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e_cabin_1 Music Streaming Services in Libraries

Options for music streaming products

Naxos music library
http://www.naxosmusiclibrary.com/home.asp?rurl=%2Fdefault%2Easp

Alexander Street Press
http://alexanderstreet.com/products/music-online-listening-package

Spotify https://www.spotify.com/fr/ 5 euros x month
Pandora http://www.pandora.com/restricted 
Grooveshark http://grooveshark.com/
Deezer http://www.deezer.com/ 5 hours of music by month
Freegal http://www.freegalmusic.com/ not sure if it's free (old article about it, other opinion http://librarianinblack.net/librarianinblack/2011/04/just-say-no-to-freegal.html)

Open personal services super complete vs Closed very incomplete services for libraries

Why do they go to the library? Internet/don't want to pay online/not comfortable to hear online

eLending for music? https://www.overdrive.com/ 

http://www.ifla.org/files/assets/hq/topics/e-lending/documents/2014_ifla_elending_background_paper.pdf (NEW)

less people borrow CDs and DVDs

They digitalize what they buy: http://www.muziekweb.nl/

Library service http://www.mediatheque-numerique.com/

Concerts (audio, video, multimedia and pedagogicals contents) - Cité de la musique Paris : http://media.citedelamusique.fr

Feedback from libraries to providers

Create your owm digital content based on music played in events in the library

Payed model https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1002872331 has super new publications and preorder)

Very competitive market

Youtube // Vimeo

https://bandcamp.com/
https://soundcloud.com/
https://myspace.com/

Check also ACIM, french music librarians association and the french initiative in the east of France (BDP haut rhin, contact :  xavier galaup).CALICE61