall Library, Andover// ||  **^ [|top] ^** audible.com Memorial Hall Library (Andover, MA) - patrons can borrow one of 40MP3 players loaded with digital audio books, or bring in their own MP3 playeror iPod and have digital audiobooks loaded! MHL primarily uses as their vendor. OCLC NetLibrary/Recorded Books Boxford Town Library []
 * **AAC** format
 * **DEVICES:**
 * MP3
 * - Audible.com
 * **- Patron must come to Library to obtain their audiobook selections and / or a device**
 * //Libraries in Massachusetts using the// **Library facilitated** //model.//
 * **Some Libraries also loan the equipment to patrons.**
 * [|http://www.mhl.org/catalog/collections/eaudio] - Main site for patrons.
 * [] - For Librarians, links to other libraries also providing this service, their policies, technical issues and tips.

CLAMS Network [] Wheeler Memorial Library (Orange, MA). [] OverDrive Vendor allows remote downloads from a website to a patron’s own computer. Also offers music and video collections. Once downloaded, the file can then be loaded onto an MP3 player (not iPod) and most can be burned to CD-ROM. **- Boston Public Library:** [|http://overdrive.bpl.org] **- C/W Mars Library Network** (Shrewsbury, MA): [|http://digitalbooks.cwmars.org] **- SAILS Library Network** (Middleboro, MA): [] - **Merrimack Valley** **Library Consortium (MVLC)**, Andover, MA [] iPod Shuffle projects -Music on iPod: [] -Books on iPod: [] Playaway- [|store.playawaydigital.com] An all-in-one digital audiobook. The player is preloaded with one audiobook and encased in book’s dust jacket, it’s like a little plastic book! The audiobook is not transferable, cannot be erased, nor can anything be added to the player. Pricing is about $35+ per device. Can be purchased with library-specific packaging which includes a video-tape sized container, it includes the player, headphones and battery. Questions about Playaway? //See their FAQ:// __[]__ **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #333399; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #333399; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Consumer options for Digital Audiobooks audible.com Offers it’s own digital format that can be played on iPods and select MP3 players. It’s online digital bookstore is also available through //Apple iTunes//. Once you’ve created an account, you can buy books, magazines, podcasts, and MP3players. [|http://audible.com] Apple iTunes download //iTunes//, click on //Music Store// , click on //Audiobooks//. Most Audiobooks provided by Audible.com, but iTunes has some exclusive audiobook store, most famously, Harry Potter! [|www.apple.com/itunes] OCLC NetLibrary/Recorded Books digital audiobook service offered through NetLibrary. Enables patrons to download books remotely, but audio format is WMA, iPod users can not play these files. [] Project Gutenberg - <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: maroon; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; color: white; font-size: 14pt;">**Free Downloads!** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: maroon; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; color: black;">, public domain audiobooks read and created by volunteers. Their mission is simple, “to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.” - Audio Book, human-read: [] - Audio Book, computer-generated: [] Playaway ([|www.playawaydigital.com]) – the all-in-one digital audiobook, available at major office-supply stores and bookstore chains. **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #595959; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Digital Music in Libraries ===<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #d9d9d9; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> === ===<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #d9d9d9; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Is the Library ready to download music? === ===<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #d9d9d9; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> === ===<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #d9d9d9; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> //Maybe … yeah, kinda … sorta … not really …// === ===<span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #d9d9d9; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> === Current consumer digital music delivery model Purchases are geared toward individual tracks, but albums and even “liner notes” can also be purchased. Tracks are generally 99 cents apiece. To buy & download music, most music sites require downloading and installing their free proprietary software (//iTunes, Napster//) Sites require users register with personal information, email, and a credit card. Most sites allow users to create a deposit account.
 * Wilbraham Public Library** (MA) **[|iPodShuffle Project]** – “The library has purchased five iPod Shuffles to circulate with audiobook content.”
 * South Huntington Library** (Long Island, NY)offers iTunes music on their iPod Shuffles. These are the folks who got lots of positive press offering digital Audiobooks on iPod Shuffles in 2005. An audio report is available at National Public Radio’s //Talk of the Nation,// March 3, 2005 ([]).

The software (//iTunes, Napster//) links to specific user accounts on individual computers and iPod / MP3 player.

The music is licensed to individual user accounts and individual computers/MP3 players using DRM (//digital rights management//) software.

If a consumer’s hard-drive crashes and / or their player is lost, so is their music! After you buy and download a track, it is the consumer’s responsibility to back it up. Some services remind consumers of this after a purchase. **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #993366; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> //…the times, they are a-changin’ ... like, wicked fast!// <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #993366; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Libraries who offer music downloads! <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #993366; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Public Library Example **South Huntington Library (Long Island, NY)** is offering iTunes music on their iPod Shuffles.
 * - [|Music on iPods] **

Library Vendor Example **OverDrive** ( [|www.overdrive.com]  ) –access to the music catalog of 3 record companies: Alligator Records; Nettwerk; and Naxos of America. According to a press release, the Naxos Music Library contains over 5,000 classical works and patrons will be able to download music to their computer and supported audio players. - **Boston** **Public Library’s OverDrive Music Collection ([|http://overdrive.bpl.org])**

Campus-wide Online Media Stores These services provide students at colleges and universities access to these vendors’ media catalogs. Usually this consists of streaming music (playing only, no downloading) and allowing students to download to a hard drive for a limited time period. But if a student wants to burn a CD or load music onto a MP3 player, they must purchase the songs (usually at a discount) and they are then theirs to keep. **- Apple iTunes U** ( []  ) - Duke, Stanford, Michigan Offering not just the full complement of iTunes music, videos, podcasts, and TV shows. But an “institutionally branded” iTunes with school colors and logo! It also a way to distribute lectures, campus news, and video and audio podcasts. Fairfield Univ. example, //if you have// **iTunes** **installed**: []

Fairfield Univ. presentation at 2007 NERCOMP Conference, Worcester MA (PDF downloads): []

Univ. of Michigan, School of Dentistry profile: [] - **CIDIGIX**  [|http://www.cdigix.com]  - Rochester Institute of Technology, Tufts, Yale - **Napster** [] -Cornell, Middlebury, Rochester - **Real Rhapsody** [|www.real.com] - Adelphi University, UC-Berkeley, Minnesota - **Ruckus Network** [] - Babson College, Bridgewater State, Northeastern Univ., Stonehill College - **Yahoo! Music** [] - Stanford University **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #3366ff; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Consumer Online Music Sources … totally legal dude! **Apple** **iTunes** - ** [|www.apple.com/itunes] ** Easy to use, free internet radio, share music over a local network, free music previews, **free “Track of the Week,”** audiobooks from audible.com, and you can conveniently **keyword** search (//other music services limit by artist/album/song//).

**Napster** - ** [|www.napster.com] ** it’s got name recognition! They have pioneered music subscription services, you pay a monthly fee and get unlimited downloads, but you do not own those downloads, when you stop paying, so does the music. You get free music previews and a free internet music magazine, but few other freebies (//even the// **internet radio is a fee service** ).

**Real Player** - ** [|www.real.com] ** **free internet radio**, free video clips, a fee-based music store (a version of the Real-owned site called **//Rhapsody//** **http://www.listen.com** / ), and the Real Player gives you the added “bonus” of colorful ads and that silly flashing blue icon on the lower right of your screen!

**Audio Lunchbox** - ** [|http://www.audiolunchbox.com] [|/] ** - web-based site. Small, indie, and alternative labels, all genres from folk to hardcore metal. Downloads in MP3 or OGG formats.

**Yahoo!** **//sites//**
 * Yahoo! Music** ** [|http://music.yahoo.com] [|/] ** the latest (May 2005) entry into the online music maelstrom, features unlimited downloads with a monthly access fees and customized online“radio.” Some features are web-based, others require proprietary software download.
 * Musicmatch** ** [|http://www.musicmatch.com] [|/] ** been part of the digital music scene from the beginning, known for offering streaming music in addition to downloads, must download their software and use their player to access this service.

**Microsoft MSN music** **[]** Downloads conveniently available through their website (using Internet Explorer) and via the ubiquitous Windows Media Player (if not already installed on your PC, a free software download at: []). Links to free online “radio” as well as movie and TV promos.

**Microsoft ZuneStore** **[]** Microsoft's recent attempt to emulate Apple's iTunesStore & the iPod by providing users with a 1 player - 1 store option(iTunes-iPod). But, music and video bought at the Zune Store will only work on the Zune and the Zune player and the Zune software is incompatible with other Microsoft music stores and other Microsoft licensed WMA audio formats. //Zune Reviews// **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: maroon; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> FREE Online Music Sources … absolutely totally legal! Free Multi-Band/Multi-Genre Sites **CNET Free MP3 Music** [] Downloads for all genres of music from Children’s to religious to hip-hop to punk, it’s all there! It’s free MP3 files so theywill play on any MP3 player or iPod. The catch? Sometimes the reason why the music is free is quickly apparent to your ears
 * [|Trying Out the Zune: iPod It’s Not] - November 9, 2006 //State of the Art\ David Pogue, New York Times//
 * [|Microsoft's Zune Challenges iPod] - November 9, 2006 //Personal Technology\// Walter S. Mossberg, //Wall Street Journal//
 * [|Microsoft Zune] //- Wikipedia//

**MP3.com Listening Room** [] primarily a “streaming” site, you can play but not download to your device, but lots of popular artists.

**Internet Archive’s Live Music Archive** [] “Live Music Archive …has teamed up with etree.org to preserve and archive as many live concerts as possible … music in this Collection is from trade-friendly artists and is strictly noncommercial…Artists' commercial releases are off-limits.”

**Apple iTunes** load iTunes software([|www.apple.com/itunes]),click on “Single of the Week” icon or look for the “Free Downloads” section on the iTunes homepage (usually need to scroll to bottom of site). Also try the multitude of music podcasts available through iTunes that feature new artists.

**My Own Cafe** [] "My Own Cafe is a place where teens in Southeastern Massachusetts can find out what other teens in their own, and nearby communities, are talking about, reading, listening to, watching, playing, and doing. It's a place to find information and post information. It's a place to do research and get help with research."

**MySpace**  [|http://music.myspace.com]  //as of this second,// THE PLACE to have a site for your band. Often with free downloads, as well as concert & contact information. Artist sites –free & fee //downloads direct from the artist!// - **Jonathan Coulton** –alternative/pop with quirky lyrics: [] - **Steadman** –British pop/rock band that put their whole catalog online for free: []
 * **//Famous//** - Neil Young - []
 * **//Famous to some//** - Dar Williams - []
 * **//Not famous yet//** -Enchanted Visions - []

Multi-Band/Multi-Genre sites – free & fee //Even old-fashioned CDs for sale.// - **GarageBand.com** - indie rock, hip-hop, metal, folk, pretty much any genre ... [|http://www.garageband.com] - **Smithsonian Global Sound (SGS)** []  - “delivers the world's diverse cultural expressionsvia the Internet in an informative way for a reasonable price." A project of the //Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage// . Search by geographic area, instrument type, andcultural group, tracks 99 cents in MP3 or FLAC formats.

Musicpodcasts A short listing of websites for music podcasts. Individual shows may be downloaded directly form most sites. Most shows are in MP3 format and will play on any MP3 player or iPod. **Music Shows** **Music Show Portals** **- Association of Music Podcasters** (AMP) a portal to music podcasts- []
 * **Coverville**, covers of famous songs by not-yet-famous artists - []
 * **Accident Hash**, new indie rock music - []
 * - podsafe music network** - sign-up to download and use music in your own podcasts: []

**Creative Commons ( [] )** an increasingly popular licensing scheme which gives users permission to freely download, copy, and share music. //- License Example:// [] **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #333399; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> Podcasting **You do not need an iPod or MP3 player to listen and download a podcast!** //You do need an internet connection, a computer, audio software (Windows Media Player, iTunes).// //And if you want to subscribe to a show, free podcast software (Juice, iTunes).// **Podcasting Overview** The fast-growing phenomenon of free talk, commentary, music shows, and video(!), available in the MP3 format for download to your computer or MP3 player/iPod. You can listen whenever it is convenient. The shows range from those made in someone’s basement (and sound like it) to FM radio quality from WGBH. **//Wikipedia article//** Occasionally mired in controversy! Who did what when!? Who is the father (or mother) of podcasting? But, lots of great links and intro to the lingo. [] **Podcast program Directories** **-Podcast Alley -** [] one of the first podcast directories and all-inclusive. Links to programs, websites and software - **Podshow.com**- [] Created by Adam Curry, the self-proclaimed “father of podcasting” or podfather. Includes a “how-to” and directory to shows that are part of this "network." **- Directory of NPR programs** available as podcasts: [] **- iTunes podcast directory** - not only a massive directory, but easy to search and free downloads!!! [] - **Yahoo! Podcasts BETA** –combines a podcast directory with subscription and listening functions in a convenient web-based interface: [] **Consumer Health & Medical Podcast Programs** **National Institutes of Health - NIH Research Radio** NIH podcast FAQ, subscriptions, and podcast archive: [] //Also search in podcast directories for medical/health related show, but be aware that while many podcasts are available from medical professionals, anyone canmake a podcast!// **-iTunes** \ Science & Medicine **-Podcast Alley** \ Health & Fitness Free Software for downloading podcasts There are 2 popular //free// software choices, Apple iTunes and Juice. Both work on Windows and Apple computers. You can choose what to download, when to download and how long to keep old programs on your computer’s hard drive. The software automatically downloads podcasts of your choosing, then loads the podcasts into iTunes or Windows Media Player library, and then copies them to your iPod orMP3 player! **^ [|top] ^** <span style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-size: auto auto; background-attachment: scroll; background-color: #ff3399; background-image: none; background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; text-align: center;"> **Video** **Sharing sites, video podcasts, TVon the Internet** //...there's some overlap ...// //March of the Librarians// [] **Library Vendor Examples** **MyLibraryDV** – []- a new service from Recorded Books which includes older PBS and BBC shows, andpackages with older and more current feature films.
 * **Juice** //(Apple, Linux, Windows)// - [|http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net]
 * **Apple iTunes** //(Apple, Windows)// - []
 * **Odeo Player** //(Apple OS X widget)// - []

**OverDrive** – []- feature films, documentaries, travelogues from three studios are available:A&E Television; Image Entertainment; and Magnolia Pictures - Boston Public Library’s OverDrive Video Collection: [|http://overdrive.bpl.org]

**Sharing sites** **- sites anyone (even you!)can add a video to. Find short video on everything from cats & dogsdoing goofy stunts, public library tours, //Mentos//** **in** **//Coca-Cola//** **experiments, to real commercials (** **//oftenclips from TV, movies, & games//** **)**

**YouTube** - **[]-** started as a simple idea by 2 guys who wanted an easy way to share some of their party videos, in less than a year it turns in to a cultural phenomenon and is bought by Google for over 1.4 billion dollars! To see some samples of libraries using YouTube, just type in "library" or "public library." **//Uploading tips from YouTube.com//** � Uploads will usually take 1-5 minutes per MB on a high-speed connection. � Videos are limited to 10 minutes (unless you're a Director) and 100 MB.  � Videos saved with the following settings convert the best: MPEG4 (Divx, Xvid) format; 320x240 resolution; MP3 audio; 30 frames per second frame rate � Here's one I uploaded! //The 2004 Re-enactment of the Battle of Lexington Green -// [] � //Welcome to the Williams College Library Mystery Tour 2006//: [] **Yahoo! Video** **- [] -** more of a video search engine than collection site

**Sharing sites for further reading ... //and viewing//** **...**
 * **//[|Videos that Put YouTube.com on the Map,]//** **(Day to Day (NPR),** //Oct.19, 2006// )
 * **//[|A Video History of YouTube: From lip-sync videos to $1.65 billion in 14 months.]//** **(slate.com)**
 * **[|Ten video sharing services compared] (dvguru.com)**
 * **[|Top Ten Video Sharing Websites] (lightreading.com)**

**Video podcasts / webcasts / vlogs**  **- like audio podcasts, you can subscribe and receive episodes automatically. They can be video versions of an audio podcast or produced solely as video podcast. Clips from TV shows**

**diggnation** - []  - podcast offered in video & audio, but they prefer you watch the video. A rowdy look at the top stories for the week on the social news site **[|digg.com]**. Available online or subscribe thru iTunes.

**Rocketboom** - []  - daily episodes of unusual news, events, user submissions, usually with a humorous twist. Available online or subscribe thru iTunes or TiVo.

**Star Gazer** - []  - a weekly preview of the astronomy events you can see without a telescope! Short videos with lots of nifty graphics. Availabe in either 1 or 5 minute episodes. A long-time staple on many PBS-TV stations. Available online or subscribe thru iTunes.

**Spatulatta Cooking 4 Kidsonline!** - []  Short videos designed for kids hosted by two engaging young sisters. Basic kitchen & cooking tips and kid-friendly recipes. The 2006 //James Beard Foundation// Winner! (Webcast Category). Available online, OK not strictly speaking video podcast, but it's awfully cute!

**TV on the Internet** **–** **legal offerings of real TV shows on your computer whenever and where-ever you want! These are usually not downloads, but streaming video. You must have a fast broadband/DSL internet connection to really enjoy these shows ...and not mind the small screen ...**

**AOL Television** - []  - AOL Time-Warner's internet TV network. TV classics like //Gilligan's Island// and //Welcome Back, Kotter//.

**ABC TV** **- []-** offers full-length streaming of it's most popular shows: //Desperate Housewives//; //Grey's Anatomy// ; //Los// t. No special software needed to watch episodes.

**CBS TV** **- [] -** offers full-length streaming of it's most popular shows: //CSI franchise; Survivor.// Plays via Windows Media Player or Real Player.

**FOX TV / FOX on demand** **- [] -** corporate tie-in to sister entity //MySpace//, use the //FOX Full Throttle Player// (via Microsoft IE browser) to view ful-episodes of popular shows: //Bones//; //Prison Break//

**NBC TV** **- [] -** offers show clips, deleted scenes, and previews via their 24/7video player (Windows Media Player plug-in). Site has web-only exclusives and award-winning “webisodes” for //The Office// ([]).

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 * bibliotechy: a NMRLS technology blog** - [|http://bibliotechy.blogspot.com]- Scott’s occasional blog with RSS feed linking to podcasts, musing and articles on tech for libraries.


 * Digital Media & the Library What’s going on out there!?** - [] - an overview of the brave new world of commercial media, the internet, &gaming.

Presentation slides, no hyperlinks- [] PowerPoint version of slides - [] [|Part I -Scott Kehoe - Podcasts: What are they? How Do I get them?][|(MP3audio)] [|Part II - Beth Gallaway -][|What Makes a Podcast? (MP3 audio)] [|Audience Q &A (MP3 audio)]
 * Gadgets & Gizmos … and your library** – overview of the devices your patrons are bringing into your library.
 * Pod People**, NELA 2006 Conference Presentation, Burlington, VT – downloadable MP3audio, click below:

Print Sources
 * The Boston Globe** – see Monday’s Business & Technology section (also at: []  )

Read, Brock. More Colleges Strike Up Music-Sharing Deals, Despite Lukewarm Response: Students have come to expect access to online downloading, even if they don't use it much. //The Chronicle of Higher Education//, Sept. 2, 2005, p. A41.
 * The Chronicle of Higher Education** - []  (for subscribers)

-//Perceptions of Libraries And Information Resources// (2005, ISBN 1556533640) --Download PDF: [] -//College Student’s Perceptions of Libraries And Information Resources// (2005, ISBN 15565336590) --Download PDF: []
 * OCLC reports** – results from in-depth surveys on library user perceptions of libraries.


 * Pew Internet & American Life Project Reports** - Facilitating, timely, and useful surveys on how American’s use the Internet and technology. Reports are concise andeasy to digest. Download PDF reports & subscribe to RSS feed at: []


 * The New York Times** – see Technology section and David Pogue’s weekly columns and equipment reviews as well as his Missing Manuals book series and YouTube videos, free online & subscribe to RSS feed at: []


 * The Wall Street Journal** – see Walt Mossberg’s weekly columns and equipment reviews. His columns are also free online & subscribe to RSS feed at: [|http://walt.allthingsd.com]


 * Wired** magazine – monthly, sure to be on your library’s periodical display, also online at []

Online Sources with RSS feeds A great site for off-beat techy, entertainment, gaming and science news. Users can register to submit and vote on stories they liked most. Top votes are reviewed weekly on the diggnation podcast (see below).
 * digg.com** - []

A great site that aggregates news from various sources on the business and technology of digital music. Email Subscription option (plain text with links).
 * Digital Music News** – []

Another site that aggregates news from various sources on all forms of digital content and their related businesses (music, movies, news media, ISPs, etc.). Email and RSS Subscription options.
 * paidContent.org** - []

get your first looks at the newest electronic gadgets, from cameras to MP3players to cell phones. Started as a blog, bought by AOL in October 2005 …hasn’t lost it’s hippness yet … Available via website, a RSS feed, and a podcast.
 * engadget** - []

a great place to get short, easy to understand articles on technology and itseffect on our society, often with a humorous edge. Also may subscribe toRSS feed divided by new genre (business, technology, top news, etc.)
 * Wired News** – []

Podcasts
 * CNET Buzz Out Loud** - []  "CNET's "podcast of indeterminate length," featuring ...entertaining, sometimes caustic, and always skeptical take on technology news. This daily podcast features commentary, guests, and phone calls and e-mail from listeners."


 * Diggnation** – a very humorous weekly look at stories that were most read on the social news site [|digg.com]  . Both a video and audio version are available, each episode an enjoyable half-hour.  []

Nation Public Radio produces weekly podcasts made up of stories from all of their news and national programming. The NPR news podcasts are available by genre: technology; pop culture; health & science; etc.
 * NPR podcasts** - []


 * TWiT** (This Week in Technology) computer industry journalist, pundits & gadflies comment on week’s happenings, about 1 hour per episode- http:// [|www.twit.tv]

Artists, Bands, and hardware
 * MP3.com** [|http://www.mp3.com]  – a “music portal” owned by CNET.com. A guide to musicians and their music, complete with short bios, discographies, and web links to the digital services where you can buy their songs. Also a guide to online music services, music download sites (both fee & free!), as well as reviews ofMP3 players:  []

[|http://www.ilounge.com]
 * iLounge** - more than you ever wanted to know about iPods: industry gossip; how they work (or don’t); how to fix them and take them apart …

Online Magazine & Newspapers Databases Use InfoTrac OneFile or ProQuest Newspapers, try a search using a specific MP3player model and add the word “review.” Search Examples: “ipod nano” and review or “sandisk sansa” and review NMRLS database link: []

Pundits -His blog and links to his columns and podcasts: [|http://www.dvorak.org] -See him on his weekly vidcast (also on TiVo): [] -Hear him on the weekly podcast of TWiT (This Week in Technology): []
 * John C. Dvorak** – a PC Magazine columnist and computer/technology industry pundit, always entertaining and opinionated reading!

-I, Cringely - weekly column on all thing techy and the business of tech: [] -NerdTV – weekly online “TV” show, interviews computer industry founders, movers, and shakers. Download at: []
 * Robert X. Cringely** – A technology pundit with a background as one of Apple’s original employees and as a journalist in Silicon Valley. Creator and narrator of two wonderfully informative and humorous documentaries: Triumph of the Nerds (1996); Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (1998). Author of the best-seller, //Accidental Empires: How the Boys of Silicon Valley Make Their Millions …// (Addison Wesley,1992).

Copyright
 * Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide** (wiki): []


 * Electronic Frontier Foundation Legal Guide for Bloggers** : []


 * NMRLS Copyright Webliography** : []

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