Well this week I had to look at Web 2.0 tools and see whether any of them were any good or for that matter had any practical applications within a Library framework.
There was a lot of choice to look at and I chose to look at the music tools.
The one I liked a lot was the site that won for music which was Last. FM. At first appearance it looked like it only covered alternative type music but I found appearances were deceiving. I entered a variety of artists from many different genres and found that they were listed.
There could be good revenue making opportunities for Libraries if they were to promote sites like this. People would consider paying to use our computers to listen to the music they like especially if they don't have a computer of their own at home.
Perhaps libraries could even take it one step further and work on finding a way that people could access legal music subcription services through the Library and get the music they want rather than just listening online.
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