Radio Blog Club

April 21st, 2004

When I first looked at Radio Blog Club, which allows weblog writers to stream music onto their blog, I thought, “big whoop”, but then I thought a bit about public libraries (I’m in the middle of writing a primer on weblogs and libraries), and realized that those libraries that are incorporating their library catalogs with a weblog can use this tool to stream their mp3 content so that patrons can listen a bit before deciding on whether or not to check out the item. Is this too far fetched? I don’t think so. Aaron told me that he has Lessig’s book in Mp3 format in his catalog. Why not add a streaming listening features? One issue: bandwidth. Listen Illinois, might be able to incorporate something like this.

Before I download a Grateful Dead show from the Internet Archive, I listen to it first to check for any sound issues. If it sounds good, I download. I like the streaming feature. I feel like I’m in a music store and can listen to the songs before I buy (or, er, download)

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