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technical considerations
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.
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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
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Digital
Audiobooks in Libraries Current models
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Library facilitated |
Remote access
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- Audible.com - Apple iTunes / iPod Shuffles projects - Playaway |
- OCLC
NetLibrary Recorded Books - OverDrive |
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- Patron must come to Library to obtain their audiobook selections and / or a device
- 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.
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- 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 …
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Libraries
in
Wilbraham Public Library
Memorial Hall Library,
Lynn Public Library Manchester-by-the-Sea Public Library Melrose Public Library Memorial Hall Library, Peabody Institute Library, Peabody
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Libraries
in OCLC NetLibrary Recorded Books Beverly
Public Library Boxford
Public Library Minuteman
network CLAMS network Gloucester Lyceum and Sawyer Free Orange Public Library C/W
MARS network MVLC
network OCLN network SAILS network
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Some Libraries also loan the equipment to patrons.
Devices: iPod shuffles / MP3 players / usually not headphones (for sanitary reasons …) For car stereos (commuters): cassette adapters / FM transmitters
Libraries
in iPod Shuffle: Wilbraham Public Library MP3
players: Memorial Hall Library, FM
transmitters: Memorial Hall Library,
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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.
- http://www.mhl.org/catalog/collections/eaudio - Main site for patrons.
- http://www.mhl.org/catalog/collections/eaudio/librarians.htm - For Librarians, links to other libraries also providing this service, their policies, technical issues and tips.
OCLC NetLibrary/Recorded Books
Boxford Town Library
http://www.boxfordtownlib.org/Downloadable_Audiobooks.htm
CLAMS Network
http://library.clamsnet.org/screens/CLAMSRecordedBooksGuide.html
Wheeler Memorial
Library (
http://www.orangelib.org/readers/audiobooks.htm
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.
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- C/W Mars Library
Network (
- SAILS Library Network (Middleboro, MA): http://sails.lib.overdrive.com/
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Wilbraham Public Library (MA) iPodShuffle Project – “The library has purchased five iPod Shuffles to circulate with audiobook content.”
South Huntington Library (
-Music on iPod: http://www.shpl.info/catalog_ipodbooks.asp
-Books on iPod: http://www.shpl.info/catalog_ipodmusic.asp
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: http://store.playawaydigital.com/FAQ
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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.
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.
http://www.netlibrary.com/recordedbooks/
Project Gutenberg - Free Downloads!, public domain audiobooks read and created by volunteers. Their mission is simple, “to encourage the creation and distribution of eBooks.”
- Audio Book, human-read: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/1
- Audio Book, computer-generated: http://www.gutenberg.org/browse/categories/2
Playaway (www.playawaydigital.com)
– the all-in-one
digital audiobook, available at major office-supply stores and
bookstore
chains.
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Is the
Library ready to
download music?
Maybe …
yeah, kinda …
sorta … not really …
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.
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.
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…the
times, they are a-changin’
... like, wicked fast!
Libraries who
offer music downloads!
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 (http://www.apple.com/education/solutions/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: http://www.fairfield.edu/itunesu
Fairfield Univ.
presentation at
2007 NERCOMP Conference, Worcester MA (PDF downloads): http://connect.educause.edu/library/abstract/iPodsiTunesFacultyiT/42331?time=1188918186
Univ. of Michigan, School
of Dentistry profile: http://www.apple.com/education/profiles/michigan_dentistry/
- CIDIGIX http://www.cdigix.com- Rochester Institute of Technology, Tufts, Yale
- Napster http://www.napster.com/napster_on_campus.html
-Cornell, Middlebury, Rochester
- Real Rhapsody www.real.com-
Adelphi University, UC-Berkeley, Minnesota
- Ruckus
Network http://www.ruckusnetwork.com/aboutus.php
- Babson College, Bridgewater State, Northeastern Univ., Stonehill
College
- Yahoo!
Music http://music.yahoo.com/-
Stanford University
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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 http://music.msn.com/
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: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/). Links
to free online “radio” as well as movie and TV promos.
Microsoft
ZuneStore
http://www.zune.net/en-US/ 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
- 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
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FREE Online Music
Sources … absolutely totally legal!
Free Multi-Band/Multi-Genre
Sites
CNET Free MP3 Music http://music.download.com/
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
MP3.com Listening Room http://www.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
http://www.archive.org/details/etree
“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 http://www.myowncafe.org/
"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.
- Famous - Neil Young - http://www.myspace.com/neilyoung
- Famous to some - Dar Williams - http://www.myspace.com/darwilliams
- Not famous yet -Enchanted Visions - http://www.myspace.com/enchantedvisions
Artist
sites–free & fee
downloads direct from the artist!
- Jonathan Coulton –alternative/pop
with quirky lyrics: http://www.jonathancoulton.com/songs/
- Steadman –British
pop/rock band that put their whole catalog online for free: http://steadmanband.com/home.html
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) http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/ - “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
- Coverville, covers of famous songs by not-yet-famous artists - http://www.coverville.com/
- Accident Hash, new indie rock music - http://www.accidenthash.com/
Music Show
Portals
- Association of Music Podcasters
(AMP) a
portal to music podcasts- http://www.musicpodcasting.org/
- podsafe music network - sign-up to
download and
use music in your own podcasts: http://music.podshow.com/index.php
Creative
Commons (http://creativecommons.org/)
an increasingly popular licensing scheme which
gives users
permission to freely download, copy, and share music.
- License Example: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/
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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. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podcasting
Podcast program Directories
-Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/ one of the first podcast directories and all-inclusive. Links to programs, websites and software
- Podshow.com- http://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: http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
- iTunes podcast directory - not only a massive directory, but easy to search and free downloads!!! http://www.apple.com/itunes/overview/
- Yahoo! Podcasts BETA –combines a podcast directory with subscription and listening functions in a convenient web-based interface: http://podcasts.yahoo.com/
Consumer Health & Medical Podcast Programs
National Institutes
of Health - NIH Research Radio
NIH podcast FAQ,
subscriptions,
and podcast archive: http://www.nih.gov/news/radio/nihpodcast.htm
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!
- Juice (Apple, Linux, Windows)- http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net
- Apple iTunes (Apple, Windows) - http://www.apple.com/itunes/
- Odeo Player (Apple OS X widget) - http://odeo.com/listen/widget
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Video
Sharing sites, video
podcasts,
TVon the Internet ...there's
some overlap ...
March
of the Librarians
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ
Library
Vendor Examples
MyLibraryDV
– http://www.mylibrarydv.com/-
a new service from Recorded Books which includes older PBS and BBC
shows,
andpackages with older and more current feature films.
OverDrive – http://www.overdrive.com/-
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-
http://youtube.com/- 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 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPzfEOu0MlY
· Welcome to the Williams College Library Mystery Tour 2006: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-t0LHnw-fc
Yahoo!
Video- http://video.yahoo.com/
- 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-
http://www.revision3.com/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
- http://www.rocketboom.com/vlog/ - daily episodes of unusual news, events, user
submissions, usually
with a humorous twist. Available
online or
subscribe thru iTunes or TiVo.
Star
Gazer - http://www.jackstargazer.com/ - 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! - http://www.spatulatta.com/ 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-
http://television.aol.com/in2tv - AOL Time-Warner's internet TV network. TV
classics like
Gilligan's Island and Welcome
Back,
Kotter.
ABC
TV-
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing-
offers full-length streaming of it's most
popular shows:
Desperate Housewives; Grey's
Anatomy; Lost. No special
software needed to watch episodes.
CBS
TV-
http://www.cbs.com/innertube/
- 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-
http://www.myspace.com/fox - 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-
http://www.nbc.com/Video/ - 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 (http://www.nbc.com/The_Office/).
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From
Scott!
Scott's del.icio.us
bookmarks - http://del.icio.us/bibliotechy-
his favorite tech-related web sites and links to Scott’s Tech Tips
column from
the NMRLS Newsletter. You can subscribe to the RSS feed
too!
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!? - http://www.nmrls.org/ce/digigoingon.htm-
an overview of the brave new world of commercial media, the internet,
&gaming.
Gadgets & Gizmos … and your
library – overview of the
devices your patrons are bringing into
your library.
Presentation
slides, no hyperlinks- http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ggpngslides.html
PowerPoint version of slides - http://www.nmrls.org/ce/ggppslides.htm
Pod People, NELA 2006 Conference Presentation,
Burlington, VT – downloadable
MP3audio, click below:
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)
Print
Sources
The Boston Globe – see
Monday’s Business
& Technology section (also at: http://www.boston.com/business/technology/)
The Chronicle of Higher Education-
http://chronicle.com/(for
subscribers)
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.
OCLC reports – results from in-depth surveys on library
user perceptions
of libraries.
-Perceptions of Libraries And Information Resources (2005, ISBN 1556533640)
--Download PDF: http://www.oclc.org/reports/2005perceptions.htm
-College Student’s Perceptions of Libraries And Information Resources (2005, ISBN 15565336590)
--Download PDF: http://www.oclc.org/reports/perceptionscollege.htm
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: http://www.pewinternet.org/
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: http://www.nytimes.com/pages/technology/index.html
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 http://www.wired.com/
Online Sources
with RSS feeds
digg.com - http://digg.com/
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).
Digital Music News –http://www.digitalmusicnews.com/index_html
A great site that aggregates news from various sources on the business
and technology
of digital music. Email Subscription option (plain text with
links).
paidContent.org - http://www.paidcontent.org/index.shtml
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.
engadget - http://www.engadget.com/
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.
Wired News –http://www.wired.com/
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.)
Podcasts
CNET Buzz Out Loud - http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-11455_7-6457370-1.html "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. http://revision3.com/diggnation
NPR podcasts - http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast/podcast_directory.php
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.
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.mp3.com/hardware.php
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 …
http://www.ilounge.com
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: http://www.nmrls.org/reference/dbases.shtml
Pundits
John C. Dvorak – a PC
Magazine columnist
and computer/technology industry pundit, always entertaining and
opinionated
reading!
-His blog and links to his columns and podcasts: http://www.dvorak.org
-See him on his weekly vidcast (also on TiVo): http://www.crankygeeks.com/
-Hear him on the weekly podcast of TWiT (This Week in Technology): http://www.twit.tv/
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).
-I, Cringely - weekly column on all thing techy and the business of
tech: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/
-NerdTV – weekly online “TV” show, interviews computer industry
founders, movers,
and shakers. Download at: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/nerdtv/
Copyright
Creative Commons Podcasting Legal Guide(wiki):
http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide
Electronic Frontier Foundation Legal Guide for Bloggers: http://www.eff.org/bloggers/
NMRLS Copyright Webliography:
http://www.nmrls.org/nmdl/copyright.shtml
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