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Music fans: From boingboing.net: Every issue (from 1985 to late 2009) of SPIN magazine is available on Google Books. Next to Rolling Stone, SPIN is one of the most recognized music magazines. SPIN is known for placing up-and-coming artists on their covers (i.e., REM, Run-DMC, and Prince), covering a wide base of music (from hardcore [...]
Dewey Music is the interface of the Internet Archive’s fabulous music library. Grateful Dead fans may know the archive.org’s great collection of the band’s live shows throughout the ages, but there are many more vintage (and contemporary) goodies nestled inside the Archive’s library. Search Dewey Music to find old school live jams or newer music [...]
Another example of a library using new media in a way to connect and inform its community is the Allen County Public Library. I found their YouTube channel by way of David Lee King’s blog post Allen County’s Newest Conversations Video. King was recently part of their conversation series, which also includes other big-time library [...]
For independent music fans, Uncensored Interview provides free, downloadable creative-commons licensed short videos of uncensored conversations with various bands. Their goal is to provide an opportunity for music fans to get to know their favorite bands and artists “via candid conversations that cover everything from the topical to the personal to the frivolous and absurd.” [...]
I read from the Library Journal today that Boston University has approved moving to an institution-wide open access system. This decision comes one year after Harvard University’s Faculty of Arts & Sciences provided open access to their curriculum. The difference between the two is that Boston University’s open access initiative includes ALL 17 schools. (Harvard [...]
