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Thursday, 03 March 2005 |
Library
Shuffles Its Collection
Wired News -
USA
Checking out a new iPod now applies to more than shopping trips or
web browsing. This week the South Huntington Public Library on Long Island, New
York, became one of the first public libraries in the country to loan out iPod
shuffles.
For the past three weeks, the library ran a pilot program using the portable MP3
devices to store audio books downloaded from the Apple iTunes Music Store. They
started with six shuffles, and now are up to a total of 10. Each device holds a
single audio book.
The few library patrons that have checked them out seem to have had positive
experiences.
Lee Jacknow, 61, a retired professor of engineering who currently has one iPod
shuffle checked out with the new John Grisham novel on it, said that having the
iPod has changed the way he listens to audio books.
"It's changed the books on tape from a car-only experience to a
bring-it-with-you experience," he said.
Jacknow said now he can listen to Grisham in his car, when he's working and even
in bed.
Ken Weil, the library's director, said that the library had been looking for a
way to share digital audio content with its patrons for some time, and that
until recently, the existing iPods were far too expensive.
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