Hhhhhmmmm? where to start? Okay how about I spent almost the whole day on this site and really got nothing out of it. Im not saying that it aint useful, it could be and maybe even would be... IF it was the kind of music that I wanted to listen to. To be totally honest I looked at all the website available (when I had free time at work... lol) and found that none of these websites were really useful for the patrons that we have at our library. The age group that we have are more into the mainstream, recent beats. What's offered in these sites and especially AmieSt.com are more old school/classic hits or alternative stuff. So? just speaking for my library.... I don't think that it is a site that would be used frequently by our customers mainly because they use jamglue (fyi, I'm not sure if its a legal site... but they do use it... hehehe). Another thing was actually downloading the music. I found it quite difficult mainly because I had to download the downloading programme, and that right there is a NO THANK YOU and a massive az FAIL for our computers and patrons. So to answer the question whether it would be an easy site for customers and whether they could use it unsupervised??? .... my answer would be a big fat NO. Hmmmmmmm other sites???? I cant really think of any, I know that there are alot out there, however the legality of these sites are questionable???
Okay, thats me. Didn't exactly like this AmieSt.com but happy to know about these websites... there could be an odd ball out there that will come in one day and ask for something like this, at least I can say that I know where to go.
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In a nutshell, downloading mp3s on our learn.nets is never going to be an easily solvable issue. Some sites require a software download/install (like you discovered), some require creating an account, some aren't easily navigable, others don't offer current popular music and, as if that's not enough to add to the list, the music offered will not always appeal to everybody. This is a very good summary - don't feel that you have to like every activity!
ReplyDeleteHey Tosca, thanks... you totally get me... lol... well it was fun for what it was, but in all honesty it wasn't all that... I just wanted to get through that activity coz I can see you've left THE BEST for last.... FB here I come... lol
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