MP3 Day at ALPL

Today, at ALPL, we put out our new Books on MP3-CD collection. They are on display together right now, and will be interfiled with the regular Books on CD when they get older. They are well-labelled.

What’s the big deal? MP3 vs. WAV means fewer discs, lower cost, less things to damage or lose. You can play them in any PC, any DVD player, most new vehicles’ in-dash CD players, most newer portable CD players — and from your PC you could transfer files to your portable device INCLUDING THE iPOD.

Yes, the iPOD.

So, you don’t have a portable MP3 player to enjoy downloadable material from Overdrive on? Or copy stuff from an MP3 CD to? Borrow one from us.

We have EIGHT players at the reference desk for you to check out for three weeks, with renewal if nobody is waiting. they are Creative ZEN STONE models. Each bag includes the player, a USB cable, instructions and an adapter to play through cassette decks.

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2 Responses to “MP3 Day at ALPL”

  1. Gerry Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 5:43 pm

    Just another note — did you know that Suzanne Vega could be the “Mother Of The MP3″? Her song “Tom’s Diner” was used to fine tune the process since it presented such a challenge to compress:

    http://www.suzannevega.com/suzanne/funfacts/music.aspx

  2. cindythelibrarian Says:
    April 17, 2008 at 8:04 pm

    If you’re a fan of Vega’s, you should know she is blogging herself at http://measureformeasure.blogs.nytimes.com/author/svega/

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