Greetings from Snowy Illinois. It has been a challenging week personally but today I will ponder the professional. Discussions about music, and why we listen to what we listen to are all very interesting but I can say that in the five years I have worked at the reference desk of my public library they have never come into play nor have I ever been asked for music advisory. Everyone seems to know what they like...now the question that I ponder is "Will they be able to get it?"
The rise of iTunes and eBooks have made the majority believers in portable technology. This is all well and good when you can download "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" for free from your library. But now Harper Collins has decided to put a limit (26) on the number of times a book can be downloaded under a license agreement. Over 26, you need to buy a new one. Ah, its all fun until someone figures out how to get you hooked---and then you get owned.
I wonder if the same thing will happen to music. Will there no longer be original hard copies available to the general public. Will all music become digital? No doubt the poor and technologically non savvy will suffer. I doubt this will happen soon. The typewriter was replaced by the keyboard, the record by the CD, and soon the CD by the online version. 50 years from now, will libraries have anything to check out to patrons?
This week's video---suggested by my post title---Gloria Estefan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXZoBvygp4U
Kathy
PS Enjoy the season premiere (mere hours after the Brits watch it) of Dr. Who on Saturday. Thank you, BBCAmerica!
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