Library Cataloging
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A great article by Janis Ian, the singer, on music downloads, copyright and the music industry. The Internet Debacle: An Alternative View
Free exposure is practically a thing of the past for entertainers. Getting your record played at radio costs more money than most of us dream of ever earning. Free downloading gives a chance to every do-it-yourselfer out there. Every act that can't get signed to a major, for whatever reason, can reach literally millions of new listeners, enticing them to buy the CD and come to the concerts. Where else can a new act, or one that doesn't have a label deal, get that kind of exposure?
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New Music Cataloging Book
A new book for music catalogers, Directions in Music Cataloging. a new title in the Music Library Association?s (MLA) Technical Reports Series, Directions in Music Cataloging, edited by Peter H. Lisius and Richard Griscom. In Directions in Music Cataloging,...
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Mp3 And My Commute
On my commute, until recently, I've always listened to the radio, or played some tapes or CDs. Now I find I almost never listen to the radio, Pacifica and NPR are things of the past. I've been listening to material on my MP3 player. I listen to...
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Metadata For Digital Still Images
Capturing Technical Metadata for Digital Still Images by Robin L. Dale and Gunter Waibel appears in RLG DigiNews.the community cannot afford to wait for a "magic bullet" file format because it is unlikely to come. Instead, institutions should become familiar...
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Future Of Cataloging
Metadata Leadership by Roy Tennant appears in Library Journal this month. As always with his articles lots to agree and disagree with.You may not believe that our dependence on MARC alone limits our future (see "Building a New Bibliographic Infrastructure,"...
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Mp3s
I never imagined that the site MP3.com would disappear, it seemed such a natural idea. But it did. Now GarageBand.com has filled the void.I've moved Cora's band, Permanent Wave, info and MP3s over to the new site. This is a great place to get...
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