iTunes 2.0
iTune Librarians & RSSperts
Beth Roberts, Research Specialist, Congressional Research Service
John Meier, Science Librarian, Pennsylvania State University
It was the end of the day, but Karen from Des Plaines Public Library was sitting in front of me. So hopefully she'll put something on her blog.
For more on iTunes in the library, check out this article from Playlistmag.com.
Labels: iTunes
posted by Karen Kleckner @ 5:35 PM
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Hi Karen - I'm still working on my Internet Librarian wrap-up. I think the iTunes presenters at this session were Bruce Connolly and Gail Golderman from Union College (the line-up had changed somewhat from the original program). Connolly did most of the presenting, describing various ways in which he used iTunes to build up the college's music library and enhance particular courses. I thought he had some terrific suggestions for integrating audiovisual content into seminars. I just left a community college where we had some very popular sections on the Beat Poets, Existentialism, and Literature of the Holocaust, and using iTunes and iPods to create playlists for students in those areas would be a nice way of bringing the written word to life. Connolly also mentioned that using iTunes to purchase music and burn CDs for your collection is a way of replacing music from CDs that have been damaged - seems practical, not sure about the legal implications. He also creates playlists he can share with other iTunes users, up to 5 users per day, per list. As long as it doesn't get the library into DRM or copyright trouble, sounds like a fun new service as well. Downloading music from iTunes requires a credit card (not necessarily to accept charges for the music, just as a guarantee that the music will be paid for - much like a hotel will ask for a credit card). Connolly said his library works around this by buying iTunes gift cards through Borders, where he has an account - creative problem solving. I'm not sure how practical iTunes and iPods are for public libraries (I'd think the temptation for theft must be enormous!) but I'd like to consider some ways to use this technology here.
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