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 and stores. And fueling demand by library users for digital content for their players! The MacMerc tidbit concludes with this: Mostly due to the iPod’s success, JupiterResearch has raised its near-term forecast, but projects that flash-based player shipments will surpass those of hard-drive models in […]
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Here’s an updated page for the talk I’m doing in May! http://www.asis.org/Chapters/neasis/pc/programs/20050503-schedule.html “Optimizing your Technology: Sharing your TechnoLust and Knowing When to Quit” Is it okay I always talk about lust? 🙂
This is in the works for the library’s Sights & Sounds department! Direct IM capability to find out if music, movies or audiobooks are available. I’ll be training a bit with the staff before they go live. I was tickled to see we are on the right track when I saw Jenny’s post about Lansing Public Library and their multiple screen names. “Kelli wrote, ?Our library is on 2 levels, so we have separate screen names for different age groups. AskLPLAdult, AskLPLTeen, AskLPLYouth?(we’re on Yahoo & AOL).? She went on to note that a few weeks ago, they received IMs […]
MacMerc reports: http://www.macmerc.com/news/archives/2189 Podscope: Welcome Podcasters! Podscope is the Internet’s first spoken-word search engine for audio and video podcasts. If you would like to extend the the audience of your podcast by making it searchable please provide us with an RSS link below. Hmmm… I would me more inclined to embrace podcasting completely if I could search for content.
Nice post at Weblogs in Higher Edcucation. Ken writes about discussing weblogs with a friend who sticks mainly with newspapers, journals, columnists, etc. I found myself saying that bloggers were performing a different function than columnists. Sure, once in awhile bloggers carry out a direct act of reporting or research that could just as well have been done by a journalist. I think bloggers are processing issues and facts, passing ideas around, turning them over and over, nudging them, extending their reach, recontextualizing them, and otherwise living with ideas and information and drawing them out into wider communities to test […]
Thanks everyone for the nice wishes as TTW turned 2! And THANKS to Karen for singing. It’s on my iPod playlist!
I’m intrigued by this: http://www.lisnews.com/article.pl?sid=05/04/08/0759222 Two more viewpoints on podcasting… I agree with points in both. Take a look.
Great day in Kokomo, I learned so much! I’ll post about it soon, but I’m tired now… Thanks to Sharon, Dan, Steve and Ida for a great day — and thanks to the folks who attended! Here’s a set at flickr:http://www.flickr.com/photos/michaelsphotos/sets/215227/ Here’s my PPT: Trends for 21st Century Libraries
I made GOOD TIME — with an hour to spare so I’m at Panera looking at my materials.