Let's take a moment to celebrate the happy marriage of two of my favorite things: libraries and iPods. Wired has the story of a Long Island public library which now owns ten iPod Shuffles. What does it do with them? It circulates audiobooks on them. Library patrons can check out an iPod Shuffle loaded with a complete audiobook title. Eleven titles are currently offered.
The library expects to save money in the long run by using iPod Shuffles, since downloaded audiobooks are often a fraction of the price of audiobooks on CD. This is a pretty nifty idea -- one that I suspect will meet with more success than the circulating e-book readers in which many libraries have invested. iPods and libraries: it's a beautiful thing.
Posted by Stacie at March 3, 2005 10:10 PM