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Libraries and DRM

http://bibliotheke.org/archives/2005/04/28/more-complaints-about-libraries-and-drm/

Thanks Bibliotheke! Please click through and read the article, which includes this:

The Fairfax County Public Library system is a large library system in Northern Virginia, a suburb of Washington DC. Leaders of the Fairfax Public Libraries think it’s a good idea to distribute downloadable audio books to the public in Windows Media format. [...]

The iPod Experiments

The new issue of LJ Net Connect is out! What started as a blog post here on Tame the Web as Libraries Doing Cool Things with iPods is now “The iPod Experiments.”

This says a lot to me about the crossover between LIS blogging and reporting here in library land. In fact, the genesis [...]

WOW: iPod Stats & Article! Via Chris (Updated)

An e-mail this am from Chris Kupec:

“I’m going to an OverDrive demo today. I’ll ask the rep what she thinks of this:

iPodlounge: Apple takes lead in flash market, continues domination

During its second quarter conference call with press and analysts, Apple revealed that the iPod shuffle was the No. 1 selling flash-based [...]

Chris Kupec Writes to Audible: We want to support iPods at our PL

http://homepage.mac.com/ckupec/iblog/C1161074488/E452907398/index.html

Chris is doing some cool stuff with iTunes at his library. This post includes a letter to Audible. His points:

The details need to be addressed carefully, but it boils down to this:

1. We want to offer digital audiobooks to our patrons. 2. We do not want to circulate any devices. The patrons [...]

MP3 Player Report

http://www.macmerc.com/news/archives/2197

U.S. shipments of MP3 players will grow 35% to 18.2 million in 2005 and maintain a compound annual growth rate of over 10% through 2010, reaching an installed base of 56.1 million by then, up from 16.2 million in 2004. MP3 players will reach critical mass this year, fueling demand for digital music services [...]

The Open Source iPod

http://playlistmag.com/features/2005/03/linuxipod/index.php?lsrc=mwrss-0305

Imagine recording studio-quality audio using your iPod and a regular-old microphone. Or sitting on the commuter train, playing Othello, Pong, Tetris or Asteroids. All this and more is possible when you install Linux on your 3rd generation or earlier iPod. Best of all, one soft-reset and you?re back in Apple?s iPod operating system, listening [...]

iPod Camera Connector

Here’s a Flickr Set

Hey! Libraries circulating Shuffles!

Apple is selling these now:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/185371/

Podcast + Shuffle = HOT HOT HOT

That shufflecasting is hot right now friends…

I am chatting for a minute with Chris (who sent this) and he just told me the coolest thing:

Chris: “We want to offer audiobooks on iPod to the public, but along with them we would attach the library’s monthly podcast of library happenings, book reviews, music, movies, [...]

TTW Mailbox: Chelmsford Public Library Uses iTunes!

Hi Michael,

We’ve been using iTunes here in the Chelmsford Public Library for over two years, since version 3 of iTunes. We run two iMac kiosks in the main library, one near the CD’s and one for the Young Adult area and then a standalone eMac in our branch library. The main library kiosks tap [...]