Stepping into the Stream: Bringing Netflix-style Video to Libraries
Streaming video is well established in the consumer market (YouTube has been around since 2005 and Netflix since 2007) but is still gaining momentum in the library market. It’s not yet a huge...
View ArticleFreegal Advice | Music Matters
Freegal, Library Ideas’s music-streaming site, has more than 4,000 libraries currently subscribing, which represents 2.23 million users, according to CEO Brian Downing. With a catalog of over seven...
View ArticleTrain in Vain | Music Matters
Recently, a patron came in and asked for train sounds on CD. Easy enough; libraries always seem to have at least one sound effects CD lying around at all times, right? We did have one that was...
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